Posted on 04/23/2007 8:12:01 AM PDT by Abathar
DARLINGTON, S.C. - A jury has found a convicted sex offender accused of raping two teen girls in an underground bunker not guilty of kidnapping, sex crimes and assault with intent to kill.
Kenneth Glenn Hinson wiped his eyes and mouth and appeared to cry after the jury read its verdict, which followed about four hours of deliberations over two days.
If convicted, Hinson had faced a mandatory life sentence without parole under the state's two-strikes law because he was convicted of raping a 12-year-old girl in 1991.
You mean like the Duke accuser girl?
Here some late news from newswire.
“However, Hinson testified during the six-day trial that the girls had consensual sex with him. He said they made up the story so they would be able to take drugs from the underground room, which he used to store marijuana.
The two young women were not in the courtroom when Hinson was acquitted. Their mothers wept.
If convicted, Hinson had faced a mandatory life sentence without parole under the state’s two-strikes law because he was convicted of raping a 12-year-old girl in 1991.
The underground room was about the length and width of a mid-sized car with a ceiling about 4 1/2 feet high. Hinson testified Sunday that he had built the room over two years.
Defense attorney Rick Hoefer spent 2 hours going over inconsistencies in the case.”
I only know one thing for sure:
If I’m ever accused of a crime, I want that damn defense attorney representing me.
like I've suspected, many people want the rape victims DEAD before convicting a rapist....the burden of proof is so high....
the perp ADMITTED to having "sex" with them.....I suppose he left dna.
the perp ADMITTED to having "sex" with them.....I suppose he left dna.
Police informants, used every day and not just for the evil weed. Blackbird.
I guess lots of people have underground bunkers that contain a sexual dungeon where family and friends come over for a few hours of degradation, torture and what-not.
It’s called “Moral Relativism”.
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No, it is called “San Francisco”...
Point well made, though.
All right, It's a fair cop...
In the dungeon case, the jury never got to hear that the creep had a previous conviction for rape of a young girl. And other evidence was pretty convincing - the DA summarized it on O'Reilly?? There should be a transcript if you are still interested.
Asked and answered.
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