Saturday, July 14, 2007

Judge Calls Mistrial Called in 'Rape' Trial

I posted on this trial in Nebraska in which a woman was raped, but Judge Jeffre Cheuvront decided she or Prosecutor couldn't say the word 'rape' to describe the act that the sub-human cretin did to her. Well Hiz Honor decided to call a mistrial because of all the publicity.
A Nebraska judge who had ordered the victim of a sexual assault to describe the encounter for the jury as "sex" instead of "rape" now has called a mistrial in the criminal case.

Judge Jeffre Cheuvront of Lancaster County said he decided the publicity around the case, especially a protest held on the steps of the courthouse, would make it difficult to seat an impartial jury, according to an Associated Press report.

A defense lawyer, Clarence Mock, told the Lincoln Star-Journal words such as "rape" could be detrimental to his client's case. "Rape" is not even a legal term, he noted. And while "sexual assault" is a legal term, it references something only the jury can determine, he said. The defense team had asked Cheuvront to disallow such references during the trial, and he agreed.

The judge's rulings would have allowed "sex" or "intercourse" to be used to describe the encounter but not "rape."

Bowen has reported the judge's actions are "making me commit perjury."

"I never once would describe (what happened) as sex," she said. "The word 'sex' implies consent."

The legal system has set up to serve the people, and administer justice. But in this case, there is no justice as long as this judge continues to hamper the case by not allowing the word RAPE to be said.

Let's look at this, the sex was not consensual, so it can't be called "sex" or "intercourse" as the blacked robed idiot wants them to describe it, so the only word that aptly describe what the accused did to her would be RAPE.

The best thing that can happen is there will be a change of venue and a new judge, then maybe justice will be served, but if they stay with the Judge Leftard, then "justice" is a sham.

When technicalities and syntax get in the way of justice, then justice is just a 7 letter word that has no meaning to the people.


Mr Minority

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