Why are there so many innocent people, facing false allegations, convicted?
• There are many reasons. The desire on the part of a jury to “believe the child,” or their thoughts that, “maybe it didn’t happen, but just in case it did, I gotta protect this child.” Some attorneys who tell a client “you cannot defend these cases.” “You cannot prove that the child is lying.” The totality of the defense consisting of responding only to the state’s case. No aggressive motion practice to determine the specific testimony of the state’s “experts.” No preparation for dealing with the accusing child’s testimony after they have been “coached” following multiple interviews. Not handling discovery properly. Defense preparation without experts. No real investigation of the facts. No serious analysis of the overall problem resulting in no real defense strategy. Failure to develop a defense strategy and then sticking to it. Defending the client haphazardly or in a panic as the eve of trial approaches. The list goes on, but basically, and in most cases, there simply was an inadeq
