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TexasTowelie

(116,744 posts) Sat May 26, 2018, 08:28 PM May 2018

Man who shows penis to jury acquitted of sexual assault

Last edited Sat May 26, 2018, 09:07 PM - Edit history (1)

NEW HAVEN — Desmond James was uncomfortable with the idea of dropping his trousers in the courtroom and showing jurors his penis.

But he agreed to do it after his attorneys convinced him it was “the only option” for disproving the description of his penis by the complainant in James’ sexual assault trial.

The unusual strategy worked. On Friday, after about three hours of deliberations, the jury found James not guilty on all three counts of first-degree sexual assault.

The complainant told police that her assailant was a black man whose penis was not as black as the rest of his body. Defense attorneys Todd Bussert and Erica Barber said there was direct evidence that this was untrue.

Read more: https://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Man-who-shows-penis-to-jury-acquitted-of-sexual-12943906.php

Cross-posted in the Weird News Group.

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Man who shows penis to jury acquitted of sexual assault (Original Post) TexasTowelie May 2018 OP

This should be in The Onion. guillaumeb May 2018 #1

Was the exhibit labelled as exhibit 1? guillaumeb May 2018 #2

So he had to take it out to get off? n/t PoliticAverse May 2018 #3

As a jurer Haggis for Breakfast May 2018 #8

Should you cross post to Weird News? This guy probably had no money. rzemanfl May 2018 #4

They couldn't get the evidence to stand up in court? SeattleVet May 2018 #5

Good one! Nt onlyadream May 2018 #6

He's cuurently serving 65 years for a home invasion during which he sexualy assaulted... marble falls May 2018 #7

guillaumeb

(42,649 posts)

1. This should be in The Onion.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sat May 26, 2018, 08:42 PM

May 2018

guillaumeb

(42,649 posts)

2. Was the exhibit labelled as exhibit 1?

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sat May 26, 2018, 08:43 PM

May 2018

PoliticAverse

(26,366 posts)

3. So he had to take it out to get off? n/t

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Sat May 26, 2018, 08:46 PM

May 2018

Haggis for Breakfast

(6,831 posts)

8. As a jurer

Reply to PoliticAverse (Reply #3)

Sat May 26, 2018, 09:45 PM

May 2018

I would have refused to sit through this. How debasing for that man to have been forced to expose himself. This is the lowest thing I have ever seen tolerated in a courtroom. I would have become physically ill at such debauchery.

When the republicans in Congress wanted to impeach Bill Clinton and we were "informed" by Ms. Lewinsky that Clinton had an unusual condition and that she could identify it, I thought that - as distasteful as this whole episode was - we would at least be spared from having to bear witness to same.

The bottom now looks like up to me.