Scott and brenda kniffen settlement

Charge:

Child/Minor Sex Abuse (incl. molestation)

Sentence:

250 years

Years Imprisoned:

14

Year Crime:

1981

Year Convicted:

1984

Year Cleared:

1996

U.S.

State or Country of Crime:

California

County or Region of Crime:

Kern

City of Crime:

Bakersfield

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

"Alvin McCuan was codefendant of his wife Deborah McCuan, and Brenda Kniffen and Scott Kniffen.

The four were found guilty by a jury of child sex abuse in 1984 and given centuries long sentences.

Kniffen family

The convictions of the four defendants were reversed in August 1996 and they were released after 14 years of imprisonment. During all those years none of the husbands and wives were allowed to have any contact with each other.

There was no physical evidence that any child ab