Well 12 jurors who heard the testimony convicted her.
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Tennessee-JW Angela Montgomery sentenced today to 40 years in prison for raping her own children
by AndersonsInfo inhttp://wkrn.com/2015/05/06/murfreesboro-mom-sentenced-to-40-years-for-raping-own-children/.
murfreesboro mom sentenced to 40 years for raping own children.
by larry flowers published: may 6, 2015, 4:59 pm updated: may 6, 2015, 6:53 pm .
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Tennessee-JW Angela Montgomery sentenced today to 40 years in prison for raping her own children
by AndersonsInfo inhttp://wkrn.com/2015/05/06/murfreesboro-mom-sentenced-to-40-years-for-raping-own-children/.
murfreesboro mom sentenced to 40 years for raping own children.
by larry flowers published: may 6, 2015, 4:59 pm updated: may 6, 2015, 6:53 pm .
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truthseekeriam
So glad this young man got the justice he so deserved and this horrible woman will spend most likely the rest of her life in prison where she belongs.
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A prospective juror(JW) really ticks of Judge!
by truthseekeriam inan appellate court has reversed the conviction of a bacliff woman who recorded her boyfriend raping his 14-month-old granddaughter on her cell phone, saying the trial judge tainted the jury by arresting a prospective juror during jury selection.
alisha marie drake had been sentenced in 2013 to 15 years in prison for using her cell phone to record the act.
her boyfriend, jason grant, was charged with aggravated sexual assault of a child and possession of child pornography and is awaiting trial.
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truthseekeriam
An appellate court has reversed the conviction of a Bacliff woman who recorded her boyfriend raping his 14-month-old granddaughter on her cell phone, saying the trial judge tainted the jury by arresting a prospective juror during jury selection.
Alisha Marie Drake had been sentenced in 2013 to 15 years in prison for using her cell phone to record the act. Her boyfriend, Jason Grant, was charged with aggravated sexual assault of a child and possession of child pornography and is awaiting trial.
During the questioning of prospective jurors, one man, identified only as Juror No. 48, told Galveston County District Court Judge Susan Criss that his religious tenets prohibited from watching the cell phone recording. The man stated he was a Jehova's Witness.
"As far as my belief in God, as far as watching any kind of child pornography for a judicial or whatever kind of court, I mean, I cannot do that," the man said, according to the Fourteenth Court of Appeals' decision. He added later, "I will close my eyes, I will not allow my eyes to look at anything like that, period. So whatever you have to do, you just have to do it."
That's when, according to the Fourteenth Court, Criss laid down the law: "Here is the thing you have got to understand. Assuming — sometimes an accusation is made and the person didn't commit a crime at all. They are wrong. The crime wasn't committed. Sometimes an accusation was made and a crime was committed, but it was a different person that committed it. There are different things that happen. But if you believe that a crime was committed and a child was hurt as a consequence, that child needs 12 people who have got it in them to come in here and look at the evidence....If you believe in God, God wants you to protect the children."
Criss is also quoted as saying, "So if it grosses you out, then you can take it out on the person in punishment because it can't possibly gross you out more than it grosses out that child. So that's what my God tells me."
And just in case she didn't get her point across, Criss really dropped the gavel on the dude: "So you want to find out what I will do?....So you want to find out what my God will tell me to do? Let's test it, buddy. Let's test it." (The court record does not indicate if Criss then removed the cigarillo from the corner of her mouth, squinted, and spat a wad of tobacco on the desert sand.)
That's when Juror No. 48 reiterated that "I'm one of Jehova's Witnesses, and I believe that Jehovah God is a supreme judge and it is not in my place to judge anyone else or to have, for that matter, to be — "
Criss interjected with, "....We have Jehovah's Witnesses all the time. But you know what? If you get picked on this jury, you get picked on this jury, and Jehovah can visit you in the jail."
When Juror No. 48 didn't budge, Criss ordered his arrest.
The opinion, written by Justice Ken Wise, states that "Punishing a juror for speaking truthfully and expressing his bias has a chilling effect on the jury's ability to respond affirmatively to questions asked during [jury selection]....A trial judge that holds a juror in contempt for expressing his religious beliefs defeats the purpose of [jury selection] and prevents the honest exchange of information between the court and the jury."
Wise wrote that Criss's actions "failed to protect the trial process and deprived Drake of a fair and impartial trial."
Prosecutors had argued in the appeal that Criss was merely trying to maintain order in the courtroom and that Juror No. 48 was "disrespectful [and] disorderly."
However, Wise stated in the opinion that the record did not reflect such behavior, and added that Criss "engaged Juror No. 48 personally, thereby at least continuing, if not escalating, the angry tone of the exchange."
Criss told the Houston Press that, "This guy was not arrested for expressing his opinion. He was arrested for disrupting the process." She explained that "This is a person who was refusing to participate in the process and expressing his refusal very, very defiantly." (Criss retired from the bench in 2013 and is now in private practice).
