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["Shea Tisdale" <shea AT sheatisdale.com>]

Alan, why does this bother you?  Isn't this how the justice system is
supposed to work?  The juror in the story indicated that the prosecution
failed to make the case and left a lot of ambiguities.  Would you rather
them have gone ahead and found them guilty anyway?


> -----Original Message-----
> From: internetworkers-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:internetworkers-
> bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Alan MacHett
> Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 1:32 AM
> To: internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: [internetworkers] [rant] legal outrage, setback for rape vic's
> 
> the good ol' U. S. of A.
> 
> only in Amerika can you spill hot coffee on your crotch and win $3M in a
> lawsuit.
> 
> and, now, only in Amerika can you videotape you and your buddies raping
> someone and get away with it:
> http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/06/28/video.rape.trial/index.html
> 
> Jury deadlocks in videotaped rape trial
> Tuesday, June 29, 2004 Posted: 2:05 PM EDT (1805 GMT)
> 
> SANTA ANA, California (CNN) -- A judge declared a mistrial Monday in the
> trial of three teenagers charged with raping an unconscious 16-year-old
> girl, after the jury announced it was deadlocked on all 24 counts against
> the defendants.
>  ...
> The defendants -- 19-year-olds Gregory Haidl, Keith Spann and Kyle
> Nachreiner -- are charged with three counts of rape by intoxication, two
> counts of oral copulation by intoxication, 14 counts of sexual penetration
> by intoxication, three counts of penetration by force, one of penetration
> by force in concert and one count of assault with a deadly weapon.
>  ...
> The 21-minute incident was recorded by Haidl on July 5, 2002, during a
> party at the home of his father, who was not there at the time.
> 
> Some of the teenagers can be heard making lewd comments on the tape,
> laughing at times and using profanity to describe various sex scenes.
> 
> Prosecutors contend that the girl was seduced, manipulated, and given
> drugs and alcohol before passing out and being assaulted numerous times as
> she lay motionless on a pool table.
> 
> Throughout the trial, defense attorneys presented jurors with a different
> characterization of the teenage girl, describing her as promiscuous and an
> aspiring porn star who was acting out her fantasies and agreed to be
> videotaped.
> 
> The girl, identified only as Jane Doe, testified for four days, telling
> jurors she did not remember anything after having a drink that may have
> been drugged.
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