UNITED STATES
The Marietta Times (OH)
July 1, 2012
By Kevin Pierson (kpierson@mariettatimes.com) , The Marietta Times
Getting the person accused of molesting a child into a courtroom on criminal charges can be one of the most difficult challenges an investigator faces.
“You have to deal with the inherent difficulty it’s a child’s word against an adult’s word,” explained Assistant Washington County Prosecutor Kevin Rings.
Knowing that proving a case based on the word of a young child is difficult, law enforcement and Children Services investigators are then placed into the tough position of finding the evidence needed to convict an offender.
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