[Tymesup]

He was convicted on the basis of statements made by children from his day care center. After extensive interviewing by child experts, young children made statements to the effect that Amirault had abused them. It is debatable whether these statements were, in fact, true. Dorothy Rabinowitz has written about this case in the Wall Street Journal (I suspect she wrote this article, too).

[jackbill]

Dorothy Rabinowitz has written about this case in the Wall Street Journal (I suspect she wrote this article, too).

Ms. Rabinowitz won her Pulitzer in part for her series on the Amiraults - mother, daughter and son. She has my undying respect for keeping up the fight.

Some day, this case will end up in the same history chapter as the Salem Witch Trials