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After Lucy was found, the complainant failed to attend a meeting in August to discuss her testimony, Hummel said. Last Wednesday, one of his investigators heard she was at a home near Redmond. When he pulled up to the driveway, she ran away.
If the dog didn’t $#*+ you must acquit.
“Six months after a jury convicted Horner in a verdict that was not unanimous, he asked the Oregon Innocence Project for help. The group took up his case.”
How do you get convicted in a hung jury?
Confusing story.
The man seems to have been convicted with flimsy evidence and exonerated with equally flimsy evidence.
I guess he could not afford a (good) lawyer.
The accuser should be sued for defamation and much, much more.
NOTHING.
This little sh1t of a woman needs to serve his 50 year sentence.
An allegation must be proved and does not need be disproved. There is no proving an allegation “either way”. That is liberal tripe for logic. Make an allegation and then proclaim that there are two sides to every story.
But Hillary says women should always be believed.
Name the damn complainant. She has ruined Horner's life but she gets a free ride. Put her name out there.
WTF?
What kind of statement was that for the DA to make? The only evidence was the testimony of a liar. The poor guy deserves a full exoneration. Oh, and the girl is not the victim of sexual abuse, she's a liar and perjurer. She must be named in case she should move elsewhere and does this again.
Same thing happened to a good friend of mine. AFter serving six years, the state supreme court ordered a new trial. While still guilty, the original life sentence was reduced to 8 years with time served.......
https://www.ktvz.com/news/deschutes-da-drops-judge-dismisses-sex-abuse-charges/793006553
Per above link, am I reading that right, the alleged vic was his daughter?! And the jury did come in with a non-unanimous verdict.
Various types of sex crimes certainly *do* occur in this country.Crimes against adults *and* kids.But when a guy is *wrongly* accused of such a crime (which does happen at least occasionally) he’s in heap big trouble because political correctness makes presenting a credible defense very difficult indeed.
They... didn’t have to present the body? Heh.
Solution?
The accuser should have to serve out the remainder of his sentence.
The Innocence Project often get a bad rep here. I don't know why. They're doing good work. They're very selective as to what cases they take (everyone in prison is innocent if you ask them) and contrary to popular belief, their research actually confirms more guilty verdicts than exonerations.
When I hear cases like this I have to ask how the “proof beyond reasonable doubt” standard was met?
An innocent person was sent to prison without the required *proof*. All it took was the testimony of a female.
Sounds like a Mueller trial.