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2. I watched 'Indictment: The McMartin Trial' the other night, a movie about the McMartin child abuse trial.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Fri Mar 22, 2024, 07:19 AM

Mar 2024

It's streaming now on Prime. The 1995 made-for-tv movie showed how innocent people's lives can be completely ruined by false accusations, out-of-control police and prosecutors, and a media only interested in sensationalism. The McMartin case was a true witch hunt.

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On this day, March 22, 1984, teachers at a preschool were falsely charged with the sexual abuse of schoolchildren. [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 OP

There were several cases of daycare workers charged with child abuse. One was in Maplewood, N.J. 3Hotdogs Mar 2024 #1

I watched 'Indictment: The McMartin Trial' the other night, a movie about the McMartin child abuse trial. sop Mar 2024 #2

McMartin enid602 Mar 2024 #3