Sex Crimes Defense Attorneys - Seattle, Washington
Lives can be destroyed with false accusations
For children who are sexually abused, life is a living nightmare but false allegations of child sex abuse destroy lives too. The charges are easy to bring and difficult to defeat without a thorough and informed defense. They can quickly snowball into your worst nightmare unless you act fast to put strong legal representation on your side. If you have had allegations of child sex abuse leveled against you, contact an experienced sex crimes defense lawyer at Rhodes & Meryhew, LLP.
We believe that the more you know about the charges against you and the criminal justice system, the better you can defend yourself and assist your attorney. To assist you we have gathered information regarding the State and Federal laws that govern sex crimes and domestic violence offenses, the defenses to these crimes, evaluation and treatment resources and a whole lot more.
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Right and Wrong Approaches
There are many reasons a false allegation of child sex abuse may be made. Negative attitudes about someone, suggestive questioning of the child and outright coaching can be behind these charges. Distinguishing valid allegations from false allegations can be very difficult unless your attorney has the experience and training to spot these issues and expose them.
A child can often be convinced they experienced something which did not happen. By nature, children are imaginative and impressionable. Because of that, they are susceptible to suggestions by authority figures and can even come to believe that those things happened when they did not. We work with experts in false memory, coaching, and child interviewing to get at the reason these accusations are made and the reason the child has come to believe those allegations.
Expertise and Experience to Insure the Best Defense
As attorneys, we have considerable experience and great skill when it comes to interviewing children, parents and experts. We have reviewed the academic literature and are familiar with interviewing and investigating methods. We know how these cases should be investigated in order to avoid the likelihood of false memories. We also know the common mistakes overzealous prosecutors and child interviewers make in trying to prepare child sex abuse cases. We use this knowledge and experience to aggressively defend our clients whenever false allegations have been made.
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