I was telling my husband about a #childsexabuse case that I was prosecuting, and he asked me "Does he have any history?" --- and I realized this is something we need to be talking about. 🧵 1/
"Does he have any history?" is NOT a valid question in child sex abuse cases. I don't care if he's 102 years old.
You can NOT rely on history. Abusers go DECADES without getting caught. And initial reports are silenced, overlooked, and disregarded. (i.e. Larry Nasser) 2/
You can NOT rely on history. Abusers go DECADES without getting caught. And initial reports are silenced, overlooked, and disregarded. (i.e. Larry Nasser) 2/
I once had a case of an 80 year old man who drove the church bus and had ZERO record (not even a parking ticket) who gave a FULL CONFESSION after his victim came forward.
No one wanted to believe her b/c he had NO history. 3/
No one wanted to believe her b/c he had NO history. 3/
Just as I can't used someone's history in court to say they did something, PLEASE don't used let the ABSENCE of history trick you into thinking someone would not abuse a child. 4/end
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