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Justice Delayed for Father MacRae
All this happened because “believe the children” became a nationwide mantra. Society has a duty to protect young children—but also to assess accusations rationally and fairly, especially when they’re improbable, spectacular and horrifying. Journalists, too, must …
Varn Chandola
Petition for review granted. The case of Varn Chandola meets our criteria for fiscal sponsorship. but there is no current fund-raising activity for this case.
Varn Chandola and his wife Neha, Seattle lawyers, were in the unhappy position of divorcing …
Dorothy Rabinbowitz: The Trials of Father MacRae
“Here once more, in the MacRae case, was a set of charges built by a determined sex-abuse investigator and an atmosphere in which accusation was, in effect, all the proof required to bring a guilty verdict. But now there was …
TV News Spot About the Father Gordon MacRae Appeal
New Trial Motion Filed for Father Gordon MacRae
Attorney Robert Rosenthal has filed a new-trial motion for Father Gordon MacRae, whose case is sponsored by the National Center for Reason and Justice. He has supplied us with a copy of his opening brief. Here is Rosenthal’s introduction to …
The Yankton Four
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Here is a recent article about the case by Evelyn Red Lodge in the Native Sun News.
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Lawrence Brose
Lawrence Brose is a well regarded gay artist based in Buffalo who has also made videos dealing with gay male sexuality. He has long scoured the Internet to download images for future use in his art. His work is not …
Dr. Robert Bruce Craft
The case of Dr. Robert Bruce Craft meets our criteria for fiscal sponsorship, but there is no current fund-raising activity for his case. But please read about his case for its educational value.…
Onsy Zachary
Onsy Zachary was falsely accused by his brother, who wants him deported. Onsy and his wife, Fadia, fled Egypt to escape religious persecution and sought religious asylum in the U.S.
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Father Paul Shanley
Father Paul Shanley, 82, became one of the highest-profile figures in the Catholic abuse scandal that gripped the state in 2002. But while Shanley’s conviction in February was widely interpreted as a closing chapter in the scandal, his case …