Posted on 08/09/2007 10:29:05 AM PDT by stm
RICHMOND, Va. — A man who confessed to raping a woman as he apologized two decades later as part of the Alcoholics Anonymous program is scheduled to be released from jail after serving six months of an 18-month sentence, officials said Wednesday.
William Beebe, 42, pleaded guilty in November to one count of aggravated sexual battery for his attack on Liz Seccuro while at the University of Virginia. In March, a judge ordered a 10-year prison sentence with all but 18 months suspended.
Seccuro was shocked when informed Tuesday by Beebe's parole officer of his impending release. She said she was never given the opportunity to speak to the parole board.
"Everywhere in America I've seen, the victim has a say," Seccuro said. "And that's the problem — rape victims are voiceless."
Virginia abolished parole for all crimes committed after 1994, but because the crime occurred a decade earlier, Beebe is a candidate for early release. He has a projected release date of Sept. 17.
"He only got 18 months on a plea deal, so according to the time that was computed under the old system, this is when he was eligible to be released," said Barbara Woodhouse, Department of Corrections spokeswoman.
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Get out of jail FREE cards must be SOLD amonst the "ELITE"..
Did this woman "sandbag" the guy? IMO,it was completely reasonable for the woman to turn him in.If the laws of VA allow a prosecution so long after the fact then so be it.While I'm inclined to admire the guy for having fessed up when he had essentially "beaten the rap" it would be very unreasonable for him to expect that nothing would have come of his "confession".
Your use of the word "fessed" is a bit ambiguous here. I think he was confessing to her that he knew that the experience hurt her (I expect many of us have done things that 'hurt' someone emotionally), but he wasn't intending to be CONFESSING to a crime.
He confessed for his behavior, and she, in turn, in their e-mail exchanges, likely told him that she felt like she was violated.
He upped the ante in his own need to make things right by 'validating' that, OK, that he is sorry that he did that.
She then turned around and used his own words to get him arrested.
The judge, by the way, saw all of this, and made his sentencing decision accordingly.
That seems about as close to the truth as anything I’ve read. I’d have to say I agree. The conflicting stories she has told, some of the obvious hate on her website, the DWI she received in April as someone reported. All of this suggests to me that we are not seeing or hearing from someone that is very stable. I don’t say that lightly. She just seems crazed and not straight with her story.
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