# I pit this violent sexual predator state trooper and the prosecutor who won't prosecute him.

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [January 23, 2014, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-this-violent-sexual-predator-state-trooper-and-the-prosecutor-who-wont-prosecute-him/679531 "2014-01-23T16:28:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2014, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-this-violent-sexual-predator-state-trooper-and-the-prosecutor-who-wont-prosecute-him/679531/21 "2014-01-24T17:59:01Z")

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> [@John\_Mace](#):
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> So, the wife is claiming he admitted this, but if that’s all they have, then it ain’t much. Don’t let the “acknowledged” fool you. This looks like sloppy journalism to me.

Agreed. This is a badly written article.

If we take the article as true and complete, then all we have is the wife’s word and against the trooper’s word. I suspect there is divorce and custody battle brewing.  
The question I was hoping the article would answer is ‘_what did the boy say when interviewed_?’ If the boy doesn’t testify, then they don’t really have a case. As I understand it, and the SD Legal minds will correct me if I’m wrong, the abuse incident with the prior girlfriend would be inadmissible.

This, however:

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> Sandusky County prosecutor Tom Stierwalt opted against seeking an indictment. He declined to present testimony before a grand jury because Vitte might have presented a defense that justified his alleged actions, Stierwalt said.

sounds awful cowardly for a prosecutor. ‘Oh noes, they might present a defense!’

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2014, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-this-violent-sexual-predator-state-trooper-and-the-prosecutor-who-wont-prosecute-him/679531/22 "2014-01-24T22:58:33Z")

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> [@Czarcasm](#):
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> I know for a fact that it is possible.

I just got an email asking if I know this to be true because I beat my kids until they bleed. Quite the opposite-there are threads I’ve posted in where I talked about the physical, sexual and mental abuse I endured growing up, but I didn’t want to sidetrack this thread with those links and just assumed that people would take my statement the way I meant it.

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**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2014, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-this-violent-sexual-predator-state-trooper-and-the-prosecutor-who-wont-prosecute-him/679531/23 "2014-01-25T01:48:15Z")

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> [@Falchion](#):
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> I think he’s thinking of a statement against penal interest.

Did you laugh when you posted that? 😃

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**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2014, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-this-violent-sexual-predator-state-trooper-and-the-prosecutor-who-wont-prosecute-him/679531/24 "2014-01-25T03:25:43Z")

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> [@Typo\_Negative](#):
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> I think you forgot a smiley.

Do you really think one was necessary?

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