Maybe they felt they looked guilty.
Posted on 10/21/2009 5:27:50 AM PDT by relictele
It was all a lie. Megan Williams, the Charleston woman who claimed she was kidnapped, sexually abused and beaten by "the Logan Six" now says it never happened.
The Charleston Gazette reports Williams plans to hold a press conference in Columbus, Ohio later today to recant her story.
Williams' attorney Byron Potts told the newspaper his client is tired of living a lie and wants to come clean.
Back in September of 2007 Williams was found by police in an outbuilding at the home of Bobby Brewster. She told investigators Brewster and five others held her hostage for nearly a week, torturing her and sexually assaulting her repeatedly. Many labeled the incident a "hate crime" because Williams is black and the Logan Six are all white.
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Why did they plead guilty if "it was all a lie"?
i m a publik scewl teechur. I am reading To Kill a Mockingbird with my seniors. We will definitely be discussing this today.
My guess is, Lawyers are expensive. Guaranteed, you ain't going to find a pro bono lawyer to defend a “hate crime” against a “poor downtrodden former slave”. However pro bono civil rights attorneys and advocates would be climbing over each other to help the “poor downtrodden former slave” sue the evil white oppressors.
The sad part is “Whitey” won’t go all racist and riot over the suppression of the facts and the clear bigoted attacks by the oppressive Black Driven Politicians.
May the victims of this racial attack get a real shot at some civil retribution against their accusers. We know that the media and the politicians are already trying to purge their files.
It might be a good discussion question to ask the students why this woman would make such a false claim.
Perhaps also, steer it into a cultural discussion about something that has been taught/indoctrinated over and over again about what groups are ALWAYS portrayed as victims and what groups are ALWAYS portrayed as oppressors.
“Why did they plead guilty if it was all a lie?”
Because they are too stupid to live.
“Pleaded guilty”???
Maybe they felt they looked guilty.
Ann Coulter has nailed it- there is NOT an epidemic of racist incidents, there is an epidemic of racist HOAXES!
REDUCED SENTENCE!
I would be more interested in why they all plead guilty. This wasn’t a minor sentence. They were looking at hard time.
The obvious answer is that she was paid off or wanted back in the relationship.
What Tupelo said plus they were probably offered a plea deal that made pleading innocent in a she said / he said a real crap shoot. Hate crime adders and all that.
She should face the same jeopardy. Start with letting her serve the combined time served to date by her victims.
Almost no one ever looks good in a mug shot. That being said, this bunch doesn’t do anything to dispel the stereotype of West Virginia rednecks by their looks.
I think a lot of innocent people get very bad legal advice.
All Banjo players I assume?
Pleading to kidnapping and sexual assault when you are innocent is a bit more than just bad advice.
Most lawyers are quick to make a deal because the majority of them are not very good at their profession.
Let me venture a caption -
“Meth, it does a body bad”
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