Posted on 06/18/2015 2:25:46 PM PDT by lowbridge
A former Boy Scout confessed in emotionally charged court testimony to killing his former troop leader, but said it was due to the repeated sexual abuse and rape he suffered at the hands of the man, beginning at the tender age of 8.
“From the time I was 8 years old until I was 12, I was sexually assaulted and raped by Dennis Pegg,” said Clark Fredericks, a former scout who spoke in a tense Newton, New Jersey, courtroom about the reasons for his killing.
Pegg also served as a Sussex sheriff’s officer, NBC New York reported. He was killed three years ago and Fredericks admitted to the crime.
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Part of the reason Fredericks said he kept silent was because he didn’t think anyone would believe him, due to Pegg’s police badge, and part was due to fear.
“Dennis Pegg controlled me by torturing and killing animals in front of me, saying he would do the same to me if I told anyone about our secret,” Fredericks said.
It was while watching the rape and sexual abuse trial of Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky in 2012 that Fredericks said he “cracked,” NBC New York reported.
He told the court the next day he drank alcohol, snorted cocaine and grabbed a hunting knife Pegg had given him as a gift in the Boy Scouts, and headed with a friend, Bob Reynolds, to Pegg’s home.
“I started stabbing Dennis,” Fredericks said. “I said, ‘How does it feel raping little kids now. It’s not so fun raping little kids now, is it?’ At the end, I slit his throat.”
The courtroom broke into applause after Fredericks finished testifying, shocking the prosecutor, NBC New York reported.
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Yes, that would.
“Sounds like a case ripe for jury nullification.”
I know about jury nullification. I was foreman of a jury some years ago where we used ‘jury nullification’ in reaching a ‘not guilty’ verdict. Prosecutor was livid...thought he had an open-shut case.
They charged him? I missed that in the article. Unbelievable!
That applause must have scared homosexuals all over the world.
Maybe he was a Cub Scout.
Well, his best friend, another victim, killed himself.
Plus look at post 37. I don’t know where that info came from, but if the troop leader eluded other accusations, I can’t believe they didn’t give him a reward.
Were i on a jury i would vote Not Guilty.
The point is that most scout leaders don't follow children from Cubs to Boy Scouts, unless they the kid's dads.
We can hope!
Wait for the next 10,000 coming down the coprophile turnpike now that queers can marry. They will be adopting kids by the millions and molesting them as a new lifestyle.
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