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lorain morning journal

“Both Allen and Smith professed innocence, and the two said they had never met prior to being charged in connection with the case. Attorneys for Allen and Smith have argued that experts — since the 1994 trial — have determined the four children, who testified in court, had been questioned improperly by investigators, who planted ideas in their minds, and the children eventually believed what they were told was true.”

Read the article by Michael Fitzpatrick in The Morning Journal. The National Center for Reason and Justice has been fighting for Nancy Smith and Joseph Allen since their inception in 2002. Please consider supporting their work with a contribution.

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When the NCRJ was founded in 2002, one of the first cases we sponsored was the case of Frank Fuster. His was one of the first and most high-profile cases of the 80’s daycare panic. While a number of the other cases ended in exoneration, Frank has not been so fortunate.

The NCRJ will not abandon Frank and are supporting a final effort towards justice. Frank currently is hoping to raise money to obtain records he believes might help his cause. Towards that end, he contacted us and asked if we could set up a GoFundMe appeal for him.

We have done so. Please visit it here.

“ELYRIA — Lorain County Prosecutor J.D. Tomlinson is considering going to court to request that the criminal convictions of Joseph Allen and Nancy Smith, convicted of child sexual abuse in the Head Start case of the early 1990s, “be vacated and that the charges against them be dismissed.”

Read the article by Dave O’Brien in the Lorain Chroicle-Telegram.

Everyday Joseph Allen remains in prison the magnitude of this injustice increases. This is the first hopeful development in many years.