The following material has been prepared and
provided by Allen Cowling and Cowling Investigations, Inc., for educational
purposes and was designed to assist anyone who is facing a false accusation,
false allegation or false allegations of child abuse, sexual abuse, child
molesting, incest, rape or who has been wrongfully convicted, because of
a false allegation. None of the material provided in the individual links
identified below, should ever be relied on as a replacement for qualified
legal assistance under any circumstances.
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and have been falsely accused, I would strongly recommend that you click
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you with a simple description of every page on this website and give you
the ability to find specific information that applies to you and your case.
I would also recommend viewing the Your
Attorney link on this page. There are 10 additional links to that
page that could prove very beneficial, one being a detailed explanation of
what is necessary for a father to win custody of his children when confronted
with false allegations of child sexual abuse.
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Without question, false allegations of child
abuse as well as convictions based on these allegations, have become nothing
short of an epidemic during the past ten years and the obvious question is,
why? One major reason for the increase is the mandated reporting law, making
it a felony when certain individuals fail to report suspected abuse. As to
convictions, often they can be attributed to those prosecutors, social workers
and child advocates who have no desire to find the truth, but simply want
to validate a child's accusations, even in some cases where evidence supports
that the child accuser was never abused. These save the world vigilantes
are responsible for sending hundreds of innocent people to prison solely
based on the fact that a child said it happened. Secondly, many convictions
are the result of defense attorneys who have no clue as to how to defend
these specific types of cases, but because of ego, refuse to associate others
who do and, as result, simply stumble through a defense.
A false allegation is a lie and when a child
tells it, there is absolutely nothing preventing them from adding
to the story. Most do and usually it is because they are trying to
please their interviewer. See the link above, "Why Lies
Multiply". Survival for the wrongfully accused means refusing to accept
the lie and refusing to become another victim of the system. The lie
can be exposed, but only by beginning a proper and aggressive defense as
soon as the allegation surfaces. Defending a false allegation of abuse does
require expertise. There are no easy or instant solutions. Much to popular
belief, there is absolutely no profile and/or no specific characteristics
of a molested child or of a child molester. It just does not exist, but
prosecutors will attempt to convince a jury that there is through some "quack"
doctor and the inexperienced defense counsel allows it in without
objection.
In a great many false allegation cases dealing
with child sexual abuse, unfortunately, the initial advice given to the accused
is let's wait and see what they have before we do anything. Those
giving that advice have no understanding that while waiting, ample opportunity
exists for someone to work with that child and, over time, one charge can
easily become 10 to 15 individual indictments. When that happens, then the
advice normally becomes, accept the plea bargain.
We have a great deal of expertise in preparing
a legal defense in false allegation cases, working with individuals who have
been wrongfully convicted and in assuring that anyone falsely accused has
proper and adequate legal representation. As of January, 2002, we have personally
and actively participated in defending clients in 323 false allegation cases,
provided 196 consultations and participated in 168 trials in 37 states, Mexico,
Canada, England, France, Italy and Brazil.
A conviction for anyone who has been wrongfully
accused usually is a result of a totally incompetent defense; investigative,
trial preparation, strategy or court presentation. There is absolutely no
room for any mistake when defending these cases. Often, immediate and proper
action can actually prevent indictments, keeping the entire matter out of
the legal system, but timing is critical. Allen Cowling, with more than 36
years of experience as a private investigator and defense strategist, has,
for more than a decade, devoted his practice to the specialization of defending
false allegations of child abuse, criminal defense preparation, overturning
convictions for the innocent and legal malpractice cases for clients, worldwide.
We make the impossible possible by providing a "defense strategy" that is
designed to expose the lie.
