The True Story Behind the Movie: "Snap Decision" starring Mare Winningham. Also known as "Snap Judgement"
Kathryn Myers, a well known photographer, artist and daughter of Louis Myers has traveled and exhibited her work extensively in Italy, Poland, Spain and throughout the United States. Kathryn's life was turned upside down in 1992 after she sent a roll of film to be processed at a grocery store in Akron Ohio and she did not return to pick it up. Kathryn was charged with taking sexually suggestive pictures of children from Old Trail School, she was 45 years old at the time. Kathryn vehemently denied the charges and hired high profiled attorneys to handle her case. Her attorney described Kathryn as an "honest, kind and decent woman who didn't take sexually suggestive pictures of two young girls". Kathryn was indicted for illegal use of a minor in "nudity-oriented material" due to pictures of her daughter Victoria, aged seven, and her playmate. The biggest question at the trial was who had actually taken the photos. Apparently Kathryn's daughter Victoria and her friend used an Instamatic camera and took the pictures of themselves while `playing babies. The pictures showed the two little girls in underpants and naked. One showed the girl on the floor with her vaginal area pointing to the camera. `I wouldn't take a picture like this of anybody,' Kathryn Myers said. In the end, after 10 long months, Myers was found not guilty on all counts and it took the jury less than an hour to come to the decision. According to the Beacon Akron Journal, "Myers swallowed hard and closed her eyes as Summit County Common Pleas Judge Patricia Cosgrove read the first of six not guilty verdicts. When the judge finished, Myers took turns hugging her attorneys." She stated: ``I just want to thank my family and my friends who've been so supportive during this very long ordeal,'But she suffered nonetheless. she was prohibited from going to her daughter's school during the proceedings and refused to do any volunteer work with children.Victoria, also suffered by being taunted at school and not being invited to play at other people's homes.
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