Read this story from Last Thursday's Roanoke Times... In a nutshell, a man is serving time on child molestation charges, and the child who accused him now says she made the story up. I'm not one to typically support these kinds of causes, but I really think this guy probably is in jail for crimes he didn't commit. Here's the crux of the story:

The girl - who was 11 when she told a Roanoke County jury that (Aleck) Carpitcher repeatedly molested her over a six-month period - later said she made up her testimony. The girl said she was jealous of the time Carpitcher was spending with her mother. She figured that sexual allegations would get him kicked out of the house they all shared, she said, but had no idea her words would lead to a 38-year prison sentence.

Her testimony in 1999 was the only evidence the jury heard, and Carpitcher's lawyers have argued that keeping him locked up based on her now dubious credibility would be a miscarriage of justice.

...In one of her post-trial statements, the girl repeated her story that Carpitcher made a sexual comment to her - for which he was convicted of taking indecent liberties - but said he did not actually molest her. The later allegations led to Carpitcher's aggravated sexual battery and sexual penetration convictions.

But at other times, the girl has taken back all the allegations she made, said Christopher Amolsch, a Fairfax County lawyer who represents Carpitcher.