Posted on 01/01/2014 12:30:28 PM PST by Innovative
A north Alabama man convicted in a series of rapes has again avoided a prison sentence for the assaults.
Limestone County Circuit Judge James Woodroof suspended a 35-year sentence for Austin Clem and ordered him to spend five years on probation for a series of assaults on a former neighbor.
Clem was convicted of sexually assaulting the woman three times. Prosecutors say the assaults began seven years ago when the victim was 13.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
These judges need to be removed from the bench or locked in a prison.
I hope that woman gets a gun and learns how to use it.
Looks like the Clem family has a lawyer, tire stores, a trailer park, a cabinet company, and several other local businesses. Looks like I’m on the right track.
The girl should find this guy and shoot him dead. See what a jury thinks about that.
Apparently, also a childhood friend of the judge.
Clearly something is going on here, and none of the half-information given in any of the sources peppered into this thread help much to give the full picture.
Actually, most judges explicitly DO have this power. Abbreviated JNOV, the "Judgment Notwithstanding the Verdict" is allowed in most US states. Clever lawyers can use and mislead juries very easily, and it is left to the judge to be the last stop-gap against that very problematic and unjust possibility.
Here is a much more informative article.
http://www.enewscourier.com/local/x1050743937/Victim-is-baffled-by-rapist-s-sentencing
Nothing in it helps. The judge is suspect, the sentence appears to violate Alabama code and the DA is looking into an appeal.
To top it all off, the perp has a juvy record for sex crimes against children of both genders and has already been through a similar program once.
This guy should have been given a lot of jail time, he is a repeat offender.
Frankfurt School agenda point 8 of 11 - to make western civilization stink:
8. An unreliable legal system with bias against victims of crime
> ordered him to spend five years on probation... Clem was convicted of sexually assaulting the woman three times. Prosecutors say the assaults began seven years ago when the victim was 13.
Sure would be a shame if the rapist and the judge were found with the heads switched.
Thanks Innovative.
Can’t really trust Mother Jones.
The judge changed a 35 year sentence to probation? Did he give an explanation? Alabama must be one of the Southern states that is going far left.
We are not talking about an 18 year old having consensual sex with his gal from high school. This is a 13 year old.
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