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Man not guilty in 'dungeon' rapes
AP via Yahoo ^ | 04/23/07

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.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: moralabsolutes; sexoffender
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To: BJungNan
"Will the girls now be prosecuted for bring false charges?"

You mean like the Duke accuser girl?

81 posted on 04/23/2007 10:19:12 AM PDT by blam
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To: Between the Lines
Per Fox news, the feds will probably also pursue charges of a felon having a gun. If convicted on that count he also faces life in prison because of the 3rd strike.
82 posted on 04/23/2007 10:55:15 AM PDT by I Drive Too Fast
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To: Canali

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.


83 posted on 04/23/2007 12:00:21 PM PDT by wildbill
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To: ryan71
so a guy buying drugs is a trusted witness now?

like I've suspected, many people want the rape victims DEAD before convicting a rapist....the burden of proof is so high....

84 posted on 04/23/2007 12:04:50 PM PDT by cherry
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To: spunkets
"There's also no DNA evidence"

the perp ADMITTED to having "sex" with them.....I suppose he left dna.

85 posted on 04/23/2007 12:08:23 PM PDT by cherry
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To: spunkets
"There's also no DNA evidence"

the perp ADMITTED to having "sex" with them.....I suppose he left dna.

86 posted on 04/23/2007 12:08:29 PM PDT by cherry
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To: cherry
so a guy buying drugs is a trusted witness now?

Police informants, used every day and not just for the evil weed. Blackbird.

87 posted on 04/23/2007 2:11:51 PM PDT by BlackbirdSST (A vote for rudyputin IS a vote for the hildabeast!)
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To: Bosco

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”.

____+___________

No, it is called “San Francisco”...


88 posted on 04/23/2007 2:25:48 PM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: longtermmemmory
That's just where moral relativism is practiced.

Point well made, though.

89 posted on 04/23/2007 2:54:03 PM PDT by Bosco (Remember how you felt on September 11?)
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To: GoldCountryRedneck
So the kidnap/rape story was bogus. They will probably re-file charges concerning his drug stash...

All right, It's a fair cop...

90 posted on 04/23/2007 11:17:02 PM PDT by MrEdd (Dogs think they're human, Cats think they're Gods.)
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To: apocalypto
No one said you did not have a right to comment on it. That does not mean your comments will be free of challenge. What information do you base your decison on wast he question.
91 posted on 04/24/2007 8:38:43 AM PDT by BJungNan
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To: BJungNan
What decision? To think that OJ is guilty? DNA for one.

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.

92 posted on 04/25/2007 10:15:41 AM PDT by apocalypto
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To: apocalypto
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.

93 posted on 04/25/2007 1:43:23 PM PDT by BJungNan
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