I saw red watching the documentary Southwest of Salem, about the “San Antonio Four”, four lesbians accused of gang-raping two children in 1994. They all got lengthy prison sentences, even though there was zero evidence of a crime, and even though they maintained their innocence and none of them took plea bargains.
Southwest of Salem is a very good documentary, and it opens today. My review is now up at Rogerebert.com.
I’m glad they reached out to Debbie Nathan on this. She was one of the earliest and clearest voices against the kind of magical thinking these panics provoke. Hopefully the movie will help the women involved.
I need to read her book – I assume you’ve read it?
The whole thing is so outrageous.
These four women need to be exonerated. But the West Memphis Three weren’t – even with all the evidence. It’s infuriating.