McMartin Trials
In August 1983, a scandal of sexual harassment and abuse was reported at a children's school in California, USA, and the police quickly summoned the person, Buckey, to arrest him. Buckey's grandmother, mother, sister, and three other female teachers at the school were subsequently arrested and imprisoned.
The case has not yet been tried, and Buckey and his mother appear to have been convicted, with Buckey's mother bailed $350,000 and Buckkey $1 million. This is almost astronomical, meaning that the police simply refused to let them be released on bail.
Prosecutors also appear to have found the McMartin family guilty. The McMartins had a very good reputation in the area, and they hadn't even eaten a parking ticket. But prosecutors believe that "children will not make up such lies" and want to nail the McMartin family to the pillar of shame. The media also began to fully report on the situation, and the matter became more and more noisy. It has even been rumored that more than 1,200 children have been molested and many children's schools have been forced to close.
Under the media reports, people fell into madness, only willing to believe what they believed, and already thought that the McMartin family was a demon, and if there were other reports, it would be a exoneration for the devil.
As the trial progressed, prosecutors found no evidence other than the children's testimony to infer that the children had been sexually abused. And the children's testimony is always changing, and there is too much uncertainty in the case to convict the McMartin family. One prosecutor even offered to resign, believing the Mike family to be innocent, but his colleagues were cold to him.
Bucker was sent to prison for 5 years without bail, a new record in California history. After a seven-year trial, the court finally acquitted Bucker of child molestation. The entire trial cost about $15 million, but none were convicted in the end.
Although the trial is over, many people are still willing to think that they are the murderers and the devils, even if this is a wrongful case at all, but "how can a child lie?" "They must have made a mistake, something must have gone wrong, something must have gone wrong with the United States!" The McMartin family will bear such a name for the rest of their lives, and it will be difficult to return to a normal life. What they lose is not only time and money, but more importantly, dignity as human beings.
It is worth mentioning that the defense lawyer in this case was initially only for fame and fortune, but with the understanding of the case, he began to defend his innocent client at the expense of his reputation and career. This trial is not just a trial of cases, but a judgment of all people, and people no longer listen to God, but believe in television. In today's society, such similar group testimony cases emerge in an endless stream, and in the face of the unreadable truth, how we should speak out and how to look at it is a problem that everyone should face.