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James woods, mercedes ruehl, lolita davidovich, sada thompson, henry thomas, shirley. One of the most searing films ever made for television, indictment recounts the reallife mcmartin child abuse case and subtextually parallels the day care scandal with other major witch hunts. Verrnena bergin from the states gave me a copy of the movie when i met her at the protectors and clients conference in utrecht. Mann goes after yet another explosive subject in indictment. The mcmartin trial my husband and i just watched it today a mere decade and a half after it came out, on hbo. The cases went to trial, and in 1990, after three years of testimony and nine weeks of deliberation by the jury, peggy mcmartin buckey was acquitted on all counts.
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