Baylor ties pervade rape case that sparked uproar

[Judi Lynn]

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Source: Associated Press


Ryan Tarinelli, Associated Press
Updated 1:34 pm CST, Saturday, December 15, 2018

DALLAS (AP) — The Texas judge who approved a plea deal allowing a former Baylor University student accused of rape to avoid jail time holds three degrees from Baylor. The criminal district attorney overseeing the case holds two. The prosecutor who agreed to the plea agreement graduated from Baylor law school.

Local leaders say those connections to the world's largest Baptist university cast doubt on the handling of the criminal case against ex-Phi Delta Theta president Jacob Walter Anderson, who was accused of repeatedly raping a woman outside a 2016 fraternity party.

The case has some similarities to that of ex-Stanford swimmer Brock Turner, who was convicted of sexual assault and sentenced to six month in jail.

While community leaders in Waco said they do not believe or have proof of collusion in the Texas case, they said it shows a failure of the local legal system and reflects a larger culture where preferential treatment is given to people with status in the Baylor community.

Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/texas/article/Baylor-ties-pervade-rape-case-that-sparked-uproar-13468801.php

[erronis]

1. No evidence of collusion. Well, I didn't know. Well, I didn't kill anyone.

And if I did, it was their fault.

Sounds familiar for the "entitled".

[TexasBushwhacker]

2. Worth noting the DA in question is already out if a job

He lost his primary last March. He and the judge are both Republicans.

[More_Cowbell]

3. The value of their multiple Baylor degrees lessens with each assault and conviction

So everyone involved, on both sides, has a vested interest in *not* allowing an assault conviction. Terrible.

[TryLogic]

4. Wow. No ethics courses at Baylor Law School?

[mpcamb]

5. The whole place carries has a Ken Starr stench.

[Gothmog]

6. This judge ran unopposed in 2016 and is up for election in 2020

Under Texas law, candidates have to file this time next year for the 2020 race. We need to vote this idiot out

Link to tweet

[McCamy Taylor]

7. The rapist's family have probably gifted the local GOP

with a hefty sum of money as per their Citizens United protected free speech. In case anyone has not yet noticed, the rich are no longer held accountable for their crimes, at least not when they appear before elected officials whose party can be bribed.

[DonViejo]

8. Locking....

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