STORY: "New Scholarship spotlight: Destruction of innocence: The Friedman case: How coerced testimony and confessions harm children and families and communities for decades after the wrongful convictions occur," by Mark Godsey, published by the Wrongful Convictions Blog on March 14, 2013.
GIST: "Between 1984 and 1995, at least 72 individuals were convicted during
the national hysteria of mass child molestation and satanic ritual abuse
cases. Almost all those convictions have since been overturned. This
paper analyzes the present-day, on-going impact
from wrongful convictions, focusing on the Friedman case, well-known as
the subject of the landmark documentary film, Capturing the Friedmans.
Though the US Appeals Court has ruled that Jesse Friedman was likely
wrongfully convicted, the case has not yet been overturned.........The impact
on wrongly-imprisoned defendants is obvious, however the impact on
hundreds of children has rarely been considered. Initially sure they
were not sexually abused, and confident in their perceptions of reality,
these children were dragged to a place of confusion, mistrust of
adults, and uncertainty about themselves and the world. This paper
provides new evidence and insight from extensive interviews with people
police alleged were molested – and who now as adults confirm they were
coerced into making false accusations. Also revealed are new witnesses
who were present during alleged crimes against others, and now confirm
there was no molestation.
http://wrongfulconvictionsblog.org/2013/03/14/new-scholarship-spotlight-destruction-of-innocence-the-friedman-case-how-coerced-testimony-confessions-harm-children-families-communities-for-decades-after-the-wrongful-convictions-oc/
See Wikipedia post on "Capturing the Friedmans" at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capturing_the_Friedmans
PUBLISHER'S NOTE
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have added a search box for content in this blog which now encompasses
several thousand posts. The search box is located near the bottom of
the screen just above the list of links. I am confident that this
powerful search tool provided by "Blogger" will help our readers and
myself get more out of the site.
The
Toronto Star, my previous employer for more than twenty incredible
years, has put considerable effort into exposing the harm caused by Dr.
Charles Smith and his protectors - and into pushing for reform of
Ontario's forensic pediatric pathology system. The Star has a "topic"
section which focuses on recent stories related to Dr. Charles Smith. It
can be found at:
http://www.thestar.com/topic/charlessmith
Information on "The Charles Smith Blog Award"- and its nomination process - can be found at:
http://smithforensic.blogspot.com/2011/05/charles-smith-blog-award-nominations.html
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Harold Levy: Publisher; The Charles Smith Blog.
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