Joseph T Degregorio, Chellie Pingree is ready for Congress. I was on the jury for this cocksucker, and I after hearing all the testimony, I wish we could have hung the fucker, right there in the courtroom. This scumfuck adopted the kid, off the internet, for the express purpose of having a young male cock receptacle around the house, like some kind of NAMBLA wold version of a mail order bride.
We heard testimony from four different kids (three now grown, and beyond the statute of limitations, sadly) that he abused going back thirty years, and we know of at least two others who still didn’t testify. He fostered these kids, took them from broken homes, from situations of physical abuse and extreme poverty, bought them clothes and videogames and other pretty things, and then put his dick in them, repeatedly.
Over the past week I have spent days listening to this villianous crap, spent my evenings despondent and depressed, my nights sleepless. The horror these kids went thru has been a weight I had to bear and I am exhausted and relieved that it is over and done with.And even thou the courts designated me an alternate juror, and I was denied a voice and vote, my fellows voted to put this slimebag down like the dog he is, and at least is that small way my faith in people is restored. One man may be a monster, but we will not stand its existance among us.
Joseph T Degregorio, may you live a long life sentence, filled with fear and despair. May the pain and shame you dumped on those around you, the weak and the vulderable, be returned to you in your incarceration, and when you die, may you suffer greatly.
Wow. I can’t imagine having to sit through a trial like that. What an awful story. I know it’s your civic duty and all, but I want to thank you for doing it. It must have been insanely difficult to do.
And, thank goodness justice (at least as much as can be found) was done in this case. He certainly tried to derail the proceedings; I’m glad to see he wasn’t able to. No one else will be damaged by this man. In this case especially, that’s something to be pleased with. He sounds like he would have continued to be a threat to children as long as he was free.
I believe that it’s for the same reasons that a statute of limitations exists for most other crimes: As time passes the evidence of testimony from people involved becomes less dependable. When dealing with a crime like child molestations, where often all, or most, of the evidence exists solely in the form of testimony, rather than anything physical, it seems to make sense.
Whether this logical stance, defending the rights of the accused, results in injustices for the victims (or at least an absence of justice for the victims) is something that I think is generally considered beyond the scope of those setting up statute of limitations. I’m not going to say that they’re wrong - testimonial evidence can be mistaken, or misleading, even when everyone is trying to act in good faith. Give an event enough time to pass and one’s memory of it will often change into something that’s far removed from the reality.
As an aside, when prosecutors pursue cases that have long passed out of daily memory (say ten years, or more) how often do such cases turn on physical evidence rather that eyewitness testimony?
But I agree it’s pretty awful that it meant that this ahem foster care provider escaped prosecution for three more instances of long-term child abuse.
Let me add my voice to those thanking you, parthenokinesis, for your service in a very painful situation.
Wow, parthenokinesis, I salute you for your civic duty.
I’ve been called to jury duty any number of times over the years, but have only served once, on a fairly innocuous “he said/he said” business lawsuit. I’ve got a deep dread of having to serve on a murder case or something like this. I’m not sure I could handle it.
That is rich, from a guy who calls himself Friar… :rolleyes: You need to keep working on that christian thing.
Unfortunately, my work brings me into contact with many child molesters. One thing they all have in common was that they were molested as children. I am not suggesting that all people who were molested become molesters. We have sympathy for them as victims but forget it when they offend themselves.
Don’t get me wrong, I to say lock the fucker up. But I can’t bring myself to hate them. I think of all the sick shit they went through and feel sorry for them. I know of no effective treatment and the recidivism rate is so high that the only option is to lock them up away from other potential victims.
Since I ended up an alternate, I wasn’t in the room for the debate. One of the other jurors called me afterward and said everyone believed he was guilty, but one woman had a bit of a conscience check about the ramifications of the verdict, so they spend a few hours discudding the evidence and the instructions from the judge.
Oops, that did it. Now this thread will be trampled by people who will assure you that recidivism among child molesters is the same or lower than those of the perpetrators of other crimes.
Know what’s funny? The only other time I’ve ever seen that last name is in the musical Grease; Cha Cha Degregorio is the hot-shot dancer that Danny Zuko dances with.
Why? Do you consider illegal acts justice? If so, then how do you propose compensating/rewarding the individual that metes out that “justice?” What’s your plan if that person is also incarcerated for something you consider to be appropriately punished by what you hear about in those “stories from prison?”
Is there any chance whatsoever that people will quit posting those stupid “I hope he gets raped in prison” comments?
No, no, you misunderstood. Mama Zappa meant she hoped the other stories of child rapists in prison were true, to wit: they’re usually ostracized from the inmate bridge games and knitting circles, and get poor exchange rates when using cigarettes to buy Twinkies on the gray market.
My ex-wife years ago was counselling the mother of a young girl who was raped and murdered by a neighbour. When the murderer was convicted and imprisoned the mother received a letter asking if she wanted her child’s killer to be murdered in prison. She decided not to take up the offer.