Blake Goudy – The Other Expert Witness

Parts of this post were used in Aggravated. The prosecution called two expert witnesses. We’ve already covered Ada Dixon. This post is about the other one, Blake Goudy, the man who gave the speech that day at Hanna’s school. Goudy said he only spoke to Hanna for fifteen minutes, so all he could say was …

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Dixon’s Book – Part 2

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 …

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Dixon’s Book – Part 1

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 …

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