National public justice systems worldwide can provide many different examples of fatal situations that turn into giant losses, ruined careers, and lives. There are many present-day cases, one of those terrible and neglected cases is known as McMartin Preschool Abuse Trial. It is considered to be the most costly and the most overwhelmed criminal trial in the modern history of the American society. According to the official data, during seven years of constant hearings and investigations, the American government spent $ 15 million on prosecutions. However, the investigation finally ended up with no convictions and the crime was never committed. The process involved hundreds of emotionally injured children and broke lives for the McMartin family. Some of the causes had problems in the investigation, public hysteria, and mass media effect, that led to such a tragic. We may all agree on the fact that this “ criminal trial in American history, should serve as a cautionary tale”( Linder, 2003). …show more content…
Which was the result of a wide range of similar trials across the country and was called “ day- care sex-abuse hysteria (lyon, 1998). From the very beginning, Judy Johnson’s evidence of the McMartin Preschool appeared to be weird. Details that were described were satanic practices and that initially reminded of someone's imagination. Most prosecutors managed to see through those allegations to be false, but the suspicions had been started and therefore was unstoppable. This led to continued investigations that involved many organizations such as Children’s Institute International, a special agency for the treatment of abused children to view the situation. All the kids were going through two- hour