She said she didn't believe the arrest had any chilling effect on the prospective jurors, adding, "I think to allow him to disrupt the process and say 'I'm not going to participate' would have led a rush out of the room. Everyone would raise their hand and [say] 'I'm not going to participate,' and then they're gone and then you don't have a jury panel."
We'll keep you posted on Round Two.
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Anti-JW billboard going up in Texas
by sunny23 inthe first ever billboard has been crowd funded on reddit and will be going up.
i'm curious to know if it will cause a spark in any jw's who already have questions or doubts and lead them to research into the child abuse cases and lead them to the thought that the wt and gb are not inspired or gods mouthpiece.
at the very least it will provide people a topic of conversation and questions to the jw's who knock on their door: "so whats this whole sex abuse in kingdom halls thing about i saw on the billboard down the road?
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truthseekeriam
I think it's a great idea!
I remember reading that it will go up where it can be seen from the freeway that the witnesses use to get to their assembly during the time frame of the assembly.
It's obviously meant to target the witnesses but I certainly think the average parent jw or not would take a second look at that billboard.
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The 50% rule of relationship, what's your percentage?
by James Mixon inthat's sounds better.
if you are only giving 50%.
what's happening to the other 50%?
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truthseekeriam
My marriage going into the 22 year has had many changes, at times I was giving 60 with my husband giving 40( raising little ones) Then it switched to 50/50, now it's him giving 60 with me at 40.
Life changes how much we are able to put in at any given time, as long as there is love and respect its all good.
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Sorry, But Your Sad Story Doesn't Make Me Feel Better. Is it supposed to?
by Tempest in a Teacup ini have very recently come out of a bout of severe depression which lasted for years.
i have ginormous underlying issues which i hardly talk about, especially to my family.. today my sister came in, wanting to force me to do something she wanted.
her strategy was to make me feel bad for feeling bad, just to show me that my problem (which she has no idea of but thinks she does) wasn't the biggest in the world.
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truthseekeriam
Wow does that sound familiar!
I have had the same sad stories but with just a tad more "bad" in them, then my own told to me by my mother.( she means well)
I truly think they believe that if you just meet someone who has handled their situation in a much better( in their mind) way then you, it will just wake you up and out of your depression..lol.
The sad truth is we each handle trauma differently.
Sure, I would love to just get over it, just like so and so has but it's just not possible...For Me, it will take longer if ever.
I guess the one thing I've learned is to never expect to understand what someone else feels so instead of trying to fix them just love them without judgment. This also includes those who are " trying to fix me"
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The Culability of Jehovah's Witnesses and Pedophilia
by AllTimeJeff inthe subject of pedophilia and the sexual abuse of children often is complicated.
by that i don't mean that it is complicated to know how to deal with pedophiles.
they have a despicable problem in their minds and need to be identified and controlled for all children's sake as well as for their own sake.
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Satan is more dangerous then pedophile - Assembly Part
by thedepressedsoul ini am sitting at the recent assembly, bored out of my mind (have you ever heard anyone call these things fun?
) and the next speaker walks out on stage.
he starts off with an illustration.
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I'm so confused by Shadow.
How does He/She not see what they are trying to do here?
Shortly after we found out our child was molested by a ex elder we attended a CA, mind you we were in a lot of emotional distress at the time. We actually were told by the elders that our child's molester who happened to be out of jail on bail before trial had every right to be at the assembly as we did. Imagine the knots in our stomach as we walked in to find our seats...it took everything we had to even drive to that assembly hall. Guess what we had in store to let us know how Jehovah was blessing our efforts? A nice talk given on the platform telling all that when we read negative news articles( happen to be about our case) to remember the media lies!! Our hearts sank, I could see the tears in my husbands eyes, we left that day knowing we could never be part of such a religion that would willfully kick victims while they are down ( no love )
Now tell me who was more dangerous to my family?
A pedophile and the organization that protected him....or satan?
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Satan is more dangerous then pedophile - Assembly Part
by thedepressedsoul ini am sitting at the recent assembly, bored out of my mind (have you ever heard anyone call these things fun?
) and the next speaker walks out on stage.
he starts off with an illustration.
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truthseekeriam
Crap like that spoken from the platform was what finally helped my husband and I to walk out completely.
They willfully endanger children with the horrible advise the give their parents! How can anyone seriously down play the danger of a molester across the street?
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Seeking support during confusing and stressful 'cognitive dissonance'
by LHS123 insorry for the long post but i need help.
ive been a jw for 20 years - still active and attending meetings, baptised at 18, i have recently become very dissillusioned.
a few reasons: ill treatment of my kids by a prominent 'assembly speaker' elder, then my son left the truth at 15 (not baptised) and was 'dropped' instantly, despite this community having been his whole life for 15 years.
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truthseekeriam
Great advise from everyone already. The only thing I can add is maybe you should follow your sons lead and get into some therapy yourself, it's has been extremely helpful for my young adults who struggle with many of the same things your son does.
Many of us have been where you are so we understand the roller coaster of emotions and fears. Use this place to vent ( it helps)
My thoughts are with you and your children.