Twenty Years In Prison For Having Sex With His Wife !!!!

[Daanyeer]

Source: www.eagleforum.org
February 8, 2006 Author: by Phyllis Schlafly




....."she made up the story about rape because she was then pregnant with the baby of her boyfriend, and he pushed her to press rape charges, saying that she would have to "get rid of Hetherington or he wouldn't take care of the baby."

William J. Hetherington has been incarcerated in Michigan prisons for more than 20 years for having sex with his wife Linda. In 1986, he became the first man in Genesee County convicted of the new Michigan crime called spousal rape.

Linda was not a battered wife; she testified at the trial that he had never beaten her in their 16 years of marriage. Hetherington was honorably discharged from the U.S. Air Force, received a National Defense Service Medal, and had no police record of any sort.

The sentencing guideline for this new offense was 12 months to 10 years but, without showing cause, the judge sentenced him to 15 to 30 years (twice the time served by the average convicted rapist in Michigan). Twenty years later, despite an exemplary prison record, the parole board routinely refuses to parole him, giving as its sole reason "prisoner denies the offense."

Hetherington has, indeed, always maintained his innocence. It was a he-said-she-said case during a custody battle; he said it was consensual sex, she said it was rape. The judge used Michigan's new Rape Shield Law to prohibit cross-examination of Linda.

No physical evidence of rape was produced at the trial. A pelvic examination of Linda at the hospital three hours after the alleged offense showed no evidence of injury or forced penetration. Apparently what persuaded the jury to convict was the testimony of two police officers that they had observed tape marks on Linda's face.

The court-designated psychologist who examined Hetherington, Dr. Harold S. Sommerschield, Ph.D., concluded: "This is not a man who would force himself sexually or hostilely on another individual, as this would be foreign to his personality dynamics. ... his histrionic personality ... would substantiate his explanation of what has occurred in regards to the relationship with his ex-wife."

The rape charge was prosecuted simultaneously with the custody case, and the divorce court had frozen all Hetherington's assets so he had no money to hire a lawyer or make bond. Nevertheless, the criminal court ruled that he was not indigent and refused to provide him with a lawyer.

For 12 years, the court refused to provide Hetherington with a transcript of the trial. Without funds, he was unable to buy one, so he was effectively denied his right of appeal, and no appeal has ever been heard on the substance of this case.

At the sentencing, prosecutor Robert Weiss called Hetherington's alleged offense equivalent to "first degree murder" and falsely accused him of beating Linda. Weiss was running for a judgeship, and observers sized up his prejudicial statements as grandstanding for support from the feminists.

Linda walked away with custody of their three daughters, the marital home, and all marital assets.

Ten years after Hetherington's conviction, a volunteer attorney, Jeff Feldman, using the Freedom of Information Act, obtained copies of five photographs taken of Linda by police at the alleged crime scene immediately after the alleged offense. The photographs were in a locker in a police garage, and the prosecution had never disclosed them to the defense.

The photographs were then examined by a forensic photographer in Miami, John Valor, using all modern techniques. Valor's four-page notarized report detailed his impressive expertise, including service as the lead forensic photographer in the trial of serial-killer Ted Bundy.

Valor's sworn statement dated January 8, 1998 stated that the pictures of Linda showed absolutely no scratches, tape marks or abnormalities of any kind, and that marks would have been clearly visible if there had been any. If a government witness gives false testimony, a convicted prisoner should be entitled to a new trial, but Hetherington didn't get it.

Years later, a completely unsolicited letter was sent to the parole board by Melissa Anne Suchy, who had been employed by Linda as a babysitter. Suchy's letter is hearsay, but it has the ring of authenticity.

Suchy wrote that Linda told her she made up the story about rape because she was then pregnant with the baby of her boyfriend, and he pushed her to press rape charges, saying that she would have to "get rid of Hetherington or he wouldn't take care of the baby."

Over the years, several pro bono lawyers and concerned citizens have tried to secure a pardon or a parole for Hetherington, but Michigan appears determined to make him serve 30 years because he won't admit guilt and because the bureaucracy won't admit it made a mistake.

