Posted on 07/30/2002 5:05:02 PM PDT by I_Publius
Monticello Times | June 27, 2002
Gay Couple Receive 10 Year Sentence For Sexually Abusing Monticello Boy
By Patty Wooten
A Drew County jury convicted a gay couple of sexual abuse Wednesday, rejecting defense claims that Lewis Ray and Tim Murphy were not temporary caretakers of the 16-year-old boy they abused.
The panel of nine women and three men deliberated just over an hour before finding Ray and Murphy guilty of first degree sexual abuse.
Following the recommendation of the jury, Circuit Judge Bynum Gibson sentenced the two men to 10 years in prison fined them $5,000 each. They faced a maximum sentence of 30 years.
The 41-year-old Murphy showed little reaction to the verdict but the smirk Ray wore throughout the 2-day trial was gone.
To get a first degree sexual abuse conviction the state had to prove the men engaged in deviate sexual activity with the boy and they were in a position of authority or a temporary caretaker for the boy.
The boy, who was characterized as a "slow learner" and "loner" by a school guidance counselor, testified Tuesday that Ray and Murphy invited him to spend the night at their home on Dec. 7. After taking him out to dinner and shopping, the boy said the men gave him marijuana and beer then assaulted him.
Tenth Judicial District Chief Deputy Prosecutor David Cason told the jury the two men became temporary caretakers for the boy when his parents allowed him to go with Ray and Murphy.
Using his son as an example, Cason said when his son spends the night with a friend he doesn't make a formal pronouncement that he is placing his son in someone's care; it's understood.
"The parents may not have used good judgment but you should focus on what's important," said Cason. "What's important is what was done to (the boy) that night."
According to the boy's grandmother, who testified during the sentencing phase, the boy became moody, complained of stomach aches, and couldn't sleep after the incident.
"I asked him about it but he wouldn't say anything," she said. "It's hard to get him to talk because he's got the feeling he's done something wrong."
Defense attorneys claimed the boy and he could have left anytime he wanted.
Murphy said he regretted what happened and was "sure" it wouldn't have happened had he and Ray not been drunk.
Both men testified they would be willing to participate in alcohol and sexual offender treatment.
"There's no atheists in fox holes," Cason said. "Everyone seems to want rehabilitation when they get caught. If people who do what they did don't deserve prison, then who does? They deserve 30 years for what they did."
In addition to the 10 year sentence and fines, Murphy and Ray will have to register as sex offenders and provide a DNA sample under the DNA Detection of Sex and Violent Offenders Act.
It will probably be in tomorrows paper. (A weekly)
The arrests made the paper some time ago but the newspaper left out the fact that the perps were gay. What a surpise!
More like the Jesse Dirkhising homosexual murder. Victims of the SADs are quickly buried and forgotten. We can't let them do that.
The question I have is, since Jesse was raped and murdered in Arkansas, why would any parent in Arkansas trust any SAD around their child? They now have two blatant examples of the fidelity of SAD 'couples' ("sure we're a couple but we'll still screw anything we can get our hands on") and of the probably behavior of SADs with children entrusted to them.
Once again we see that:
Any exposure of children to homosexual behavior is child abuse
God Save America (Please)
You're being redundant here.
Any exposure of children to homosexual behavior is child abuse
GSA(P)
I have lost track of the case. Some research will be needed. Arkansas has sure had their fair share of these cases.
Last night, while at a local club, I met a fellow who is married to the daughter of a infamous molester is Arkansas. It was the subject of much of our conversation since he molested his own Boy Scout Troop.(I am very involved in scouting)
This particular perp got away with this stuff for over ten years and is currently serving a very long sentance.
I have always been a advocate of castration and continue to argue the benifits of the procedure. My minor was psychology in school and I firmly believe that castration is the answer to prevent repeat offenses.
???
All sexual activity between men is deviant.
See what happens when you start to blur the lines? People forget reality.
Shalom.
Did you find your friend?
;)
Shalom.
How about just letting the guy attend a scoutmaster's meeting?
While all local police are at a benefit ball.
If he had been part of my Troop he might not have ever been turned in to the police. He might just have had an accident while camping.
But then, we do pledge to be 'morally straight' don't we. I guess I'd have to resist the temptation. But when I think of how much those youngsters trusted us and how much those parents entrusted to us ... castration is too good for him.
Shalom.
Go here to find out.
http://www.alliance4lifemin.org/jessedirkhising.html
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