Dute Decision Expected Today
Will Cincinnati's Jennifer Dute spend another Thanksgiving holiday behind
bars? That's for a panel of three judges to decide. Dute, a Cincinnati
housewife was convicted in October of four counts of pandering obscenity,
was sentenced today to one year in prison.
Presiding Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Patrick "Hang 'Em High"
Dinkelacker, in handing down the decision, said he was "personally
repulsed" by the sexually explicit videos Mrs. Dute was convicted of
illegally selling within county limits. Good thing Dinkelacker isn't on the
panel. Or is the spirit of the fix in? After all, this is Cincinnati, a
city that would sue its own football team. It could still go either way
feels Alan Dute, Jennifer's husband.
Alan Dute: "The appeals court is looking at the issue today and I'm waiting
for a call from my attorney. A three-judge panel is looking at whether she
should be released pending appeal of the case. There was a motion filed by
Jennifer's attorneys to the court of appeals arguing that that should be
the case. They are supposed to come to a decision on that today. Then the
appeal of the whole case is a separate issue and will probably be somewhere
six months down the road. There will be an appeal of the case. There's a
possibility that will deny her release pending the appeal. But given the
fact that it's a fifth degree felony, a non-violent crime and a fifth
degree felony that carries with it the presumption of no jail time, I don't
see how they can see no unless the fix is in. And we know the fix was in on
the regular case."
