Posted on 04/18/2011 12:35:53 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
The guy is an even bigger douche than Joe Wilson and Valerie Wilson Plame.
I am apparently unusual in finding such convictions disturbing. No actual 15 year old minors were contacted, but he's in jail anyway.
I agree he's a scumbag and thoroughly deserves a flogging, but he has apparently been convicted of a crime that didn't actually occur.
Is he gonna do jail time?
Would you be happier if a 15 year old was involved?
Ah, the left has such wonderful heroes.
‘Indecent exposure’ and apparently .. to a minor!
Scumbag .. Piece of Crap .. should be shot!
Of course this is JMHO!
“...but he has apparently been convicted of a crime that didn’t actually occur.”
The crime is TRYING to have unlawful contact with a minor, I guess. In any case, the witnesses presented the evidence, the lawyers made arguments, and the judge instructed the jury in the law, whereupon the jury rendered a verdict. So he’s GUILTY.
His first arrest had the charges dismissed. The Assistant District Attorney who released him was fired for it. Looked like he was let off the hook because of his politics.
the guy has a history of this sherm...stop sticking up for traitors
Is this the same thing as "slappin'the Monkey" "Chokin" the chicken" "slapping the ham" "flogging the bishop" ?
You mean like ATTEMPTED bank robbery? Or ATTEMPTED murder? Or ATTEMPTED rape? Or ATTEMPTED acts of terrorism?
Crimes like these don’t occur either but the would-be perps are still prosecuted.
Didn’t claim otherwise. Just find the concept disturbing. Sort of a thought crime.
Let’s put in this way. Life’s a bitch and now Scott Ritter’s about to become one.
Masturbating in front of a minor. How classy :-|
Intent can be a crime
The real question is: what did Saddam have on hiom and how much was he paid to be a mouthpiece for the Hussein regime? His comments read as if they were written by Baghdad Bob.
He was not just “thinking about it” he was acting on doing the crime.
A thought crime is when you imagine playing with yourself in front of a 15 year old and you have a smile on your face, he actually did it while convinced she was watching.
big difference there, they can prove intent after he was told her age. This case is just like hiring a hitman to kill your husband and the guy turned out to be a undercover cop, their husband was never in any real danger yet, but once the money changed hands (or in this case the pants dropped) you're toast.
There was no minor.
I agree he’s scum.
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