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Sunday, April 12th: Witch Hunt, a documentary film by Dana Nachman and Don Hardy and executive produced and narrated by Academy Award-winner Sean Penn will have its two-hour world television premiere on MSNBC at 10:00 p.m. ET.
In Witch Hunt, Penn tells the story of dozens of parents in Bakersfield, CA in the early 1980's, who are convicted of child molestation. Hard-working, blue-collar moms and dads with no criminal records all plead not guilty and all are convicted. The problem is that none of them actually are guilty.
From the accusations to the discovery of their innocence, Witch Hunt documents the experiences of these wrongly convicted parents and their children who falsely accuse them. Almost all of the children now say they were coerced to lie. Subsequently, their parents served anywhere from six to twenty years in prison, with the last person acquitted in 2004.
Here's the trailer for Witch Hunt:
Friday, April 10, 2009
Witch Hunt Narrated by Sean Penn
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MEN WHO ARE NOT DANGEROUS DO NOT BELONG ON THE SEX-OFFENDER REGISTRY People on the registry(far too many innocent or not dangerous) have been murdered, committed suicide, had their homes set on fire, been evicted, lost their jobs,etc.Stephen Marshall killed two men who were on the sex-offender registry in Maine. Immediately after, he took his own life. One of the men Marshall killed, Joseph Gray, was on the registry for raping a child. The other, William Elliott, was listed because he'd slept with his girlfriend before she turned 16.
87% of people arrested for sex crimes had not previously been convicted of such an offense, according to a 1997 study. Just 14% of all sexual assault cases involved strangers, per the U.S. Bureau of Justice Stats. Examples of who is on the registry: 1. Romeo and Juliet liasons, false accusations of vindictive teens against an older teen (18 or 19) 2.False accusation by vindictive parents in child custody cases and/or family feuds- There are more of these than most people would believe. There are many reports of people who admit to having lied about being molested when they were younger. Now they would like to have the person wrongly convicted on their testimony set free. 3.mutual consensual sex- but being 3 yrs. and 1 day older than the willing teen (can bring and has brought multiple felony indictments) 4. Sex between consenting teen prostitute (who looks older and even lied about her age) with an adult male 5. Criminal charges that later are dropped for insufficient proof but not appealed in time, so still on registry. The # of truly dangerous pedaphiles is relatively small. Under the Bush Justice Dept, you're liable to see people who look like your mailman,neighbor,etc. & ones who look like they fit the profile could be the least guilty.The registry numbers are growing exponentially. As long as politicians & the media can make reputations w this issue,it breeds fear/hysteria & ruins lives.
MEN WHO ARE NOT DANGEROUS DO NOT BELONG ON THE SEX-OFFENDER REGISTRY People on the registry(far too many innocent or not dangerous) have been murdered, committed suicide, had their homes set on fire, been evicted, lost their jobs,etc.Stephen Marshall killed two men who were on the sex-offender registry in Maine. Immediately after, he took his own life. One of the men Marshall killed, Joseph Gray, was on the registry for raping a child. The other, William Elliott, was listed because he'd slept with his girlfriend before she turned 16.
87% of people arrested for sex crimes had not previously been convicted of such an offense, according to a 1997 study. Just 14% of all sexual assault cases involved strangers, per the U.S. Bureau of Justice Stats. Examples of who is on the registry: 1. Romeo and Juliet liasons, false accusations of vindictive teens against an older teen (18 or 19) 2.False accusation by vindictive parents in child custody cases and/or family feuds- There are more of these than most people would believe. There are many reports of people who admit to having lied about being molested when they were younger. Now they would like to have the person wrongly convicted on their testimony set free. 3.mutual consensual sex- but being 3 yrs. and 1 day older than the willing teen (can bring and has brought multiple felony indictments) 4. Sex between consenting teen prostitute (who looks older and even lied about her age) with an adult male 5. Criminal charges that later are dropped for insufficient proof but not appealed in time, so still on registry. The # of truly dangerous pedaphiles is relatively small. Under the Bush Justice Dept, you're liable to see people who look like your mailman,neighbor,etc. & ones who look like they fit the profile could be the least guilty.The registry numbers are growing exponentially. As long as politicians & the media can make reputations w this issue,it breeds fear/hysteria & ruins lives.
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