Posted on 07/05/2014 5:14:44 AM PDT by Colofornian
An arraignment hearing has been set for a former BYU-UVU part-time faculty member charged with sexual abuse.
Michio Zushi, 55, is set to appear on July 14 on charges of aggravated sexual abuse of a child after the victim recently came forward to talk to investigators.
According to 4th District Court records, Zushi inappropriately touched her beneath her clothing. The incidents occurred between August 2010 and August 2011, and police arrested Zushi in March.
Zushi taught Japanese calligraphy at both BYU and UVU but is no longer employed by either university following his arrest. If he is convicted, the presumptive sentence for this offense is 15 years to life.
Unless there is physical evidence, or the guy pleads guilty, how in the world can a jury convict him?
If only they would let them get married and dump that celibacy thing.......oh, wrong religion.
I heard about one jury (from some attorneys at a priest’s trial who talked to jurists later) in which the foreman said as the jury convened, “Well, he’s a Catholic priest, now let’s prove he’s guilty.”
The trial proved that the priest was NOT guilty because he also worked at a Reform school and had records that proved he wasn’t there at the times when he was accused.
So Colofornian .... So there’s BYU part time faculty member who’s a pervert? ... just a part-time faculty member teaching a non-religious subject?
Does this story somehow smear the LDS church? What about the the parade of televangelists who have been outed as sexual perverts/predators vs a non-religious study part time faculty member at BYU?
Truly your anti-Mormon hypocrisy has no limits.
In too many states, it is far to easy to convict men of sexual abuse without any evidence other than the word of a child, whose testimony if often easily manipulated by psychologists and law enforcement.
I see the alleged “victim” was 12 years-old at the time of the sexual assault, and she comes forward four years later?
Maybe she was a victim, but maybe she was convinced that something happened that never occurred. Would be interested in learning more about her past. Maybe she is trying to shift blame for circumstances in her life to this guy. Who knows.
Absent any more information and EVIDENCE; I’d be a “not guilty” vote.
You might ask the same question about the sandusky trial.
There was plenty of evidence in the Sandusky trial. Even JoPa said he should have done more.
Say what you will, Mormons make good neighbors.
That’s been my experience too. Again and again.
(Oh, I "get it"...part-time instructors aren't held to the same rigorous moral standards that "full-timers" are, eh, Teppe? And if they don't teach "religion," less is expected of them criminal-standard-wise as well?)
Oh. And if a BYU student subject to BYU's honor code (not to mention societal criminal codes) happens to NOT be "majoring" in anything "religious" ...or if that student is but a "part-time" student ... those codes either don't apply or those students aren't expected to "measure up" to them.
Classic statements, Tep.
Gotta be one of the worse immoral statements you've ever made, as you attempt to excuse away the criminal conduct of one even you concede to be "a pervert".
As for Joe's quote, you (like everyone else) purposefully left out the words "with the benefit of hindsight..."
That is not always the case.
That preface was for his own personal and legal benefit. You think Joe was so disconnected to what was going on that he didn't or shouldn't have know.
BTW, I made no mention of physical evidence. There were lots of settlements paid out without even having to go to trial. Government agencies do not settle so quickly unless the evidence is very convincing.
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