A woman who said she lied as an 11-year-old when she said her father raped her won't be prosecuted for her testimony, which sent him to prison for more than nine years.
Prosecutor Sue Baur said charging Cassandra Ann Kennedy of Longview might discourage others who might have lied in similar situations from coming forward to tell the truth. She noted, however, that it was simply a case of a person withdrawing their story - not an indictment of the system.
"Unfortunately, a man spent 10 years in prison before that happened," the prosecutor said. Full Article
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