Man who shows penis to jury acquitted of sexual assault

[TexasTowelie]

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.

[guillaumeb]

1. This should be in The Onion.

[guillaumeb]

2. Was the exhibit labelled as exhibit 1?

[PoliticAverse]

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

[Haggis for Breakfast]

8. As a jurer

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.

[rzemanfl]

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

An MD could have testified on his behalf after an exam. Or a guy who works in a paint store, for that matter.

[SeattleVet]

5. They couldn't get the evidence to stand up in court?

[onlyadream]

6. Good one! Nt

[marble falls]

7. He's cuurently serving 65 years for a home invasion during which he sexualy assaulted...

a 10 year old child.