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Although seven of the twelve jurors said they believed the nine child witnesses were molested "in some sense by someone," the prosecution was unable to show that the children were abused at the McMartin Pre-School in Manhattan Beach, Calif. Nonetheless, Peggy McMartin Buckey, 63, and her son Raymond, 31, spent two years and five years, respectively, in jail before their acquittal on 52 criminal counts. They have lost everything, including their good standing in the community...
Instead of suspicion, Stuart was showered with sympathy. The media apotheosized the couple as starry-eyed lovers out of Camelot cut down by an urban savage. Some politicians attended Carol's funeral; others called for the death penalty. Mayor Raymond Flynn ordered all available detectives to work on the case. Hundreds of men in Mission Hill whose only connection to the case was that they were young and black were stopped and frisked...
Some brave swinophiles have taken full-size pigs as pets. In addition to their two Vietnamese potbellies, Raymond Sattler, a Wilmington, N.C., neurosurgeon, and his wife Debbie have a pair of champion Durocs, which currently weigh in at 700 lbs. apiece. It's just one pig-happy family, the doctor reports. "When we come home, it's impossible to watch the pigs and not just chuckle and feel better," says Sattler. "To be sitting in front of a fireplace with a bottle of wine, your wife and a pig is the ultimate in relaxation...
...lynch- mob mentality" ignited by the case. The Rev. Charles Stith, a prominent leader in the black community, accused local news media of "overkill" that whipped up racial tensions with biased accounts of "the worst of what black people are supposed to be." Elisa demanded an apology from Mayor Raymond Flynn, who had earlier called Stuart a hero. The mayor had already visited Bennett's mother to deliver an apology. Said he: "I've been on this earth 50 years, and I've read a lot of suspense stories, but I've not heard anything as bizarre and troubling...
...Hart '91 Gregory B. Kasowski '93 Tara A. Nayak '92 Joseph R. Palmore '91 Eric S. Solowey '91 Arts Editor: Kelly A.E. Mason '92 Feature Editor Colin F. Boyle '90 Sports Editor: Julio R. Varela '90 Photo Editors: Leor S. Bachar '91 Nicole D. Grier '91 Business Editor: Raymond M. Nomizu '91 Copy Editor: Mary Louise Kelly...