Chrissy asked,
well, i dont want to call these girls liars, or downplay their victimization...however, dont ya think this sounds a little...contrived?
No, Chrissy I don't.
I'll let the jury decide what they think sounds believable. I think it is a disservice to victims to suggest that their story is contrived, especially when the perp and his lawyer say he gave in to temptation.Why would they say that if nothing happened?
Yes, there have been cases of false accusations. The McMartin preschool case is a great example: a charge was made of ritual sexual abuse and not a single shred of physical evidence could be found. Another example is the alleged rape of JW pioneer Aimee Satterfield. She ended up dropping her story after the police spent hundreds or thousands of man hours trying to figure out who raped her and found "holes" in her story. They had physical evidence that Aimee had sex, but no rapist. Aimee's wounds were consisten with self inflicted wounds. A few months later, Sister Satterfield got married. Did the police check her husband's DNA against their sample? I don't know.
I think it is best to let the system work. It isn't a perfect system, but it works pretty well most of the time.