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12-19-2003, 05:02 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Fresno, CA
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Free Free at last
No more Jury duty! I am free to post like I used to. Well at least once I catch up on my piled up work.
Long and the short of it. The defendant was charged with the rape of a 50 something year old woman with a degenerative neurological condition(terminal) in a rest home. He was a Certified Nursing Assistant that was supposed to be caring for her. We found him guilty of 'rape of an incompetant person', Sexual battery of an institutionalized person, and elder abuse. We had a mis-trial(hung jury) on the count of forcible rape. We were split 7-5, leaning toward 'not guilty' on that charge. Among the more lurid details were that his responsibilities for caring for the victim included changing her diaper, feeding her, and occasionally cleaning up the feces she had pulled from her diaper and smeared on the wall and other various places. There was testimony that she had asked a number of employees, both male and female, to have sex with her. It was our belief that while she might have been able to ask for sex, she certainly wasn't able to grasp all that the act entailed. On top of that we had to conclude that the defendant should have been aware of her deficits. In my mind, that wasn't even a close call. For several jurors her "solicitations"(cringe) were quite mitigating. We argued for two days before eventually persuading them that she was incompetent. Well, more correctly, two days of requesting the proper bits of physician testimony that persuaded them that she was indeed incapable of giving 'legal consent'. Whew. Back to work and happy to be here. I have been away almost a month. |
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12-19-2003, 07:48 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Moorhead
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Noop. He is back.
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I had something. Last edited by The Afoci : 12-19-2003 at 07:48 PM. |
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12-19-2003, 07:58 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Iowa City, IA
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ewwwww.... sounds like the case was alot of fun....
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12-19-2003, 09:06 PM
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Location: Fresno, CA
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Noop was looking for me? Is he on Christmas break? I ask cause the seventh grade is so stressful for him.  Last edited by Glengoyne : 12-19-2003 at 09:08 PM. |
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12-19-2003, 09:10 PM
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Location: Fresno, CA
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Did he spell my name right? How about his grammar? Could I have made fun of his grammar? |
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12-19-2003, 09:15 PM
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Location: Where Hip Hop lives
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You see, when you quote yourself in a dola post, well, that's just weird. Quit it.  CR
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12-19-2003, 09:36 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Fresno, CA
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I completely forgot the Dola. I have been away nearly a month you know. The self quote.....I felt better about doing that than editing to actually add content. I apologize for the faux pas. (FO PAW)<--edit for Noop --OK I guess I am not above adding a little comment in an edit. Last edited by Glengoyne : 12-19-2003 at 09:39 PM. |
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