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April 01, 2008

Who is He to Accuse Bigfoot?

It's the least convincing legal defense of all time:

Molester claims he was victim of Bigfoot

A man who claims that he was molested by Bigfoot as a child was ordered to serve 20 years in prison yesterday for his own molestation-related activities.

Gene R. Morrill, 57, of New Ipswich, N.H., had previously pleaded guilty in Stafford Circuit Court to 20 charges stemming from his efforts to solicit 13-year-old boys over the Internet.

Defense attorney Terrence Patton cited Morrill's mental health issues in seeking leniency from Judge J. Howe Brown.

Posted by Stephen Silver at April 1, 2008 05:14 PM

Comments

Er, and who found this guy competent to even enter a plea?

Posted by: Dave J at April 1, 2008 07:02 PM

Could the judge think he's faking it for the benefit of an insanity defense?

Posted by: Tainted Bill at April 1, 2008 09:12 PM

South Park already did this - it was called the Chewbacca defense.

Posted by: LilB at April 2, 2008 10:49 AM

Bill, those are different issues. If he's pleading, he's waiving all his possible defenses: defenses are for trial. And insanity goes to mental state at the time of the crime. The problem with him entering a plea when he's said shit like this, especially if there hasn't even been a psych eval, is that he could come back and attack the conviction later saying he wasn't mentally competent at the time of the plea. Then if the case is reopened, it's invariably weaker if not impossible to try: witnesses forget, or move away, or die. Criminal cases never get better for the prosecution with age.

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