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Ex-Oklahoma City Cop Daniel Holtzclaw Found Guilty Of Serial Rape
“I didn’t do it!”.
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The former police officer was found guilty on 18 of 36 charges of sexual assault. Conviction on the charges comes with the possibility of a life sentence.
The bottom line is that he could spend the rest of his life in prison based on the jury’s recommendation that he serve a total of 263 years in prison, including a 30-year sentence on each of the first-degree rape counts.
Jurors had spent about 45 hours deliberating his fate.
Holtzclaw will be formally sentenced on January 21.
“Justice was done”, District Attorney David Prater told reporters afterward.
“My God”, J.L. recalled thinking, “he’s going to kill me”. “To the African-American community, I’ll say this …” “You trusted us, and we appreciate that”.
The Oklahoma City Police Department welcomed the verdict against its former employee. S.H. didn’t know yet if she was under arrest.
Holtzclaw was convicted on 18 of the 36 charges he was facing, including counts of rape, sexual battery, indecent exposure, and forced oral sodomy.
Holtzclaw, who turned 29 on Thursday, also has his own campaign for justice, with a Facebook page posted by his family. Daniel Ken Holtzclaw shouted inside the Oklahoma County courtroom as he was handcuffed behind his back after the verdicts were read.
Some online observers were nervous about a not-guilty verdict, considering the all-white jury. After checking her for outstanding warrants, he forced her to perform oral sex, she testified.
“I was innocent, and he just picked the wrong lady to stop that night”, she added.
In a rare move, Henderson allowed television cameras inside the courtroom to broadcast the verdict live. Even more so when you find out it was his birthday.
On Thursday night, the jury opted to believe (most of) them. He has denied the charges against him and is expected to file an appeal.
The victims ranged in age from 17 to 50. Police found another dozen women who said he assaulted them.
Ligons later went to police and media outlets with the first complaint against Holtzclaw, she said.
Holtzclaw’s case was among those examined in an Associated Press investigation of sexual misconduct by law enforcement, a subject that police chiefs have grappled with for years.
Holtzclaw denied the allegations. At left is defense attorney Robert Gray and at right is defense attorney Scott Adams. All of them testified in court.
That testimony encapsulated what made the tense case so controversial – especially after an all-white jury was selected.
Holtzclaw has been identified in court records as Asian or Pacific Islander. “We stand up for people in this community”. Holtzclaw’s attorney tried to use the victims’ “character” against them, continually casting the women as criminals who shouldn’t be believed.
In a statement, the Oklahoma City Police Department thanked jurors for their service.
Deliberations had stretched on for days in the trial, which began in November in Oklahoma City. “He counted on the fact no one would believe them and no one would care”.
We are proud of our detectives and prosecutors for a job well done. To me, it calls up the conundrum many mixed-race Asians face, sometimes accepted as white, sometimes regarded as “other”.
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And Grace Franklin said it’s because many victims fear to come forward.