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On this day, March 22, 1984, teachers at a preschool were falsely charged with the sexual abuse of schoolchildren. (Original Post) 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

3Hotdogs

(13,344 posts)
1. There were several cases of daycare workers charged with child abuse. One was in Maplewood, N.J.
Fri Mar 22, 2024, 07:04 AM
Mar 2024

Margaret Kelley Michaels. She served about two years before being exonerated. She then sued the county and got a couple'a $m.

I believe one case in Mass. still has people in the slammer.

sop

(11,083 posts)
2. I watched 'Indictment: The McMartin Trial' the other night, a movie about the McMartin child abuse trial.
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.

enid602

(9,014 posts)
3. McMartin
Fri Mar 22, 2024, 12:28 PM
Mar 2024

I am a McMartin Preschool alum. Virginia McMartin was in my grandmother’s bridge club, and I went all through school with Virginia’s grand daughter. Tragic what happened.

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