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I truly believe this man is innocent. I remember the case vividly from back in 1985. There was no physical evidence whatsoever presented in court that this abuse ever took place. Only the testimony of children who were coached extensively by "social workers." A child is very impressionable. I remember when I was six, my father threatened to throw me out the second story window of our house if I didn't behave and that he had already done it to another "bad" boy who is now dead. Of course this never happened. But my father told me that's what happened and I believed him at the time (probably after he had one too many shots of whiskey). I believed this for years until my father told me when I was around 10 that he made the whole thing up. But for years, I pictured this boy being thrown out the window by my father and would have have breathlessly told the tale to anybody that would listen to me. It doesn't take much to get a little kid's imagination running wild.

This case occurred during a time when there was a "witch hunt" of child molesters. Anybody accused of child molestation was automatically convicted in the media. Anybody brought up on such charges in a courtroom would get convicted, even if the evidence was not convincing. After all, what juror could let an accused child molester walk free?

It is because of this witch hunt mentality that I never became a Scout leader or a Little League coach and never worked with kids in any way. Why risk some kid pointing a finger at me and making a false accusation? My life would be over as I know it. A false accusation can have such horrendous consequences. We now read how teenage girls (and boys) concoct charges to "get back" at a strict teacher or some other hated authority figure. Some of them recant the charges but the falsely accused will have a cloud hanging over their heads for the rest of their lives, nevertheless. As for those who never recant, the poor guy ends up sitting in a jail cell, scorned by his fellow inmates and abandoned by his friends and family.

All Gerald Amirault had to do to go free was admit his guilt. He could have been home with his family many years ago and seen his kids grow up. But if you are innocent, how can you ever admit guilt? I try to put myself in Amirault's position and I would probably do the same thing, painful as it may be. No way would I ever admit to something so horrendous if I never did it.

The DA, social workers and other politicians in Massachusetts are too gutless to do the right thing. They want to cover their own asses so they will never admit that maybe they railroaded an innocent guy.

Remember, there was absolutely no physical evidence at all in this case suggesting that any sexual abuse took place at that day care. It certainly is a stretch to presume that Gerald Amirault, as well as his mother and sister could sexually abuse all these children without leaving a shred of physical evidence. It is even more of a stretch that not one of them would strike a deal with prosecuters and rat out the other two (or one) and that all three would willingly sit in jail for years when they knew that an admission of guilt would set them free. That is not what true pedophiles would do. A true pedophile would do whatever it takes to get out of prison so that they can do it again.

I agree with you about putting yourself in harms way by volunteering to work with kids. It's just too damn bad it has to be that way.

Here are links in the earlier post linked above, courtesy of Interesting Times:

Here are all the Rabinowitz articles in the series that I could find:

A Darkness in Massachussetts

A Darkness in Massachussetts II

A Darkness in Massachussetts III

Judgement in Massachussetts

The Pursuit of Justice, Continued

Only in Massachussetts

A Juror Has Second Thoughts

Through the Darkness (on Grant Snowden in Dade County, Florida)

Wenatchee

Reckoning in Wenatchee

24 Posted on 07/10/2001 11:29:39 PDT by Interesting Times

It doesn't take much to get a little kid's imagination running wild.

Have you ever seen the "anatomically correct" dolls used by social workers and child psychologists for interviewing young children about sexual abuse? They have big round gaping holes at the mouth, vagina, and anus, and a perfectly matched big round cylinder for a penis. Any kid who has ever played with "put the round peg in the round hole" type toys can figure out exactly what the adult wants them to do with these dolls. This is the sort of thing which forms the basis for nearly all convictions of sexual abuse of small children in which there is no physical evidence and no adult witnesses.