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The Case of Howard Dudley
📻 Episode #271
🎙️ Hosted by Jason Flom
📅 Jun 23, 2022
About This Episode
On October 13, 1991, Amy Moore, a nine year old with intellectual limitations, complained to her babysitter that her father, Howard Dudley, was "nasty," kicking off a series of sexually charged leading questions resulting in sexual abuse allegations. Dudley denied the claims, and after nine interviews, Amy's story grew increasingly inconsistent and implausible. However, in…
The Case
On October 13, 1991, Amy Moore, a nine year old with intellectual limitations, complained to her babysitter that her father, Howard Dudley, was "nasty," kicking off a series of sexually charged leading questions resulting in sexual abuse allegations. Dudley denied the claims, and after nine interviews, Amy's story grew increasingly inconsistent and implausible. However, in order to do a fuller investigation, the Lenoir County Department of Social Services had to substantiate Amy's claims, triggering the police to seek an indictment. Based on a testimony that Amy later recanted, Dudley was convicted of first-degree sexual offense and taking indecent liberties with a minor.
https://law.duke.edu/wrongfulconvictions/
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00:05:08“Speaker 1: as Diane's health continued to deteriorate. Speaker 3: The babysitter she called Howard mean because he had broken Speaker 3: up with Diane Moore, who she later died of age Speaker 3: she was ill, and then Howard, moving on with life, Speaker 3: became born again. Christian got married, had these two kids.”
00:20:03“Speaker 3: now she has some cognitive limitations more suggestible than ninety Speaker 3: nine percent of the population. So this was a little Speaker 3: girl who at nine probably was much younger in her Speaker 3: affect and her intellectual attainments. There's a real question about Speaker 3: whether she was competent to stand trial, and I think”
00:34:06“Speaker 3: and that bolstered Amy's recantation. One amazing thing that happened Speaker 3: at that hearing, though, was that when Amy was on Speaker 3: the stand and it's difficult for her as a nine Speaker 3: year old, as a teenager again and then as a Speaker 3: grown woman, but the judge asked if he could speak”
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