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Sex Hysteria is Killing Mentorship

I would never coach youth basketball.  When a kid stops to pet my dog, Amicus, I cringe and step away.  I simply want nothing to do with children.  While I'd make a great mentor and would otherwise enjoy volunteering, I never will.  Here's reason number #1,045 why:  The evidence against a Port Authority bus driver accused of fondling a boy while on his route was so scant that an Allegheny County judge on Tuesday not only cleared the man of all charges, he also criticized the district attorney's office for bringing the case in the first place.So what led to criminal charges being filed against an innocent bus driver?  The man let his son play in his bus:Instead, Mr. Leffler had taken his son on his route with him that afternoon. The video showed the boy standing in the passenger compartment of the bus next to his dad -- hanging off the bar that separates the driver, playing and acting like he was on monkey bars...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on April 17, 2010 (boomark / email).