Judge declares mistrial in castration case

Submitted by anthony on Mon, 2007-12-31 21:58

Story here. Excerpt:

'LILLINGTON — A judge has declared a mistrial this afternoon in the case of a Harnett County woman who was accused of castrating a man with her fingernails at a Christmas party last year.
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The foreman indicated this afternoon that the jury was split 8 to 4 on two charges: malicious castration and assault with intent to inflict serious injury.

According to juror Harvey “Bart” Bartlett of Coats, four jurors favored not guilty and eight voted for guilty. He was among the four who believed Dawson was not guilty.
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Defendant Rebecca Dawson is accused of using her fingernails to tear off a man’s scrotum at a Christmas party last year. In closing arguments Friday, the defense said Dawson tore Kevin Russ’ scrotum in self defense. But the prosecutor said Russ was the victim, and described the injury as a vicious attack from an angry, drunken woman.'

FYI: The Jury was comprised of eight women, four men and one female alternate.

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FYI: The Jury was comprised of eight women, four men and one female alternate.

I would just bet that the women jurors voted for conviction. Men are now trained to just roll over and take it. Also, the male jurors probably giggled and made jokes all through the jury deliberations over the thought of a man's scrotum being ripped off.

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Submitted by Luek on Tue, 2008-01-01 13:23

Luek, you may have a point.

I'ts been said some men now need feminism more than women do.

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Submitted by scottkirk on Wed, 2008-01-02 00:31

If it were up to me, I'd sentence her to the death penalty. Behaviour that vicious simply shouldn't be tolerated, and there's no way doing something like that could ever be classified as "self-defense". It's saddism at it's worst. Imagine if a man ripped off a woman's breasts... he'd probably get the gas chamber or he'd rot in jail for a few decades. I hope that's what happens to this bitch. BTW, I asked if there was any word on whether or not Russ lost any part of his manhood from this incident. I read on another website that he needed more than 50 stitches to repair the damage. I'm glad that he didn't lose his testicles, but I don't think this fact should lessen the punishment for Dawson. Russ might not be able to have children now thanks to her. Actually, I think the best punishment for Dawson would be allowing Russ to mutilate her sexually. Eye for an eye. Tooth for a tooth.

Evan AKA X-TRNL
Real Men Don't Take Abuse!

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Submitted by xtrnl on Wed, 2008-01-02 18:07