Posted on 05/14/2019 12:08:19 PM PDT by Morgana
FULL TITLE: Tennessee pastor who was facing 72 years in prison for repeatedly raping his adopted daughter, 14, is jailed for just 12 after dozens of parishioners show up to court to support him
A former Tennessee pastor who repeatedly raped his adopted teenage daughter has been given an effective 12 year prison sentence after dozens of parishioners showed up to court to support him.
Prosecutors had sought the maximum term of 72 years behind bars for 41-year-old David Richards, The Knoxville News Sentinel reports.
But a judge cited his longtime ministry and the support he still receives as mitigating factors after more than 30 people showed up to support Richards at the sentencing last week.
Knox County Criminal Court Judge Steve Sword also pointed to the fact he had started a Bible study for fellow inmates at the Knox County Detention Facility.
The victim was 16 when she reported the abuse by her sole guardian, saying it began two years earlier.
Amber Richards, who chose to speak publicly after the February verdicts, said in her victim impact statement: 'I wanted to throw my body away.'
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Children lie. We have forgotten the lessons of Salem. Adopted, 14 years old, rebellious age in the best of circumstances, there could be a whole lot of secondary gain here. I am really not buying this but then again I seldom do, unless the young woman is weeping and bleeding in the emergency room with a positive kit.
It must be true what they say about some southern folks. But I can’t help asking, didn’t he have an adult cousin or some such he could call on?/Sarc
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I have a friend whose husband beat her and slept around. As a Christian, she didn’t believe in divorce, but knew she had biblical grounds, and did divorce him. The elders (all male) at the church they attended, came to her house, and excommunicated HER. She was at work one day, and he came in with a gun, and tried to shoot her. She began to pray. The gun jammed. He seemed puzzled, and turned the gun on himself. That time, it fired! He’s dead. She’s alive.
Some churches believe men over women.
They got HIS DNA out of HER BED.
What kind of a Bible study is he going to teach in prison?
Judge is a Pedo as well
The Bible talks about preachers who appeal to people’s “itching ears”.
We have women seducing and screwing minors and the judges free them because the women say they didn’t realize the kid was under 18, when they did know and just lied about it. this happened couple weeks ago, in the uk.
Female teachers get no time for fuching male students, they just lose their license.
Female teachers get no time for fuching male students,
they just lose their license.
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Depending upon the age of the student I can understand that.
But females can and do get jail time which is usually less.
May he be Bubba’s bitch for about a year and then, well, shanks for the memories.
“ALWAYS believe the girl.”
The Duke Lacrosse Team would disagree.
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Children lie. We have forgotten the lessons of Salem. Adopted, 14 years old, rebellious age in the best of circumstances, there could be a whole lot of secondary gain here. I am really not buying this but then again I seldom do, unless the young woman is weeping and bleeding in the emergency room with a positive kit.
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You really didn’t read either the article or the many previous posts that mention finding his DNA, did you?
There is probably more to the story. Something tells me that the evidence wasn’t particularly strong and that the judge may have given a more lenient sentence as a result. Alternatively, this May not have been this 14-year-old’s first rodeo and perhaps the judge believed that she seduced him. Whatever the reason there has to be more to the story.
“ALWAYS believe the girl.”
Mockery from me.
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