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I don't know. When I lived in Washington state several years ago there was a widely publicized case there in a town called Wenatchee where about 40 people were falsly accused of child molestation and about 28 of them were convicted. Most of these people were very poor with low IQs.
The accusations were made by a very sick policeman and members of child protective services. I believe that most or all of their convictions have been overturned by now but many spent years in prison until it got straightened out. At least I think most are free by now.
The problem with child molestation is that we all get so upset upon hearing about it. Unfortunately there are some sick people in positions of authority who from time to time find it occuring everywhere they look. I don't know what their motives are, perhaps they were molested as a child themselves or something.
I don't trust the police and especially the prosecutors enough to send anyone to death nowadays. Unfortunately DNA evidence can be planted. I think most are trying to get the guilty off the streets but I believe many defendants are railroaded especially those with no resources.
I remember watching on one of the news shows a while back about how some prisoners on death row were being released because of the new DNA testing. A Texas judge said in an interview that she wanted all the old rape kits destroyed because too many were being set free. She said they were already convicted by a jury of their peers and their appeals had been used up and besides there may have been co-ejaculators.
I have never been arrested for anything and with people like that in the system I hope I never am.
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