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Tables of Contents for Anatomy of the McMartin Child Molestation Case
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
Acknowledgments
An Overview
1
12
The Goal and Purpose of the Book
4
4
Organization of the Study
8
3
Conclusions
11
2
The Evolution of Charges
13
14
First Charges
15
1
Initial Arrests and Lack of Evidence
16
1
Evolution of Criminal Charges
17
1
Expanding the Investigation
18
6
Jail and Bail
24
2
Conclusions
26
1
Pretrial Publicity: A Media Event
27
14
Television and the McMartin Case
28
6
KABC-TV
29
1
A ``20/20'' Segment on McMartin
30
3
Another View: The ``60 Minutes'' Segment
33
1
The Print Media and the McMartin Case
34
2
Political Publicity
36
3
Impact of Media Coverage
39
1
Conclusions
40
1
Pretrial Publicity: The Public's View
41
18
The Los Angeles Times Opinion Survey
42
3
Defense Analysis of Pre-Trial Publicity and Public Opinion
45
1
Survey of Potential Jurors in the Los Angeles Central Superior Court District
46
12
Sample Size and the Response Rate
48
1
Community Survey Findings
48
2
Criticism of Mail Survey by the Print and Electronic Media
50
1
The Media and Pretrial Publicity
51
1
Testimony by Children in Sexual Abuse Cases
52
2
Guilt and Innocence
54
1
The Judicial System and Investigations of Child Abuse by the Prosecution
55
1
Child Sexual Abuse Over Time
56
1
Political Implications
56
2
Conclusions
58
1
Preliminary Hearings
59
46
The Affirmative Defense
60
1
The Judge and Other Court Players
61
3
An Open or Closed Hearing?
64
2
Parental Testimony
66
4
Therapists' Testimony
70
4
Children's Testimony
74
17
Medical Evidence and Medical Experts
91
3
Potential Bias of CII Personnel
94
1
Prosecutorial Misconduct
95
3
Cult Practice Fabrications
95
1
Illegal Delays in Reporting Sexual Abuse
96
1
Conflict Among Prosecutors
96
2
Bail
98
1
Dropping Charges
99
1
Dropping Defendants
100
2
Conclusions
102
3
Pretrial Events Before the First McMartin Trial
105
20
Charges of Discriminatory Enforcement and Prosecution
106
1
Motion for Dismissal of Charges and the Question of Prosecutorial Misconduct
107
5
Withheld Evidence
109
3
Death of Judy Johnson, the First Complaining Mother
112
1
Pre-Trial Defense Motions
113
7
Motion to Change Venue
114
1
Motions for Extensive Voir Dire Sessions
115
2
Selecting a Fair and Impartial Jury
117
3
Motion to Challenge the Jury Array
120
2
Conclusions
122
3
Impaneling the McMartin Jury: Scientific Defense Jury Selection
125
28
Jury Selection: Community Cross-Section and Biases
127
2
Scientific Jury Selection
129
2
Impaneling McMartin Jurors: A Study in Voir Dire and Peremptory Challenges
131
13
Socioeconomic and Demographic Dimensions of Juror Biases
131
2
Behavioral and Attitudinal Dimensions of Juror Biases
133
3
Observational Dimensions of Juror Biases
136
1
Structured Observations and Assessments of Juror Biases
137
7
The Final Jury and Alternates
144
2
The Final Jury's Backgrounds
146
4
Perceptions of Scientific Jury Selection in American Courtrooms
150
1
Conclusions
151
2
The First McMartin Trial
153
42
Opening Statements
155
3
The Prosecution and the Facts
155
1
The Defense and the Matter of ``Reasonable Doubt''
156
2
Parents' Testimony
158
4
Children's Testimony
162
7
Child Witnesses Refusing to Testify
167
1
Judy Ann Johnson's Son Refusing to Testify
168
1
Videotaped Testimony
169
1
Therapists' Testimony
169
5
Medical Evidence
174
1
The Defense Expert Witness
175
2
Jailhouse Informant Testimony
177
4
Testimony of Daniel Davis
181
1
Testimony of Peggy Ann Buckey
182
1
Testimony of Virginia McMartin
183
1
Testimony of Peggy McMartin Buckey
183
1
Testimony of Raymond Buckey
184
2
Miscellaneous Testimony Without End
186
2
Closing Arguments
188
2
McMartin Defendants Versus a McMartin Parent
190
1
Bail for Raymond Buckey
191
2
Conclusions
193
2
The Jurors and their Verdicts: The First Trial
195
8
The Verdicts
196
2
Evaluation of Evidence
198
3
Developing Consensus
200
1
Conclusions
201
2
The Aftermath
203
28
Public's Response
204
3
Soul Searching by the Mass Media
207
4
Insufficient Evidence: Weakness of the Prosecution
211
3
Monetary Costs
214
1
Personal Losses
215
7
The Children and Their Parents
215
2
The Defendants
217
1
Mary Ann Jackson
217
1
Babette Spitler
218
1
Peggy Ann Buckey
219
1
Minister John D. Eales
220
1
Jurors
221
1
Societal Costs
222
6
The Criminal Justice System
222
2
Child Sexual Abuse Rehabilitative and Therapeutic Industries
224
4
Conclusions
228
3
The Second McMartin Trial
231
22
The Retrial Decision
232
1
Was This a Valid Prosecution?
233
1
The Jury Selection
234
1
Trial
234
10
Judicial Assignment
235
1
Dismissal Request
236
1
Dismissed Count---Refusal of Boy to Testify
237
1
Plea Bargain Controversies
237
2
Child Witnesses
239
1
Renewed Medical Testimony
240
1
Kathleen MacFarlane and CII
240
1
Michael Maloney
241
1
Virginia McMartin
241
1
Babette Spitler and Her Children
242
1
Peggy McMartin Buckey
242
1
Raymond Buckey
242
1
Closing Arguments
243
1
Judge's Instructions to the Jury
244
1
Jury Deliberations
245
1
The Verdicts
246
1
Aftermath of the Second Trial
247
3
Parents
247
1
Child Witnesses
248
1
Raymond Buckey
248
1
The Public
249
1
District Attorney Ira Reiner
249
1
Conclusions
250
3
Constitutional Rights: Child Abuse Victims and Alleged Perpetrators
253
24
Constitutional Questions
255
5
Closed-Circuit TV Testimony
256
3
Hearsay Evidence
259
1
Prosecutors' Abuse of Power
260
5
Exonerating Evidence
261
1
Case Studies of Prosecutorial Misconduct
262
3
Civil Rights Violations
265
3
Reputations of Alleged Perpetrators
267
1
Children and the Criminal Justice Process
268
1
The Mass Media
269
1
Court Mechanisms to Limit the Effect of Prejudicial Materials
270
4
Proactive Mechanisms in the McMartin Trial
270
2
Reactive Mechanisms in the McMartin Trial
272
2
Conclusions
274
3
The Rights of Victims and Alleged Perpetrators: Possible Recipe and Reform
277
12
Countersuits
279
6
Virginia McMartin and Former Defendants
279
2
Peggy Ann Buckey
281
1
Peggy McMartin Buckey and Raymond Buckey
282
1
Other Countersuits
283
2
Recipe for Reform
285
2
Conclusions
287
2
Epilogue
289
18
Since the End
289
2
Government Abuse and Misconduct
291
1
Heavy-Handed Prosecutors
292
1
A Dismal Path Ahead
293
6
Fair Trial in Jeopardy---The O.J. Simpson Trial and L.A. District Attorney's Office
299
5
Conclusions
304
3
Endnotes
307
32
Subject Index
339
6
Name Index
345