People are usually not wrongly accused of shoplifting, but if there are no witnesses, no suveillence cameras?

Situation -- a small, old-fashioned drugstore in a small town.


The clerk is an older woman who is new to this area. She may wrongly accused others before, but not in this town.


The accused is a 12-year-old girl, white anglo-saxon, so it is not racial. She has never been in trouble before. This accusation puts her under huge stress -- she needs to find out what%26#039;s really going on.


We know that there are firefighters who set blazes so they can put them out and nurses who poison patients so they can revive them. On a smaller level, there are people who want to be heroes at work. They are looking for their 15 minutes of fame and have a hard time putting themselves in other people%26#039;s shoes. Adults are usually believed when their word is against a child%26#039;s. For this woman, no matter how evil or pathetic, catching a young %26quot;shoplifter%26quot; who doesn%26#039;t have much emotional support at home would be her way to grab some attention.


Have you ever heard of this happening?

People are usually not wrongly accused of shoplifting, but if there are no witnesses, no suveillence cameras?
If she needs to %26quot;find out what%26#039;s going on,%26quot; and has been charged with a crime, the law in every jurisdiction in the United States provides her with the right to obtain copies of all the evidence which the prosecution has and could use against her at trial.





This would include all police reports, witness statements, security video, audio statements, squad video, and physical evidence (or forensic analysis reports of the same --such as fingerprint or DNA evidence).





Obtaining copies of this evidence, known as %26quot;discovery%26quot; in the legal world, would be the first step to putting forth a defense to a charged crime.





More importantly, however, would be to obtain an attorney who can provide legal counsel specific to the facts of the case.
Reply:If the clerk saw her steal the item and/or can find the item in her possession, then the child is in the wrong. No matter what background she has, she deserves to be reprimanded because later on, down the road, she will continue to steal until it becomes a major problem and result in major jail time and serious fines. On the other hand, if the clerk does this for personal gain (i.e., attention), then she deserves to be fired immediately.
Reply:i was wrongly accused of shoplifting.


I took that c.nt to court.



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