Man who shows penis to jury acquitted of sexual assault
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 Connecticut Group.
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...you never go back?
In all seriousness, glad that what sounds like an entirely innocent man got his day in court. Justice was not blind in this case, apparently.
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a case like this.....and he was indeed....Not Guilty.....ok.....
