“A long-delayed apology from one of the accusers in the notorious McMartin Pre-School molestation case.” (”McMartin Pre-Schooler: ‘I Lied’”, Kyle Zirpolo as told to Debbie Nathan, Los Angeles Times Magazine, Oct. 30). See Mar. 22, 2004, etc. More: Cathy Young (Oct. 31) notes divisions among feminists on the affair.
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A “Break” in the McMartin Molestation Case: 20 years too late
Acknowledgement: In the 1980s, I lived near the McMartin Preschool, followed the story daily when it happened, and bought into the “I believe the children” mantra of my neighbors.
Part I: the backstory
In March 1984, the 78-year-old M…
“I Never Forgot I Was Lying”
Via Overlawyered, comes this fascinating confession of one of the young accusers in the McMartin pre-school sex abuse prosecutions, one of several witch-hunts from a mercifully brief era of a national day care sex-abuse panic. While certainly abuse occ…
Overprosecuted
This is a bit off topic from civil litigation, but Tom Kirkendall, a Houston attorney following the Enron trial, makes the case that the Enron prosecution team or “task force” has been pushing the envelope…
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