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To: Edwarda who wrote (64772)	12/2/1999 5:48:00 PM
From: The Philosopher	Respond to of 108807

We also have the classic case of the Wenatchee witch hunt. Totally innocent people were jailed on "testimony" that was dragged from children by the most dubious means. Then there was the daycare case in California, the mother and son, I forget their names. Buckley?? Their lives were ruined, even though in the end it was all found to be based on improper questioning. Handling of child witnesses is a delicate matter. An unscrupulous policeman or social worker, or more likely one who is personally convinced that the person is guilty znd wants to make sure that the children will testify "right," can manipulate children's testimony to make a case out of whole cloth. This not theory; it has been done. And probably is still being done.

To: Edwarda who wrote (64772)	12/3/1999 1:49:00 AM
From: Grainne	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

DNA evidence can be gathered without penetration, Edwarda, and is not confined to semen. And I was not talking about the excesses of the "recovered memory" cases, which are in the past. The argument I was making is that right now in 1999, that terribly unfair era being over, I think it is fair and reasonable that convicted child molesters be made to register. Children's souls are murdered when they are molested, and their families are victims as well. I just happen to believe that we do have some rights to protect communities against known predators.