go into a courtroom and you have allegations made by very young children where a jury just does not believe them and if there s no corroboration, if there s no other evidence other than the word of these children, sometimes it s difficult for a jury to hang their hat on that. and in this case, the defense was able to show a lot of inconsistencies in the statements made by these kids, and it really divided a town, because you had allegations made by more than one child, and you ve had a teacher who had a stellar background. the cases are very difficult to prosecute and when there s not guilty on all the counts it s not that surprising. larry: is it sometimes the effect, stacey, of the parents on the children that the parents trying to coax the children? absolutely, in these types of cases you need to have very seasoned prosecutors and seasoned detectives that are able to sit down with the child and not lead them. you also have to be very careful in warning parents that if it looks l
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