Almost everyone who reads the record of what happened to William Hetherington concludes that he was unjustly accused, unjustly convicted, unjustly sentenced, unjustly denied his due process and appeal rights, unjustly denied a new trial based on physical evidence of inaccurate testimony by government witnesses, and unjustly denied parole.

A good man's life has been sacrificed, and three children have been denied their father, by the malicious feminists who have lobbied for laws that punish spousal rape just like stranger rape and deny a man the right to cross-examine his accuser. They have created a judicial system where the woman must always be believed even though she has no evidence, and the man is always guilty.

[HiTech_ChiC]

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he got what he deserved!!

[COSTA]

^^ If you dont live in Stockholm why u chosed that flagg and the location?

[generalka]

may the biitch burn in hell! no man deserves this if it is true

[Xplosive]

xxxx

[foolxume2005]

That's why I'm moving to Africa as soon as aan naag guursado aan sifiican u garaacee.

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he got what he deserved!![/quote]

What the fock? did you even read the article?

Fock this system, no justice whatsoever!

[generalka]

[quote="foolxume2005"]That's why I'm moving to Africa as soon as aan naag guursado aan sifiican u garaacee.[/quote]

hahahahaa:lol:

Walahi thats right, or else we well all meet each other in Jail for beating our wives. My philosophy is if a biitch is born or raised in the west, don't go near her if you want a stable family. All this "women rights" shit got into thier heads.

[Xplosive]

Dude, I'd rather have one who has been raised in the west. Not all of them are mentally screwed sxb.

[kambuli]

Alla Miskiin I feel sorry for the poor guy and I am equally sorry for all those women abused by their cool blooded abusive husbands. The whole world is changing into something........

[sexy-kitten]

Generalka a bittch oo baadiyo ku kortay baa madaxa bir canjeero kaaga garaaceysa let alone a bittch oo west ku kortay.. Shut the f'uck up and stop fussing aabahaa kuwasye!

Kambuli, I know abaayadiis! maxaa la sameena? Waa in Somalia loo noqdo maaha?>

[kambuli]

Sexy, quote"Kambuli, I know abaayadiis! maxaa la sameena? Waa in Somalia loo noqdo maaha?"

But then if we all go back to Somalia, the abuse will be from one side only.
Men! Atleast now men and women share the abuse from their respective spouses Not that every husband and wife excercise the abuse

But seriously, walaahi, it is a tragedy. Why go all the way to call 911? If they can't get along with each other why they do not just divorce?

[sexy-kitten]

Abaayadiis, gabdhaha aan arko, badana 911 bey wacaan.. Odeyga xataa haduu diido inuu caano dukaanka ka soo qabto, waa la is furaa! Seriously! Haduu ninka jug siiyo xataa policeka ayaa loo yeeraa! There must be respect coming from both sides... Laakiin odeygeygu waa inuu dabeecadeyda heystaa, hadii kale waan isla boodboodeynaa intaan noolnahay!

[kambuli]

Sexy,

Abuse comes from both sides. Men were never abused that is why they can't swallow it. Both sexes tend to walk over the decent person.

I know this girl we used to go to school together. She was married 3yrs ago. She has her first baby with a very nice husband. At least as far as I saw. I actualy do not know what goes on on their very private life. But outside he seems to be very decent. The girl does not work at all. She is at home all day long with her baby.

What I have seen with my own eyes is as soon as he comes home she tells him to go back and get certain things from the store. She could have told him before he came home you know call him.That is what the telephone is for.! Not only that, she tells him to do everything from taking care of the baby to cleaning and cooking. Not only that, she shows off her friends, and she orders him here and there all the time.

Well a husband should help his wife and family. But if she is not working I think it is just fair for her to do the housework also, it is rude for men or women to show off to their friends and be disrespectful to their spouses!

[sexy-kitten]

Kambuli,

Alla xaasidsanaa naagta, what is a husband for? I agree, he is supposed to support his family. Alloow yaa iga dhiga ninkeed, wacadalle inaan dharbaaxo kulul wajiga ka saari lahaa!