Life After a Guilty Plea to False Charge

Submitted by anthony on Thu, 2011-12-01 01:11

Article here. Excerpt:

'They believed that their son was innocent but were afraid that Virginia's penal system would grab hold of him and never let go.

So Cherri Dulaney and Edgar Coker Sr. told 15-year-old Edgar Jr. to plead guilty to raping a 14-year-old friend. Their court-appointed attorney told them that was better than risking adult charges and a lengthy prison term.

Two months after their decision, in November 2007, the girl admitted that she had lied.

The Cokers have been fighting ever since to rescue their son from the consequences. He served 17 months in a juvenile prison. He remains on the Virginia sex-offender registry, and the family moved to avoid harassment from neighbors.

Last month, Coker, now 20, was arrested during a Friday night football game at the Orange, Va., high school he graduated from after his release from juvenile prison. Unless they have permission from the school, convicted violent sex offenders are not permitted on school grounds. But Coker had received such permission, and he attended school there for more than a year before graduation.'

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"was arrested during a Friday night football"

How did this happen? How was he identified? Sounds like somebody else pointed the finger at him at the venue.

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Submitted by gwallan on Thu, 2011-12-01 14:19

in our society, long ago. however, this is one time i would employ one.

these folks start paying $$$ for the rest of their life, or as in the case of minors,

their parents pay for the harm done in false accusations, this type of crap will stop.

pressure like this will also make them clean up this abominable list of men they are so proud of.

lots of ways to get on it, not many ways to get off. feminism at its finest.

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Submitted by daveinga on Fri, 2011-12-02 00:51