This is still a strict liability crime, the difference is that if the victim is above the age of 14 at the time of the first incident then the accused may use the defense of mistake of age. You know Mikey, I am man enough to admit when I am wrong. No matter, I frankly think that there will be more to come out about this matter and I predict that none of it will be good for Mr. I thought that you said that you do not like Mike Dozer, yet in your reply to Eddie you list as your type Mike Dozer.

The Court allows for mitigation during the sentencing phase of a trial, but it should not allow for the defense of mistake of fact when the victims in cases like these are hapless and as yet mature adolescences. The laws that apply to pedophiles and other such predators should and do apply to individuals presumably like Mr. All of your claims of an honest mistake can be raised as mitigating factors during sentencing but no matter what the cause of his actions, a young man walks away from this situation harmed.Įvery defendant is tried on a case by case basis, but the law is and should be applied to each of us equally. If I crash into your car out of malice, or because an officer told me that there was no patch of ice ahead when there was, the result is still the same – a damaged car and more importantly you have been harmed in some way. If you make a mistake, and it causes harm to another person, the law provides that you must pay for the wrong doing. When someone is harmed, even for an honest mistake, you do not get to claim it was an honest mistake and therefore escape consequence. Steele caused harm, the degree of which we will likely never know. Whatever you may feel about the young man, and I frankly think his actions show a need for help, the young man’s encounter with Mr.

As for your parsley analogy, it is not appropriate because we are not discussing a matter where your mistake had consequence for just you. Further, even with a good faith belief you still have to be prudent. At least with a plea you can avoid twenty years in jail by receiving a mere five to ten. He remains in jail.įebruat 12:03 whether a person is found guilty or takes a plea the result is still the same – time in jail, a determination of guilt, and the person can still proclaim their innocence. 27: Dozer/Steele has plead not guilty to all charges and will return to court in April. Update: According to this report, police are saying Dozer “expressed he did not care if the victim was underage, he still wanted to have sex with the victim.” This all happened between June and August of last year, and it’s unclear when or why the 14-year-old came forward. He’s due back in court for an arraignment on February 27, and he also faces charges of “involuntary deviant sexual intercourse,” and aggravated indecent assault. In any event, we won’t be seeing Dozer in porn anytime soon.

It’s amazing that, 35 years later, the public is still oblivious to the simple fact that HIV does not equal AIDS

If that is the standard, they need to be indicting everybody. We don’t go to people who have herpes, colds, Strep throat and charge them. Charging someone with because they are HIV-positive is homophobic and ignorant. He takes medication and is constantly moderating it. bothered me a great deal and seemed to be offensive. Still, Wray had this to say in a statement: Also, he says, the reckless endangerment charge was added last week out of ignorance and homophobia on the part of prosecutors, though it’s not clear whether Dozer had protected or unprotected sex with the boy. Dozer’s lawyer, Kevin Wray, contends that Dozer was not aware that the boy was underage and that he tried to remove himself from the situation once he figured it out.

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