Posted on 02/09/2006 5:31:44 AM PST by freepatriot32
Where does it say that she watched him raped her mother? She says that she watched stalk her in the past, and that he had a lot of other problems. If you click on the message boards and read what she and her sister Michelle are saying, they believe that their father has served enough time in prison, but they believe that he is guilty. Brainwashed? Both appear to love their father despite what he did, and they don't hold their mother to be a saint. They sound pretty credible to me, of course they were not witnesses to the alleged act, so their opinion is only worth so much.
If that were an issue, you'd think the habeas petition, in their usual everything-but-the-kitchen-sink style, would mention it, but it doesn't. The only real complaint about the divorce proceedings is the claim that the defense's resources were limited because the divorce court had forbidden the disposition of marital assets. There's nothing at all about simultaneous proceedings, and given that the divorce judgement didn't come down until six months after his conviction, it seems far more likely that the divorce proceedings were on hold until the criminal trial worked itself out one way or the other.
Where is the ACLU on this one? Tookie was clearly guilty and look at the uproar over his sentance. If this guy weren't white he would have been out of prison long ago.
In other words, the defendant doesn't have to prove he DIDN'T commit the crime; the prosecution has to prove he DID.
Which is exactly my point. Absent any evidence of a crime, why was this man even brought to trial, let alone prosecuted for it? If one believes this story hook, line, and sinker, this man was convicted of rape on nothing but his wife's word. Nothing but. How in the world can that possibly be the case?
Well, which is it: WIFE or EX-WIFE...if it is the former the sentence is unjustified; but, if the latter, well then...
In other words, this particular story's more than likely a piece of advocacy journalism.
Based upon what is reported here, I'm surprised that some prison writ writer hasn't been able to get this guy an appeal or new trial.
I have seen cases where this could be considered a commutation for a previous offense.
This can easily happen. I know someone whose mom was constantly badmouthing his dad who just sat there and took it like a feckless punching bag.
Talk about Catch-22! If he admits to the crime they say, "Of course he's guilty. He admitted it". If he denies he's guilty they refuse him parole based upon his failure to admit his wrongdoings.
Did some 3-strikes or similar law come into play. Somebody quoted here accused the dad of being a constant dopehead, which is a good way to get the law irate at one if true.
I hear all this nonsense all the time, but lawyers are proxies for their clients, remember that.
Sometimes? Heck, it's almost a daily thought with me.
Looks that way to me.
Yeah, when you need a lawyer for some reason I hope you tell him that.
I think he did rape her. He found out about her being pregnant/new boyfriend.......he got mad after she refused his advances......and forced himself on her.
Quite so, be those clients the gummit or the accused.
The result looks and plays like a Monopoly game, with the judge as referee. I don't see too many prosecutors ashamed of the cost, anguish, and trouble they have caused accuseds whose juries come back in half an hour and say not guilty. Appeals are referred to as "bites of the apple."
It's going to require some heavy conservative horsepower to win this guy his freedom.
- John
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