We blogged about this Match.com charmer a while back and how the jurors ran from the media as they didn't want to comment. He was acquitted of the seven felony rapes. Now, we learn that he's been charged with another rape in another state.
I'm not suggesting that 7 accusers equal more guilt, but I would think a jury would use some common sense and realize that intelligent, professional women who come forward with nearly identical stories have some merit. Add this to his tale-telling about being a doctor (who actually donned scrubs and walked the halls of a hospital, showing potential vics cadavers)and various other men of "importance", like a spy and an astronaut (hello! red alert!) and you have, what seems on the face, a clear case for guilt.
Are jurors that dense? We'd love to hear from some of the victims of Jeffrey Marsalis. You can be anonymous on this blog, of course! Our thoughts are with you as he is clearly guilty in the eyes of public opinion, if not the Courts.
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This just infuriates me. I mean the guy is clearly a liar- impersonating himself as being a dr? a space man?
He clearly is neither of the two... they are liars and he is not? This is utter bullshit.
I agree. However if you visit philly.com, search the archives on his PA conviction and the printed discussion of this issue, you see that there is more to this story than meets the eye. For one thing, several of the victims maintained some friendly contact with Marsalis after the attack and only later realized the gravity of what had happened to them. The jury didn't understand this, but I think it makes sense: These women weren't random, anonymous targets. Rather, they had been courted via email for an extended period and had emotionally invested themselves, hoping to have a relationship with this man. So it should be no surprise that his victims responded differently than the rape victim that is nabbed in a parking lot and abandoned. Why didn't the jury understand this? Perhaps it is due to the fact that PA law prevents experts who can attest to the typical victim response to this type of attack from testifying in rape cases. It is too bad that the jurors didn't think more carefully about this, and nail the b-stard.
Hopefully the case in Idaho will keep this guy in prison for the rest of his life.
The women who came forward are brave and strong, and we owe them a great deal for everything they did to prevent this guy from victimizing more women.
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