The McMartin Family Trials Bonus: Ray Buckey

Danny Davis, the defense attorney for Raymond "Ray" Buckey, discusses representing the former teacher from the McMartin Preschool in Manhattan Beach, California. Davis remembers the pep talk he gave Ray, who was accused of molesting children, during the trial. In 1989, a jury found Ray and his mother Peggy McMartin Buckey not guilty on 52 counts of child molestation, but remained deadlocked on 12 molestation charges against Ray Buckey, and a single count of conspiracy against Ray and Peggy. Ray was retried on molestation charges, but again, the jury deadlocked, and a mistrial was declared,