Posted on 08/26/2009 10:33:51 AM PDT by SwinneySwitch
“But isn’t the entire purpose of the Justice system to determine the TRUTH and punish the crime that was actually committed?”
nominally
“C’mon....300+ yrs for associating with underage girls!!”
If it was my girl he would be dead.
“We have no evidence, none, nada, zip.”
The judge and jury decided differently.
“I see no proof offered”
Not in this news article but I didn’t attend the trial.
But apparently you do not read, nor learn from past gross miscarriages of justice. Do some reading on these links, then ask yourself if this man was given a fair trial, or was the jury making an impulive, emotional decision based on zero physical evidence - only the words of some teen age girls who will NOT be held accountable, if it's discovered that they lied.
“But apparently you do not read”
he is 27, he admitted to having sex with a 15 year old. he also admitted to providing booze and drugs to girls under 14 years of age.
The five-man, seven-woman jury deliberated for about 30 minutes
Yeah, that's an emotionless, contemplative and logical time to reach a verdict.
Jasso’s attorney, John Tinder, told jurors that the girls’ testimony contained many inconsistencies and improbabilities. For instance, he said, one of the girls testified she performed oral sex on Jasso but was unaware he had only one testicle. And one of the girls testified that Jasso came over to her home in the Capehart subdivision every morning for a month and had sex with her. Tinder reminded the jury that an adult caregiver who came over to the house daily testified she never saw Jasso at the home in the morning hours. And, Tinder told the jury, how was it that Jasso could have sex with the girl in the home and the girl’s parents be unaware.
Hmmmm, golly; something smells here. Now, is this guy a creep, a degenerate and probably guilty of something? Yup. But 317 years after a 30 minute deliberation? This is a knee-jerk verdict by a hysterical jury - just like we had in the 'Little Rascals' convictions.
If the jury can do this to him, they can do the same to us. IMHO, no physical evidence, no crime.
I agree but I've seen too many comments elsewhere from guys who wish they were that underage boy with a "hot" teacher to think it will change soon.
Sounds like he’ll probably be in his 40s before he’s a free man again.
he molested my lil girl! he travled all around the us and is a danger to all. i know he live with me. a travler like him could of hurt hundreds of children. this man realy hurt children no joke !
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