After a three-year review sparked by a documentary and the prodding of a federal appellate court, the Nassau County District Attorney's Office is standing behind the conviction of Jesse Friedman in a sexual abuse case 25 years ago.
"Jesse Friedman was not wrongfully convicted," said the report released Monday by District Attorney Kathleen Rice, which concluded, among other things, that many of the victims stood by their abuse allegations, any purported recantations were faulty and that the 2003 documentary "Capturing the Friedmans" contained selective editing.
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