Scott and brenda kniffen case
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Charge:
Child/Minor Sex Abuse (incl. molestation)
Sentence:
240 years
Years Imprisoned:
14
Year Crime:
1981
Year Convicted:
1984
Year Cleared:
1996
U.S. State or Country of Crime:
California
County or Region of Crime:
Kern
City of Crime:
Bakersfield
Result:
Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:
"Brenda Kniffen was codefendant of husband Scott Kniffen, and Alvin McCuan and his wife Debbie McCuan. The four were found guilty by a jury of child abuse in 1983 and given centuries long sentences. The convictions of the four defendants were reversed in August 1996 and they were released on August 12, 1996 after 14 years of imprisonment. During all those years none of the husbands and wives were allowed to have any contact with each other. There was no physical evidence that any child abuse had occurred. The children that testified against the four adults had been promised by prosecutors that if they lied they would be reunited with their parents. The children recanted after they realized the prosecutors had lied to them. The case was dramatized in a 2001 movi
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Just Ask My Children
2001 historical drama made-for-TV film
| Just Ask My Children | |
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| Genre | Drama |
| Written by | Deborah Serra |
| Directed by | Arvin Brown |
| Starring | Virginia Madsen Jeffrey Nordling John Billingsley Graham Beckel Deirdre O'Connell |
| Music by | Patrick Williams |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Executive producers | Laurette Hayden Greg Klein |
| Production location | United States |
| Cinematography | Lowell Peterson |
| Editor | Scott Vickrey |
| Running time | 1 hour, 31 minutes |
| Production company | Brayton-Carlucci Productions |
| Network | LMN |
| Release | not a number value |
Just Ask My Children is a 2001 historical dramamade-for-television film, recounting the true story of the Kern County child abuse cases from the perspectives of various members of the Kniffen Family.[1]
Plot
[edit]In 1982, parents Brenda Kniffen (Virginia Madsen) and her husband Scott Kniffen (Jeffrey Nordling) are arrested due to false accusations of satanic ritual abuse, child molestation and other acts of illegal activity. Two years later, following a systematic trial, they are found guilty and both sentenced to 240 years in prison without parole. Brenda and Scott have two young boys, Brandon and Bri
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Kern County little one abuse cases
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History
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