Tuesday, November 13, 2012
A friend of ours stopped by my office today. 'Dan' is an officer on the campus where I work. He also rides a motorcycle. Dan has known me for years and met Dale after we purchased a home just around the corner from him. Dan and Dale hit it off, with their common love for motorcycles. I let Dan make his own opinion of Dale before telling him that Dale is on the SOR. I recently shared that information with Dan and the story behind it. He agreed that Dale isn't the aggressive type. Dan now jokes about it. He mentioned taking a trip through Canada on the bikes then laughed and said, "Oh Dale's P.O. may have a problem with that." Today our conversation drifted to Dale's job. I told Dan that Dale is working for a family business getting paid salary while working 12 to 14 hours a day. It works out to $6 an hour with no benefits. Dan's conclusion is that we need to find Dale a new job. Now, I couldn't agree more but that's a difficult task. Any job where he has to fill out a corporate application will ask if he has been arrested. That will be the end of the journey for that application. Driving a truck has worked out well for Dale so tomorrow he's going to stop by all the local delivery businesses to see if they are hiring. If that doesn't work maybe Dan will have some contacts and at least get Dale in to talk to the employer. This is very difficult for Dale since he has always been the provider, now he struggles to bring money in to contribute to the bills. Which is sad because Dale is honest, funny, hard working, never misses a day of work and the customers love him. So many employers are missing out on the perfect employee. Oh well, their loss.
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It has almost been five years since Dale was wrongfully accused of rape. It was a difficult time. The ordeal was so tramatic, I wrote a book about it, started the email site and then let it go. It hurt to think about it as Dale was still living the nightmare trying to find a decent job and dealing with being on parole. He has less than 4 months left but will continue to be branded as a monster. Despite being not guilty, he did the time sentenced, paid all the fees (and there was many) and has not broken any rules of his probation. Does it matter? No it doesn't. But, he moves forward. Since I see this site being visited I'm going to add excerpts from my book The Slaying of Imaginary Dragons. I think it should be manditory reading for all males. Our judicial system is a spiders web waiting for the next victim, to suck the life out of you. There is no escaping it.
ReplyDeletePublic hysteria regarding child molestation has changed the rules of the criminal-justice system. Child physical and sexual abuse cases must be defended in an entirely different manner than the normal criminal case. In theory, the constitutional rights of the defendant are still in place; however in reality those rights do not apply. The truth is: The accused is presumed to be guilty.
ReplyDeleteThere is merely an appearance of constitutional rights for the accused in a child abuse case. The judge will still inform the jury that it must presume the defendant to be innocent and require the state to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. However, in reality, once a false allegation is made; the defendant must both prove himself innocent and that something “did not happen.”
The jury must absolutely believe in the innocence of the defendant. The state does not have to prove guilt, but simply make the accusation. Once the accusation is made, the defendant must prove innocence beyond a reasonable doubt. Failing that, the jury will not take a chance the defendant may be a child molester, and will convict (Stuckle).