The True Story of How a Series of Lies Sent an Innocent Man to Prison
Parts of this post were used in Aggravated. Gender Bias In the previous post I looked at the overly religious nature of Ada Dixon’s book, Overcoming and Dealing With a World of Abuse, which I believe make the chance of it being used as a psychological self-help book extremely remote. Another thing I noticed about …
Parts of this post were used in Aggravated. Hyper-Religious Nature Let me make it absolutely clear that nothing I say in this post is intended as a criticism of anyone’s religion. My main gripe is that the book (and maybe Dixon’s portrayal as a therapist in the trials) was faulty. I first analyzed Nina Dixon’s …
Views on Homosexuality This is another example of what I believe is Ada Dixon’s misguided, unscientific approach to counseling. She claimed in her book, Overcoming and Dealing With a World of Abuse, that sexual addiction “manifests itself in various ways, including promiscuity, pornography, and homosexuality.” That statement is apparently Dixon’s own belief. It isn’t attributed …
Unscientific Nature In the previous post I took issue with inaccurate statistics Ada Dixon used in her book, Overcoming and Dealing With a World of Abuse, showing that she cited data which I believe wildly misrepresented the amount of sexual abuse which goes unreported. If I have misused any data in Aggravated or on this …
Parts of this post were used in Aggravated. Statistics During Steve’s second trial, Steve’s attorney, Cleveland Sanford, was questioning expert witness Ada Dixon about her methodology. In particular, he was interested in a list of symptoms Dixon had said were indicative of someone who had undergone sexual abuse. He asked her if those symptoms were …
Parts of this post were used in Aggravated. What Was Missing From the Summary After I had gathered most of the documentation related to Steve’s trial, I began making notes, comparing one set of documents with another. One of the first things I noticed was that much of what Hanna originally claimed in her affidavit …
Parts of this post were used in Aggravated. Overview of the Summary In September 2004, Steve’s original attorney, Roland Mathis, filed a motion requesting records from any medical or psychiatric reports that the DA’s office might have. Hanna’s medical records and Ada Dixon’s session notes were the two primary things Mathis was looking for. It …
Texas v. Munsen – The Complaints I mentioned in an earlier post that the Texas State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors (TSBEPC) had been given two complaints against Ada Dixon early in her counseling career (the first was closed with a “No Violation” status, the second was closed by issuing her a Warning Letter). …
Parts of this post were used in Aggravated. Texas v. Munsen – The Social Media Attack On Tuesday, January 29, 2013, the second day of the Munsen trial (the first day Dixon appeared in court), Janice Deal, the Executive Assistant to the Superintendent of the Deep Springs School District, sent an email to about 140 …
Texas v. Munsen – Dixon’s Testimony On Day Four of the 2013 Munsen trial, about 9:00 am, the prosecutor began by having Dixon list her qualifications (RN, licensed professional counselor, in business for 21 years, gives lectures, wrote a book about abuse, etc.). When he asked her what her work as a counselor was like …