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    Default Plea of Guilty While Innocent in Washington

    I dont have the documentation in front of me at the moment, will have to find it, but i will give the details i can recall.

    At the age of 12 i was charged with sexual molestation of my 4 year old brother. I was innocent, but no one in my house hold believed me. When i was asked what i wished to plea, i chose guilty. As even my own mother did not believe me, why would the court. I was told that when i was 18 i would be able to apply for this to be removed from my record.

    Apparently a few years after this, washington changed its laws and i am no longer able to get this removed from my record, and i am now required to register as a sex offender for life.

    Now that i am 24 and my brother is 15, he admitted to me that he remembers what happened on that day, and what i was charged with never happened. He has explained what happened to my family... and now i am unsure what to do. I have been labeled a monster my entire life for something i did not commit. I lost my wife over this. I spent months in juvenile detention and years of counseling for something i never did.

    So i guess my question is this. Is there any way to get something like this removed completely now that the "victim" admitted that the act never happened, even though i plead guilty to it? I was charged by the city/state, not by family. I will add more details at a later time if needed.

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    Default Re: Plea of Guilty While Innocent in Washington

    Usually when you plea guilty you waiver your rights to an appeal. This isnt the case everywhere, but it is in most places. Wise I had better news for you though...

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    Default Re: Plea of Guilty While Innocent in Washington

    In Washington State because of your age you can reopen a gulity plea. Obtain a good attorney who has handled this type of case before and file to have it reopened. Good Luck. I would find the Attorneys who were on the Wenatchee church sex trials and hire them. May cost a little more but the are very good and experianced.

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    Default Re: Plea of Guilty While Innocent in Washington

    If there are special rules in Washington for adults who wish to revisit guilty pleas they entered as minors, it would be helpful to have a citation to the actual laws.

    I do agree, though, that this is the type of case where you would likely benefit from retaining a lawyer experienced with these issues.

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    Default Re: Plea of Guilty While Innocent in Washington

    Thank you for the information, i dont exactly have an income at the moment, but at least it seems like i may have some options for when i do.

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