--- feste37 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > I think the daughter was about 16 when this > supposedly took place. I don't > think he's an alcholic. He still has his insurance > business in town. > > He apparently is a very controlling individual, > especially where his wife and > daughter are concerned, but that's not what he's on > trial for. > > According to the doctor who testified, there was no > convincing physical > evidence that the girl had ever had sex. !!! No supporting evidence and they bring this to trail even once, let alone a third time. I don't know what happened, but if there's no evidence other than a claim by one person against another, forget it. > > My point is really that if the prosecutors have > failed to convince two juries that > this man is guilty, that amounts to a not guilty > verdict, since there is obviously > a reasonable doubt. His reputation is ruined anway, > whatever happens. > > -- In [email protected], Peter Sutphen > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > How old is the daughter? Is the father an > alcoholic? > > > > --- feste37 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Yes, that's right. No evidence at all. The > daughter > > > says her father > > > had sex with > > > her up to five times a week. Her mother never > > > suspected that anything > > > was > > > going on. > > > > > > Now the prosecutors are considering whether to > > > initiate a third > > > trial. This > > > strikes me as stupid. So far they have failed to > > > convince two juries > > > that this > > > guy did it. They should just drop it. > > > > > > --- In [email protected], Peter > Sutphen > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > --- m2smart4u2000 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], > "feste37" > > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Anyone following this? It ended in a > mistrial > > > > > today after the jury > > > > > > could not > > > > > > reach a verdict. This is the second > mistrial. > > > > > > > > > > > > I feel sorry for the guy. From what I read > in > > > the > > > > > Ledger, the case > > > > > > against him is > > > > > > simply not proven. My hunch is that the > girl > > > made > > > > > it up. > > > > > > > > > > I have been following this in the FF ledger. > > > Smith's > > > > > X wife was a > > > > > bank teller when I lived in FF and I chatted > > > with > > > > > her frequently. > > > > > She seemed really nice to me. smith was a > local > > > > > insurance agent, as > > > > > i recall and his X wife quit banking to work > for > > > him > > > > > for awhile. It > > > > > is hard to tell who is telling the truth in > > > cases > > > > > like these. I did > > > > > not feel it was to his advantage to admit he > had > > > > > gotten so drunk > > > > > that he totalled his daughter's car and > could > > > not > > > > > remember it the > > > > > next day, however he does know for sure that > he > > > > > never molested her. > > > > > Go figure. You cannot convict a person > without > > > > > evidence, that does > > > > > not mean that he is innocent. Only the both > of > > > them > > > > > know for sure > > > > > what happened. > > > > > > > > Is this a "he said, she said" case? Meaning > the > > > only > > > > evidence against the guy is the testimony of > the > > > > accuser? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To subscribe, send a message to: > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > Or go to: > > > > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > > > > > and click 'Join This Group!' > > > > > Yahoo! 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