On the other hand, perhaps her memory is fine and she's telling the truth. A man's life rides on what the jury decides.
Funny thing it only happened once. Most sexual predators will continue time after time. Hard to believe it was a one time occurrence, if it is true.
A seven year old key witness = reasonable doubt.
I wonder if there’s any physical evidence to corroborate the child’s story. If not, I think I would find it difficult to convict the father. Small children have a tenuous grasp on reality and are very easy to manipulate. A relative with an axe to grind against the accused or even a well-meaning social worker could get a small child to say most anything. I also find it hard to believe that the child has a clear memory of something that supposedly happened when she was two years old.
Manipulative bitter ex-wife out to destroy her ex-husband; and an out-of-control prosecutor who knows there is no case counting on a jury to make an emotional decision to convict with absolutely no evidence. This shit happens all the time.
Not guilty.
The show me state.
Remembers from age 2.
No.
Sounds like she has been coached and prompted.
Children can be very susceptible to outside influences.
Memory retention does not happen until maybe age 3 or 4 and those are spotty and, again, susceptible to outside influences.
a seven year old testifying of an ‘evolving’ event that happened when she was two? i’m not privy to all the info, but there sure seems to be enough reasonable doubt to drive a semi through. of course sometimes court decisions are more emotional than factual.
I have some vague memories of some things that happened when I was 3 or 4. Napping with my mom while my older brother was at school; being entertained by my older cousin when I was in my crib sick with scarlet fever; waking up in my crib and looking at my brother’s bed thinking an alligator had eaten him (my first nightmare). But the really vivid memories I have from those ages come only from our old home movies. I suspect implanted memories can be vivid. This one will be tough to sort out.