Saturday, July 11, 2009

False Charge Industry

There are countless innocent people rotting in prisons, convicted of child sex abuse. Since this this falsely accused officer spent 20 years in prison, it cannot have a happy ending. I was living in Wenatchee in the 1990's when about 45 innocent people were railroaded into prison on false charges. The history of these witch trials reveals much about how things work in USA.

These false prosecutions occurred all over America, and started with a government program. About 1980, Fritz Mondale ran through legislation that put a bounty on child molestation convictions. That got things really rolling. I met a fellow who moved from San Jose to Wenatchee to cash in on the money flowing in to support the prosecutions, and the damage being done to families.

We should never trust government with anything as important as justice.


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