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[mack4289]

http://www.slate.com/id/2168758

"Yet a Nebraska district judge, Jeffre Cheuvront, suddenly finds himself in a war of words with attorneys on both sides of a sexual assault trial. More worrisome, he appears to be at war with language itself, and his paradoxical answer is to ban it: Last fall, Cheuvront granted a motion by defense attorneys barring the use of the words rape, sexual assault, victim, assailant, and sexual assault kit from the trial of Pamir Safi�accused of raping Tory Bowen in October 2004.

Safi's first trial resulted in a hung jury last November when jurors deadlocked 7-5. Responding to Cheuvront's initial language ban�which will be in force again when Safi is retried in July�prosecutors upped the ante last month by seeking to have words like sex and intercourse barred from the courtroom as well. The judge denied that motion, evidently on the theory that there would be no words left to describe the sex act at all. The result is that the defense and the prosecution are both left to use the same word�sex�to describe either forcible sexual assault, or benign consensual intercourse. As for the jurors, they'll just have to read the witnesses' eyebrows to sort out the difference."

[Alyallen]

[Bibbitybop]

Domestically and internationally, red states fk everything up.

[mack4289]

Why not use "penile penetration"? Isn't that a neutral enough word for sex that neither implies consent nor coercion? Also, wouldn't it make a great name for a band?

[sundubuman]

[khyber]

forced copulation.
forcible sex.
undesirable sex.
unwanting F***ing
coitus resulting in vaginal bruising and subdermal haematomas


Frankly, I think this is a GREAT opportunity for the prosecution to start using some really colourful and disturbing language. Perhaps it's time to consult a thesaurus.

[yawarakaijin]

[mack4289]

How about "plowing the field"? Nebraskans should understand that.

[Alyallen]

Ahhh Nebraska....

I find it fascinating that you can go to jail for weed or shop-lifting but sexually assaulting a child...eh...probation.

Short sex offender's probation upheld
By JOSH FUNK, Associated Press Writer
Tue Jul 17, 5:27 PM ET



OMAHA, Neb. - A judge had valid reasons for sentencing a 5-foot-1 sex offender to probation, even though she cited the offender's height as part of her rationale, the Nebraska Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday.

An examination by a clinical psychologist and the results of a test used to determine the risk that Richard W. Thompson would reoffend both indicated that Thompson, 52, is neither a pedophile nor a sexual predator, the court said.

District Judge Kristine Cecava of Cheyenne County sentenced Thompson last year to 10 years of probation for sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl.

"So I'm sitting here thinking this guy has earned his way to prison, but then I look at you and I look at your physical size. I look at your basic ability to cope with people and, quite frankly, I shake to think what might happen to you in prison because I don't think you'll do well in prison," Cecava said in court, according to a court transcript of the hearing.

The sentence prompted national criticism. Attorney General Jon Bruning appealed the sentence to the Nebraska Court of Appeals and sought a prison term for Thompson.

The appeals court said the only way Cecava might have erred was in failing to provide a detailed explanation of her sentence. The probation officer who prepared a pre-sentence investigation on Thompson recommended probation, the court said.

"Such failure caused the trial judge's brief mention of Thompson's small physical stature to become the focus of attention, when in reality it was but a minor point," the court said.

Bruning said he planned to ask the state Supreme Court to review the appellate court's ruling because he believes sexual assault of a child is a serious offense that warrants jail time.

"The law does not impose a height requirement for jail," Bruning said.

Thompson's lawyer, Clarence Mock, said the problem in this case was that people jumped to conclusions without knowing all the details. Thompson is doing well and has abided by the terms of his sentence, Mock said.

[wannago]

No, the child molesters go free in VERMONT. A blue state.

http://sadlynormal.wordpress.com/2007/01/11/vt-child-molester-goes-free-in-plea-bargain/

[Alyallen]

[jkelly80]

[Satori]

[igotthisguitar]

The word RAPE is derived from the latin, meaning to "take by force".

This moronic judge is likely just another phony freemason.
A wolf in sheep's clothes

His so-called reasoning & "logic" is all-too Orwellian.

[twg]