reason.com — Bernard Baran, an openly gay man, has spent half his life behind bars on child molestation charges that the state no longer has the confidence to retry. Baran says that during his jail term he was raped and beaten more than 30 times, necessitating six different transfers to new correctional institutions.
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gerz1219Aug 18, 2009
Well, your mom presumably likes having sex with men, would you have any problems with her being beaten and gang-raped over 30 times?
pleaonerAug 18, 2009
@solid12345 I think Atario is saying that Baran should use his suit to bring to light his injustices and push for reform rather than monetary compensation/getting back at Ford.
jedidadof2Aug 18, 2009
According to court documents, the video shows several children alleging that Baran had sexually abused them. But edited out was footage in which some of the children denied any abuse by Baran, accused other members of the daycare faculty of abuse or of witnessing abuse, and, most importantly, depicted interrogators asking the same questions over and over—even after repeated denials—until a child gave them an affirmative answer. Some children were even given rewards for their answers.According to court documents, the first parents to come forward with accusations against Baran in September 1984 had just days earlier registered a complaint with the center upon noticing Baran was "queer" by the way he walked and talked. The boy's mother, who thought gays "shouldn't be allowed out in public" much less permitted to work at daycare centers, said that she "didn't want no homo" watching her son.and the kickerWhen that child later tested positive for gonorrhea of the throat, Ford used the test against Baran at trial, even though A) the child never accused Baran of forcing him to perform oral sex, B) the child, in fact, specifically denied having sexual contact with Baran on the witness stand, C) Baran tested negative for gonorrhea, D) the boy had told his mother two months prior that his stepfather had orally raped him, and E) on the very day Baran was convicted, charges against the stepfather were turned over to the D.A.'s office for possible prosecution.one more timein cased you missed it: A) the child never accused Baran of forcing him to perform oral sex, B) the child, in fact, specifically denied having sexual contact with Baran on the witness stand, C) Baran tested negative for gonorrhea, D) the boy had told his mother two months prior that his stepfather had orally raped him,
Closed AccountAug 19, 2009
Experts get that way because they dedicate themselves to the study of a subject. Don't try to pretend that an expert in chemistry or forensics couldn't school you.
Closed AccountAug 19, 2009
But there's an exception for hetero rape - because women just "ask" for it by being "sluts."
edrodgers731Aug 19, 2009
Are all of you dense?There were several children involved. SOME of them denied the did anything. SOME of them may have been coerced into saying that he did something. The article is not specific on any other evidence that may have been presented, only the evidence that may have been fraudulent.It does not mean he is innocent. It means they corrupted the case, and he is free to go.You all are reading into this article like it's the whole story.
Closed AccountAug 19, 2009
And what are those supposed to mean? You're making a special class of experts who really aren't?