Sean Penn narrates a movie about Bakersfield justice?
It's true. There's a new documentary film in the spirit of the book "Mean Justice" and national television news shows like 48 hours, depicting the Bakersfield witch hunts, or, child molestation trials of the 1980s that were eventually overturned.
According to the official movie site, the documentary film, 'Witch Hunt' chronicles the unraveling of a Bakersfield's justice system in the 1980s. The site claims the main characters in the documentary are:
working class moms and dads who all were wrongly convicted of child molestation. They served lengthy prison time and were ultimately exonerated. All of the convicted were recklessly pursued by the same District Attorney who remains in office today.
The film by Dana Nachman and Joe Hardy of KTF Films is narrated by Sean Penn. Music is by Fresno's Joe Rosato.
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Wednesday, October 29, 2008
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I was a Welfare Fraud Investigator for the Kern County Department of Human Services during this period of Bakersfield's history. Even though I nor my peers were involved in the investigation, I was there when this was occurring. I knew all of the players and was convinced then that some over exaggeration was occurring by the people who were involved. I had talked with the children prior to the investigation, on an unrelated matter, and I and my partner both felt that the children had been molested or were in danger. I do not believe it was as insideous as the sheriff's department or DA's office finally charged that it was.
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