We need a clearer picture to determine her guilt.
Posted on 08/16/2007 7:37:04 AM PDT by Cat loving Texan
Woman was defended by legendary Houston attorney Richard 'Racehorse' Haynes.
By Isadora Vail AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF Thursday, August 16, 2007
GEORGETOWN — An Austin woman was sentenced to 23 years in prison Wednesday for having sex with a 16-year-old whom she lived near last year in Round Rock.
Phill Raije Rian, 41, shook vigorously as a Williamson County jury sentenced her. She was convicted Monday of three counts of sexual assault of a child.
The jury recommended 10 years for one count, 13 for the second and 10 years' probation for the third.
Judge Billy Ray Stubblefield stacked the first two sentences, meaning she will serve 23 years in prison and 10 years' probation.
She won't be eligible for parole until she has served half the prison term.
The teen testified last week that he and Rian had a relationship and planned to marry once he was of legal age. He also said he and Rian had sex several times.
The boy's parents became suspicious after she bought him a cell phone and he began spending a lot of time at her home.
"She needs serious help," Assistant District Attorney Phil Grant said during Wednesday's sentencing phase.
But during testimony on Tuesday, the victim's mother said she "was sure" that Rian did not force her son into a sexual relationship.
"We told him, 'You made a big-boy decision, so you need to face big-boy consequences,' "
the victim's mother said.
Rian's two children, ages 5 and 3, are in Child Protective Services custody, and a custody trial is pending in county court.
ivail@statesman.com; 246-0053
“GEORGETOWN — An Austin woman was sentenced to 23 years in prison Wednesday for having sex with a 16-year-old whom she lived near last year in Round Rock.”
she must be buttugly, good looking ones get off very lightly
FYI
We need a clearer picture to determine her guilt.
I can’t render a verdict of guilty or innocent until after seeing photos of the alleged perpetrator.
Funny!!
This is trying to substitute mythology (in this case, the idea that all actions by men and women are of equal weight) for reality. Sixteen year old boys simply do not get pregnant, or at least I’ve never seen it. They’re wanting to inflict on this woman the same punishment which they would justifiably inflict on a grown man caught doing it with a teenage girl.
looks guilty.
This guy will have just as warped a sexuality as a 16-year-old girl who has an affair with a 40-year-old man.
The call on the field is 'Guilty.'
In Kentucky, the trophy wife of a former Bengal player was just given a very very light sentence for the exact same thing.
I figure Kentucky was just happy she wasn’t the younger boy’s sister....(chuckle)
1) THe law is the law.
2)Reverse the circumstances with a 41 year old man and a 16 year old girl. What would you say then??
Ya but how are we going to fill up all those shiny new super size prisons that got built?
I’m leaning heavily towards GUILTY.
Judge for yourself. I typed her name in Google and got a video of her being sentenced: http://www.statesman.com/news/mplayer/m/27070
What is the age of consent in Texas?
From his testimony that they "planned to marry" implies that it was voluntary on his part, so the only question is whether it was statutory rape, and the article gives no information on that. The only reference to being "of age" was about the planned marriage.
Nope. A fruitloop, but not butt ugly.
Check out her other picture, she clearly committed no heinous crime in that photo!
That’s seriously extreme. Common sense is out the window in our judicial system.
bump for later
Still inconclusive.
dayum,, I was wrong there
maybe she rejected an offer from the judge or something
Sorry IMO this picture made her even more guilty.
This is nuts. I’ve been in favor of lowering the age of consent (for males at least) to 16, and this sentence is a good example why.
You are a tough juror.
I will say that 23 years is pretty darn harsh.
You’re nuts. As George Carlin so aptly observed, “They’re not victims, They’re lucky b@stards!”
Well, at least he will be of age when she makes parole!
With that sentence she must be hideously ugly.
I’ll scroll down now to check for a pic.
It's too much, in fact, if the parents were cool with the woman and they might have planned to marry someday, then the hell with the conviction, too.
A 41 yr. old woman has a sexual relationship with a 16 yr. old boy. Now, she’s going to jail (and she must have known that was possible the first time she had sex with the boy) and her two young children, aged 3 yrs. and 5 yrs., are in state custody.
23 yrs. for being a selfish, irresponsible whore sounds right to me.
I may be getting older, but most of the 16 year olds I hung out with would jump at a chance to experiment on a 40 year old hot babe, in fact they would have walked over broken glass with bare feet to do it.
What a bunch of idiots:
1. The woman of course for breaking the law and telling everyone by buying the kid a cell phone etc.
2. The judge for not understanding justice and the law a single bit. I am sure the judge probably “read” the litteral text correctly, but the purpose of criminal law is to protect society. Society has little interest in underage consensual sex between two people who plan to marry. Society has little interest in consensual sex when the burden, ie in resulting children, will fall on the of aged party.
3. The jury in allowing an idiot prosecutor and and idiot judge to cost them and the rest of the Texas tax payers paying for this woman’s incarceration for at least 11.5 years? Have they not heard of jury nullification? Just because some government blowhard says they should sanction the government paying to incarcerate her for a long time for this act, does not mean they must go along with it.
What a bunch of idiots under the sway of “feminism” considering statutory rape and rape essentially the same crime. I wonder what she would have gotten for a sentence if she had taken a gun and forced a random male of her choice into sex? The kids parents seem to be the only ones with any sense.
In the short-term. But their ability to relate with women their own age will be hampered.
I agree. She looks pretty innocent for 41.
I must have missed something over the past few decades...
When I was young, the age of consent WAS 16! (for both sexes in most states!) There was even a humorous saying that reflected the fact: “15 will get you 20(years)!” and 15 year old girls were known as “Jailbait.”
When did the nanny-states raise the age of consent?
She would only serve 2 months
“That’s seriously extreme. Common sense is out the window in our judicial system.”
This same judge would probably hand a sentence of probation to a terrorist.
It varies by state, ranging from 16 to 18. I think it ought to be 16 everywhere.
Well, now that you bring it up, Johnny Walker Lindh got just 20 years.
“I may be getting older, but most of the 16 year olds I hung out with would jump at a chance to experiment on a 40 year old hot babe, in fact they would have walked over broken glass with bare feet to do it.”
Well she doesn’t look like “hot babe” but she is a MILF and that seems to be all it takes these days.
Only in Texas:
“Judge Billy Ray Stubblefield”
Here is a link to a more informative article about the case: http://www.590klbj.com/News/Story.aspx?ID=72995
What about transsexuals or hermaphrodites?
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