Comments on: Letter To Santa Leads To Sex Abuse Charges

9-Year-Old Texas Girl Asked That A Relative Stop Touching Her And Her Sister

[clathrate]

At least in Texas they know how to deal with child molesters. The rest of country is so damned liberal they''d probably give the guy a medal of honor.

[evian_ycnan]

This is why "age appropriate *** education" is needed starting in kindergarten. Children must be taught was is inappropriate adult conduct and we cannot leave it to the parents to teach that since in many cases it may be the parents molesting the child.

[susanhelit]

The police know what proof there is. However - seems extremely twisted to belive the child put this note in her letter to Santa that she expected no one else to read, and some think it''s a plot to frame an innocent man. Yeah, right.

Most likely the police did the usual thing - talked to her, talked to her sister that was also being "touched" and checked if the man in question had access to the kids, had any record, etc. They don''t put you in jail for just an accusation - there has to be something that fits.

But all this paranoia about ex-wives and other evil types framing poor innocent men - this is a letter to Santa, not some kid telling a police officer a story mommy told her to say.

[sogaman]

I saw a case first hand like this that was sad to the bone. I worked for a city at the time and a fireman was accused of touching his daughter. The other fireman had this guy eat by himself, man the "radio" which was a way to keep him out of sight, he had to sleep on the down stairs sofa instead of his bunk. Turned out he was "saved" from jail because the best friend of his exwife confessed that the ex had the daughter tell people this story becuase she wanted to get even for the divorce. I only hope people have a fair day in court in these cases but too many times just being excused is enough to convict. The fireman in question ended up moving to another state to get away from those who forever thought him guilty.

[neonink]

Yes Virginia, there really is a Santa Claus.

And Merry Christmas.

[sblake63]

So this man sits in jail based on somebody''''''''s word with NO physical evidence? Based on somebody''''''''s WORD. Where''''''''s the proof?

This child protection mania has to stop. Somebody should NEVER be put in jail based on a persons word unless there are OTHER witnesses
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If all he did was ''''touch'''' them in an inappropriate area, there would be no physical evidence. Second, if we were to go off your logic, this kid''''s story can only be true if her sister corroborates her story. That is so phony. Children at that age don''''t know much about being touched in an area unless someone is doing it to them. You should be ashamed for trying to protect the possibly guilty...


Posted by tj217 at 03:32 PM : Dec 16, 2008

Again, a sign of the child advocacy mania where little or no evidence can put somebody away. Btw go to findlaw.com (yes you''ll need to pay for access lol) and you see how many cases where kids even that age are not telling the truth about that subject and even making things up. 100''s and I mean hundreds of false accusation cases can be found on the site,

Kids that age DO know of such things without being "abused", any teacher can tell you the trash that comes out of even 1st graders mouths

End the child advocacy mania!

[czmdm]

So this man sits in jail based on somebody''''s word with NO physical evidence? Based on somebody''''s WORD. Where''''s the proof?

This child protection mania has to stop. Somebody should NEVER be put in jail based on a persons word unless there are OTHER witnesses
Posted by sblake63

You are either 1) an idiot 2) have been on the moon for 25 years and don''t kow anything about the subject matter 3) in fact a pedophile yourself.

You think kids that age make this stuff up on their own?

[sblake63]

So this man sits in jail based on somebody''s word with NO physical evidence? Based on somebody''s WORD. Where''s the proof?

This child protection mania has to stop. Somebody should NEVER be put in jail based on a persons word unless there are OTHER witnesses

[susanhelit]

Why the little girl didn''t tell her mother? Well, often enough because the molester tells her that her mother will be hurt, blame the child, or will be killed, if she talks to her. Children don''t know any better.

And age appropriate s-e-x education for children is a good thing for this very reason - pedophiles should not have free rein over any child whose parents have failed to teach them about bad touches and who they can talk to. Yeah, every parent should tell their kids - but if they don''t, or if it doesn''t sink in, schools the child''s safety should not just be compromised because we wish to be too lazy to teach this subject, or because we don''t wish to intrude on the rights of ''parents'' who think that their child is immune (or who wish to abuse them without telling them that it''s wrong).


Too bad she didn''t know of the numerous other people she could tell, or was too scared to tell them - but thank goodness she thought she could put it in a letter to Santa!

[wlmrtpatriot]

I suppose this was a children''s school project. I remember doing that in school. In this case her teachers were involved and her uncle is now in jail.
Good.