February 8, 2005

Shanley Update

It's no surprise, but he was convicted.

He no doubt deserves what he gets, but I'm still a skeptic on recovered memory. Shanley's nefarious reputation no doubt will make what might otherwise be a good appeal issue not a likely winner. Massachusetts has a nasty history on child abuse convictions based on questionable evidence.

As they say, hard cases make bad law.

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