The case that was brought to my attention as a Defense Attorney was about a forty-five year old man named Steven Peterman. Mr. Peterman has been charged with attempted rape of a child and could possibly face some serious time in prison if he is convicted of this horrible crime. As Mr. Peterman's lawyer, it is my sworn duty to fend him to the best of my ability to prove that he has been improperly charged with attempted rape of a child and he is innocent of this crime. When I began to defend Steven Peterman, I have read the reports of how the police had obtained information about Mr. Peterman allegedly being involved in some kind of child pornography ring. According to the police reports, a female acquaintance of Mr. Peterman had enough information to prove that my client has been involved in this alleged pornography ring for some time and she would assist the police officers in a attempt to create a ten year old girl in order to set him up and have him arrested. It is unclear of how long this female acquaintance, whose name will not be mentioned in order to protect her identity, has had this information and it is also unclear if what she has told the police officers are true or just false accusations to defame my client's character. Based on what she has told the police, they created a ten year old girl and she would pretend to know the child so she could set up a meeting with my client. While she pretends to know this made up child she would allow Mr. Peterman to go to her residence, along with additional intructions in order to meet this young girl. According to the two concepts of actus reus and mens rea, it has something to do with a person committing the act of wrongdoing, the conduct of someones behavior when they are committing a crime, a person having a guilty mind or criminal mind, etc. It is further said that both actus reus and mens rea have to be present when a person does something wrong, not one or the other. When a crime has occurred, the individual involved may not be in their right state of mind and may not realize what has happened until it is explained to them by their lawyer or by a medical professional. In order for the punishment to fit the crime, it has to be relevant to the actual crime that has been committed and what was going on in the persons mind when it happened. As a Defense Attorney I have to ask questions such as what was the person thinking about when he or she was in that vulnerable mental state at that particular event and was it the right thing to do at that particular moment. Even though Mr. Peterman has been charged with attempted rape of a child, I do not believe that my client is guilty of this crime. I will do everything I can to prove his innocence. The crime that my client has been falsely accused of is attempted rape of a child. In order to charge someone with the "attempt" to commit a crime, they would have the intention to do something wrong to someone else so that they can get what without any regard to the other person. There are various crimes that has something to do with that word, "attempt" such as attempted murder, attempted robbery, and attempted rape. I am not saying that I do not believe that these are serious charges and it can make the victim feel traumatized for a long time, but what I am saying is that my client, Steven Peterman is not guilty of attempted rape of a child. The reasons why I do not believe that Mr. Peterman is guilty of this crime because he did not have sexual relations with someone under the age of consent (18) and it is unclear if what this female acquaintance said was true in the first place. If what this woman said to the police was true, where did she get this type of information from? Was this information given to her by someone she knew? The truth is that no one really knows for sure. Finally, I would like to say to the jury once again that Steven Peterman is not guilty of the crime of attempted rape because it has already been proven that the child did not exist when he was arrested at the woman's residence. There is also no DNA evidence to indicating that the child was sexually assualted and he was completely unaware of what was going on when his acquaintance claimed to know the child, who was created by the police officers during their investigation to trap my client at her residence. The jury should also consider if what the woman claimed to be facts and had a motive to defame my client's character. My client is innocent of this serious charge and he would like to go back home as a free man and live his life in peace, thank you for listening to my arguments.
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With all do respect on your clients defense, but this female claim to be acquaintance of Mr. Peterman could have been anything else other than friends whether it was long-term of short-term, the truth to the fact is that she knew Mr. Peterman, she put him to the test with the help of the police. Who knows what she might have told him or what was the reason for his agreement on meeting her at her residence, you guys may think there’s not enough evidence to his accusation, however he put himself as a main suspect when he arrived to the woman’s residence and in coincidence he brings along photographs plus a variety of sex toys, yet no one will care if only the sex toys were in hand as he may had intentions of other things, however he did have photographs of child pornography. Why will the cops think of his innocence, with all this supporting evidence? Whether he was or was not in his state of mind, he needs to be put out of the streets and further evidence needs to be researched on this case, meanwhile he’s held in custody until he’s proven not guilty.
ReplyDeleteI understand what you were saying, but I still don't believe that my client should be charged with Attempted rape of child, when the child did not exist in the first place. The other question that needs to be asked is how did the female acquaintance obtain that kind of information and how long did she know about this alleged child pornography ring that Mr. Peterman was accused to be involved in.
ReplyDeleteSorry, Jessica, I commented above.
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