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After over a year of investigation, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement has concluded its investigation into abuse claims at the Dozier School for Boys. According to their report, the FDLE found “no tangible physical evidence” to support claims of physical or sexual abuse.
The report was released on March 11, 2010. It said the investigation came to a close after “hundreds of interviews of former students, family of former students, and former staff members of the school.” The Governor called for the start of the investigation in December 2008.
Based on the results of the inquiry and the findings released in the report, State Attorney Glenn Hess has declined to press any charges, citing shaky facts.
“The fact of the matter is that the law is the law and the facts are the facts,” Hess said.
“And you must prove the facts in order to get a lawful verdict. We just cannot prove the facts.”
Hess cited several instances in which he questioned what the claimants said happened. One was the two students who said they witnessed a student who was killed after being stuffed into an industrial clothes dryer.
“The problem was that one witness said that the victim was black, and the other student said the victim was white,” Hess said.
“That would not make for good prosecution.”
Hess said the statute of limitations for non-capitol crimes at the time was two years.
“That’s why we have statutes of limitation,” Hess said.
“To keep these cases from being brought long after anyone could possible remember what happened on that day.”
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