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Man convicted of raping toddler gets 99 years
HoustonChronicle.com ^
Posted on 06/19/2003 1:19:46 PM PDT by Sweet_Sunflower29
An Irving man convicted of raping a 3-year-old girl whose nude body was later pulled from the Trinity River after a highly publicized search was sentenced today to 99 years in prison.
Brett Bednarek, 27, was also charged with capital murder in the 1999 death of Cristy Ryno, but the recent trial dealt only with the sexual assault charge.
Calling Bednarek "a monster in our midst," prosecutors stressed during the trial that DNA evidence recovered from Cristy's body conclusively linked Bednarek to the crime.
Defense attorneys said DNA analysis is not foolproof and that evidence from the crime could have been mislabeled and mixed up.
They also presented testimony from friends who said Bednarek was with them during the time when Cristy was kidnapped and killed. Prosecutors argued that testimony was unreliable.
Bednarek, an acquaintance of the toddler's family, was arrested last summer -- three years after Cristy's death -- when one of his friends called police.
Prosecutors have said they plan to try Bednarek on the murder count, but that they will not seek the death penalty.
Cristy's disappearance from the Irving apartment she shared with her mother, twin sister and several adults prompted an Amber Alert and a massive search in the nearby wooded areas that lasted several days and captured widespread media attention in April 1999.
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To: Sweet_Sunflower29
This guy ought to be dead.
To: Sweet_Sunflower29
They won't seek the death penalty, the DA bastards huh? My guess is he won't live long in prison. Even the most hardened criminal doesn't much like a guy who rapes a little baby.
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posted on
06/19/2003 1:22:02 PM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: Sweet_Sunflower29
Prosecutors have said they plan to try Bednarek on the murder count, but that they will not seek the death penalty. OK, I'm confused, why in the world would they not seek the death penalty? Its not like Texas has a problem handing or carrying it out..........
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posted on
06/19/2003 1:22:38 PM PDT
by
Texican72
To: Texican72
Good question. Someone should give those DA's an earful.
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posted on
06/19/2003 1:24:10 PM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: Sweet_Sunflower29
Sick. I hope he suffers an "appropriate" punishment in prison before his is "off-ed" by his fellow prisoners.
To: Onelifetogive
before his is "off-ed" by his fellow prisonersOops, I meant "before he is off-ed", but "before HIS is off-ed" might be the appropriate punishment.
To: Sweet_Sunflower29
fuc4in scumbag got off easy.
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posted on
06/19/2003 1:28:00 PM PDT
by
ctlpdad
(One of the things that makes me great is my modesty.)
To: AD from SpringBay
Back in the good old days {1970's} here in Florida, any rape of a child under 12 yrs of age, would lead to a trip to Old Sparky. Liberalism strikes again.
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posted on
06/19/2003 1:28:00 PM PDT
by
BOOTSTICK
To: Texican72
OK, I'm confused, why in the world would they not seek the death penalty?Because it's cheaper to toss him in with the general population than pay for endless appeals.
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posted on
06/19/2003 1:28:43 PM PDT
by
mombonn
(Have you prayed for our President yet today?)
To: Sweet_Sunflower29
The SOB will need plenty of soap-on-a-rope in prison I hope.
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posted on
06/19/2003 1:29:57 PM PDT
by
b4its2late
(Is reading in the bathroom considered Multi-Tasking?)
To: mombonn
Because it's cheaper to toss him in with the general population than pay for endless appeals.
And the treatment he receives there should be much harsher. May he rot in hell!
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posted on
06/19/2003 1:29:58 PM PDT
by
Laura Earl
(It's the ASPARTAME!!!!!!)
To: Onelifetogive
This guy is headed to the Huntsville Correctional Facility. He will not last long and his stay is not going to be pleasant. The death penalty would be a reprieve from what he is going to see.
To: Sweet_Sunflower29
DNA is not reliable enough to convict, but reliable enough to set prisoners free...HUH!
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posted on
06/19/2003 1:31:40 PM PDT
by
mystery-ak
(The War is not over for me until my hubby's boots hit U.S. soil.)
To: mystery-ak
Ooohh a hole in that theory. Good catch!
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posted on
06/19/2003 1:32:33 PM PDT
by
Laura Earl
(It's the ASPARTAME!!!!!!)
To: Flurry
PING
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posted on
06/19/2003 1:34:02 PM PDT
by
Laura Earl
(It's the ASPARTAME!!!!!!)
To: Sweet_Sunflower29
Having never been inside I can only rely on rumor, but from what I understand child rapists are not well received by other prisoners. Maybe he will do society a favor and take the Dahmer example.
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posted on
06/19/2003 1:37:00 PM PDT
by
BlueNgold
(Feed the Tree .....)
To: lulabelle
I'm not even gonna read this, he should die.
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posted on
06/19/2003 1:38:21 PM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(Read Buddy's, (the labrador retriever), new book about the Clintons, "Living Hell")
To: Sweet_Sunflower29
DNA could have gotten switched, mixed up, blah, blah, blah....
Seems like we hear this with every crime now.
Why don't the investigators have a bullet-proof "chain of evidence" in all these cases? Video tape, sworn testimony, whatever it takes. From the time the evidence is collected there ought to be zero question about it's status - this shouldn't ever be an issue, IMHO.
To: AD from SpringBay
Very appropriate, the death sentence would be far too merciful.
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posted on
06/19/2003 1:41:57 PM PDT
by
76834
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