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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 07:41 PM Original message |
Kids recant abuse claims after dad jailed 20 years |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
1. Sigh. Too hard to know which is wrong. What was said then, or what is said now. |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
2. these cases are sad and too common |
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Historic NY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 08:04 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. its a zealot mentality. |
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politicat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 10:16 PM Original message |
Everybody is susceptible to suggestion. |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 12:04 AM Response to Reply #2 |
20. One of the worst offenses was also surrounding the kidnapping/murder of Kelly Wilson |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
3. Heartbreaking |
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Chemisse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 07:54 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. And the too-zealous prosecutor gets off scott free |
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47of74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 07:58 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. We've got way too many Nancy Grace types... |
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malletgirl02 (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
7. Something similar |
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sharesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 09:41 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. McMartin day care travesty among many other hysteria cases. |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 01:50 AM Response to Reply #8 |
30. I live about 15 minutes from where the McMartin Preschool was |
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lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
9. What this shows is how easy it is to manipulate kids.Manipulation happens frequently in divorce. |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 11:17 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Not just children - Alan Alda did a fascinating NOVA about memory and suggestion |
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Schema Thing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 11:47 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. I have a friend who accused her father |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 11:52 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. i had a friend too. |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 11:56 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Her family needed support, and, sadly, |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 12:19 AM Response to Reply #17 |
24. she was an employ |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 02:02 AM Response to Reply #24 |
32. Well, if you got to her after she was heavily involved in memory recovery, |
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Schema Thing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 08:17 AM Response to Reply #14 |
38. my friend is aware that the memories where manufactured |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 11:51 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. so true so true. further, kids themselves dont get it right. i dont know how many times my kids |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 11:22 PM Response to Original message |
11. There was an epidemic of these false claims in the 80s and 90s. |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 11:54 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Recovered memory therapy is still a major problem. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 12:18 AM Response to Reply #16 |
22. The FBI has consistently said there is zero evidence to support those claims, too. |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 02:04 AM Response to Reply #22 |
33. You are absolutely right, |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 11:59 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. Janet Reno made her bones as a prosecutor during those witch hunts |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 12:21 AM Response to Reply #18 |
25. many prosecutors did |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 02:13 AM Response to Reply #25 |
35. I was driving through the mountains recently, |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 11:54 PM Response to Original message |
15. If there were any justice, those brats would now go serve 20 years |
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tkmorris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 12:11 AM Response to Reply #15 |
21. Dude, they were ages 6 and 9 |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 12:18 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. All three of them should be going to jail |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 12:21 AM Response to Reply #23 |
26. No. |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 12:36 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. I'm surprised to discover that I must have been a lot smarter and tougher... |
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tkmorris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 02:08 AM Response to Reply #28 |
34. I think you over-estimate your 9 year old self |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 02:20 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. I agree. |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 09:32 AM Response to Reply #34 |
41. No, I found the whole God, Santa Claus, Easter Bunny thing pretty hard to swallow... |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 08:50 AM Response to Reply #15 |
40. How about the cop that engineered it? |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 09:34 AM Response to Reply #40 |
42. The cop and the ex-wife who encouraged the witch hunt should both find their sorry asses in prison |
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realisticphish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 09:53 AM Response to Reply #15 |
45. They were children, and were manipulated |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 11:24 AM Response to Reply #45 |
48. Well, if that's the case, then the statements of children should have NO legal validity |
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realisticphish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 02:00 PM Response to Reply #48 |
52. yes |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 10:57 AM Response to Reply #15 |
46. 6-year-olds should be criminally liable? |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 11:23 AM Response to Reply #46 |
47. But now they are...adults |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 11:52 AM Response to Reply #47 |
49. so if a six-year-old does something illegal we should wait a few years and charge them as adults? |
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Wolf-Were (40 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 12:03 AM Response to Original message |
19. Really goes to show what the police |
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t0dd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 12:30 AM Response to Original message |
27. Why did it take them 20 years to realize their absent father never molested them? nt |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 12:39 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Maybe it took them that long to realize that their mother was an unscrupulous bitch? |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 12:36 PM Response to Reply #27 |
51. That's what I want to know. n/t |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 01:53 AM Response to Original message |
31. Just last week someone on DU claimed kids never lie about |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 02:52 AM Response to Reply #31 |
37. i think so too. n/t |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 08:49 AM Response to Original message |
39. If you ever want to ruin someone's life... |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 09:35 AM Response to Reply #39 |
43. ya. |
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cornermouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
44. This is a classic neo-con theme |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
50. The simultaneous sentimentalization and exploitation of children... |
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