(San Diego): Another highly publicized case was the trial of Dale Akiki (took 8 months in San Diego). Dale is a mildly deformed, mentally retarded man who watched children while their parents attended church services for 1 1/2 hours. During the one and a half hour he was alleged to have tortured the children, kidnapped them in his car (even though he cannot drive), dunked them in feces filled toilets, killed an elephant, ... He was denied bail and spent over two years in jail awaiting trial before being acquitted. This story I believe generated only one article in the Boston Globe and two in the catalogued articles in the NY Times. Akiki has been featured in People Magazine and several television interviews.
(one source: National Review, "Trial by Therapy" Sept. 6, 1993.)