Kee Macfarlane's Sexual Abuse Case

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Unfortunately, the therapist Shawn Connerly, and Kee MacFarlane didn’t do a great job with their interviewing the children involved in the McMartin case. Within, the case supposedly the young children experienced sexual abuse from their daycare providers. Placing children on the witness stand; to repeat what occurred in the daycare. With no customary protocol interviewing a minor involved in a sexual abuse case. The McMartin case didn’t report the kid’s cognitive factors for understanding and their abilities of memory. Shawn starting his interview off with “yucky secrets” is suggestibility a leading question for the victim to answer. Then Kee MacFarlane way of doing the interview with the children was also very leading, and rewarding the

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