Posted on 09/13/2005 2:20:26 PM PDT by Graybeard58
A federal appeals court today upheld a 30-year sentence for a Fulton man convicted on child pornography charges.
Jack Wayne Rogers was sentenced in April 2004 after investigators found about 1,000 images of child pornography at his home and business. Among the photographs, investigators also found evidence that Rogers performed voluntary "nullifications," a procedure in which a male’s sexual organs are removed.
Lawyers for Rogers had argued before a three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that his sentence was unreasonable. At a hearing in April, Rogers’ appointed lawyer contended that Senior U.S. District Judge Scott O. Wright had improperly sentenced his client to the long term because Rogers once botched a nullification operation.
Evidence showed that the patient almost died from severe bleeding. Authorities also alleged that Rogers ate the man’s body parts after the procedure.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Lawrence E. Miller, however, contended that Wright had properly weighed all evidence against Rogers.
“In my time as an (assistant U.S. attorney) I’ve never seen anything like this and I hope I never see it again,” Miller said. “This is a very dangerous man. I think Judge Wright realized that.”
All he got was 30 thirty years, and his lawyer contested it? Sheesh!
FMCDH(BITS)
John Warnock Hinckley, Jr. didn't succeed?
Right. I was just got carried away.
And why in the hell is it usually "Wayne"? My bf's ex hooked up with a guy whose given name is Wayne. He's a total asshole. Picture Lurch in a cowboy hat, on meth.
All I can say about this article, is that it must be nice to sit in prison, and STILL BE ABLE TO AFFORD AN ATTORNEY!!!!
Sorry about the caps, I know most lawyers are bottom feeders, but I can't even find one who will take a promisory note.
Maybe the fiend's lawyer is a public defender.
Could you use a paralegal or does it have to be a "real" lawyer?
From what I hear they pretty much get done to them what they did to their innocent victims.
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