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[Shaanyboi]

Not what I needed to read right now. This is fucking horrible.

 

[Ray Wonder]

This was his child,

I don't think it was. It would be a much stronger headline to say, "Texas man walks free after alleged rape leaves his 2-year-old daughter in pool of blood"

 

[PHOENIXZERO]

I want this dude locked up as much as the next guy, but people questioning the whole "his DNA was on everything!" thing aren't thinking it through.

This was his child, and his skin cells (they say he used his hand, so the DNA they mention should be just skin, no semen or anything) were on her bloody diaper. That isn't evidence that he caused anything. His defense would probably be that his daughter was crying and he saw her diaper was bloody, so he changed her, and that's how his DNA got in the diaper and on her body, since that's what a normal parent would do if they saw their toddler bleeding - they would change and clean her. If there isn't any witness testimony (which they mention might be the case with two children under 5 years old), then the ONLY testimony is the defendant, and since his story would make it so that there is a reasonable doubt, the correct verdict would be not guilty.

As much as I fucking hate it, 10 years probation with the plea deal is a better option for the prosecution's attorney. Obviously most people outside the story would say to chance it with the trial though.

Going by the quoted story in the OP she's not his daughter.

 

[Symphonia]

I'm sure his dead body will be found eventually. Only question is how many kids will be hurt before then.

Yep. His name is out there, people know where he lives. It's only a matter of time before real justice is served. With any luck, it will be slow and painful justice.

 

[1.21Gigawatts]

It sounds more like it was because the only witnesseswere a two year old victim and 4 year old sibling.

You don't need fucking witness testimony when you have a doctor stating it was clear sexual assault and you have his DNA all over the place.
If I understand it correctly the guy didn't even deny it.
Its a clear case, even without the victim or the 4yo witness testifying.

I mean fucking hell, you can't let somebody like him walk free, under no circumstances.

 

[Woody Invincible]

Well, usually when legal justice falls short, street justice picks up the slack. nudgenudge

 

[magnetic]

I wish I could do something productive with the hate I'm feeling right now.

How does it even cross your mind to abuse a child like that.

 

[Triggerhappytel]

I want this dude locked up as much as the next guy, but people questioning the whole "his DNA was on everything!" thing aren't thinking it through.

This was his child, and his skin cells (they say he used his hand, so the DNA they mention should be just skin, no semen or anything) were on her bloody diaper. That isn't evidence that he caused anything. His defense would probably be that his daughter was crying and he saw her diaper was bloody, so he changed her, and that's how his DNA got in the diaper and on her body, since that's what a normal parent would do if they saw their toddler bleeding - they would change and clean her. If there isn't any witness testimony (which they mention might be the case with two children under 5 years old), then the ONLY testimony is the defendant, and since his story would make it so that there is a reasonable doubt, the correct verdict would be not guilty.

As much as I fucking hate it, 10 years probation with the plea deal is a better option for the prosecution's attorney. Obviously most people outside the story would say to chance it with the trial though.

The news article only calls him the mother's boyfriend. I don't think he was the girls' dad.

 

[GaimeGuy]

I want this dude locked up as much as the next guy, but people questioning the whole "his DNA was on everything!" thing aren't thinking it through.

This was his child, and his skin cells (they say he used his hand, so the DNA they mention should be just skin, no semen or anything) were on her bloody diaper. That isn't evidence that he caused anything. His defense would probably be that his daughter was crying and he saw her diaper was bloody, so he changed her, and that's how his DNA got in the diaper and on her body, since that's what a normal parent would do if they saw their toddler bleeding - they would change and clean her. If there isn't any witness testimony (which they mention might be the case with two children under 5 years old), then the ONLY testimony is the defendant, and since his story would make it so that there is a reasonable doubt, the correct verdict would be not guilty.

As much as I fucking hate it, 10 years probation with the plea deal is a better option for the prosecution's attorney. Obviously most people outside the story would say to chance it with the trial though.

The problem is the focus on getting a "win" in the form of a conviction or plea deal rather than protecting the community. This plea deal does nothing to protect the community from this man if he was guilty. If he's acquitted, so be it, but a plea deal shouldn't be merely a notch on the prosecutor's belt

 

[Nephtis]

People like this need to be castrated.

Fuck that guy.

 

[Africanus]

People really underestimate how smart and resilient 4 year olds can be.

 

[mcz117chief]

...

that is probably the sickest thing I have read in my whole life

I am against death penalties but hot damn would I make an exception in this thing's case.

 

[DY_nasty]

Trust the justice system

 

[JMDSO]

The problem is the focus on getting a "win" in the form of a conviction or plea deal rather than protecting the community.

I think it's actually more along the lines of not getting a loss.

They don't care so much about getting an outright conviction as long as there isn't an acquittal.

I mean, OJ Simpson, Robert Blake, Casey Anthony, George Zimmerman were all very public losses for the prosecutors because they didn't make a good enough case.

 

[Jokab]

Kids that age don't really have the ability to lie. It's not a concept they really grasp yet.

Isn't this a very common misconception? Watch the movie The Hunt, it's pretty terrifying what can happen when you place too much trust in the words of a young child.

 

[Mammoth Jones]

If someone did this to one of my kids and walked free I would hunt him down and kill him. I would stamp his fucking face into the pavement and piss on his corpse. This makes me so fucking mad. Someone capable of this should be locked up forever.

Yea I just don't see how someone walks free from something like that.

 

[TheOnlyOneHeEverFeared]

People really underestimate how smart and resilient 4 year olds can be.

Not that resilient. Shit like that sticks with you and fucks you up.

 

[fhqwhgads]

His days are numbered. Wouldn't be surprised if he ends up being beaten to death by a gang.

 

[JMDSO]

Isn't this a very common misconception? Watch the movie The Hunt, it's pretty terrifying what can happen when you place too much trust in the words of a young child.

I guess I shouldn't have been as definitive as I was.

It all depends on the development of the child really.

 

[User1608]

Holy crap. Why. This is pretty upsetting.:/

 

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