Jury sets bondage lady free: ‘Liberals’ hit in slay verdict

Boston Herald ^ | January 31, 2006 | Jessica Heslam

[ConservativeStatement]

An aging dominatrix cleared yesterday in the death and dismemberment of a man strapped to a torture rack called the ordeal “emotionally draining,” while the deceased’s elderly mother blamed the verdict on jury “liberals.”

“I just wish we could have gotten a little justice,” Audrey Lord said yesterday from her Texas home. “Some of those New Englanders are pretty wise but a lot are liberals. I sort of expected it.”

[talleyman]

Well, she beat the rap. Looks like the jury spanked the prosecution. No need to whip up a frenzy over this.

"We'll see who's wearing the handcuffs now, won't we?"

[Starwolf]

Jenna Jameson claims he requested and received copies of some of her *best work*

[jcb8199]

"Some of those New Englanders are pretty wise but a lot are liberals. I sort of expected it."

The best line in the whole story.

[Skooz]

Sounds like a good idea for a chainsaw commercial.

[Old Professer]

No body.

Probably the reason there was no conviction.

[itsahoot]

Conviction requires "proof beyond a reasonable doubt".

That sure is the way it works here in Kalifornia.</ Sarcasm>

[ExcursionGuy84]

An aging dominatrix...

Get out of my head, Helen THomas!

[Chode]

at least she didn't eat him...

[Airborne1986]

"Kind of hard to get a conviction with no body and a confession that no one bothered to tape."

A motive helps also. Why kill a paying customer? I did not read that she had a history of violence - at least nonconsensual violence. Also, not a really sympathetic victim. The jury probably didn't feel an urgent need to vindicate his right to be spanked, electrocuted and debased in a facility equipped with a defibrillator.

[rhombus]

The jury probably didn't feel an urgent need to vindicate his right to be spanked, electrocuted and debased in a facility equipped with a defibrillator.

Apparently such things are legal in Massachusetts. Ah well, states rights, you know.