McMartin Preschool Trial - Child Abuse Case Study for Legal Education

I ordered this book after reading Sybil Exposed as I enjoyed the HBO movie Indictment about the case. I also had a personal interest in the case as a close family member lived next to the Buckeys and was dumbfounded when all this happened.The book is easier to read than I expected being that so much of it is taken directly from the trial transcript. The childrens' accounts of what happened to them is so incredibly outlandish it's a wonder the prosecution had the nerve to bring the case to trial, but everyone believed they were incapable of lying. The extent the state went to to prove their case is mindboggling, and a reminder of what power run amok is capable of.After reading this book, I ordered my sister a copy, and she too, was dumbfounded at reading the children's testimony as she has a legal background.