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Harold Everett

 

Charge:

Child/Minor Sex Abuse (incl. molestation)

Sentence:

23 years

Years Imprisoned:

4

Year Crime:

1994

Year Convicted:

1994

Year Cleared:

1998

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Washington

County or Region of Crime:

Chelan

City of Crime:

Wenatchee

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

"Harold Everett was one of the Wenatchee 43. Husband of codefendant Idella Everett. Falsely confessed to child sexual abuse under intense police pressure. During a appellate court ordered hearing it was disclosed that Wash. State Child Services had concealed medical evidence that the couples children had never been sexually abused, etc. Exonerated by the Wash. Ct. of Appeals. The Everett's five children had been taken from them and he left four years of imprisonment with $40 in his pocket."

Conviction Caused By:

Falsely confessed to child abuse under intense police pressure. Erroneous child abuse accusations by the children involved under the influence of a Wenatchee detective and Washington State Child Protective Services workers.

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Innocent Project Northwest

Compensation Awarded:

Rec. Undisclosed Settlement

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

65

Age When Released:

69

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

""Wenatchee couple settle suit in child-sex-abuse case," Mike Barber (staff), Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 10-5-2000"

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http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/chil05.shtml

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Book About Case:

"“Witch Hunt: a true story of social hysteria and abused justice,” Kathryn Lyon, Avon Books, NY, 1998."

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