10:30 am - October 25, 2012 — Updated: 10:30 am - October 25, 2012
Quick guilty verdict in Facebook sting case
"It took jurors less than 30 minutes to find a 35-year-old Snohomish man guilty of attempting to rape an Elma boy he met on Facebook. He now faces life in prison without the possibility of parole.
JRA was convicted of first-degree attempted rape of a child after trying to meet what he thought was an 11-year-old boy for sex in an Elma park bathroom. He had actually been corresponding on Facebook with a Washington State Patrol detective and was arrested at the park. A was already a Level 2 sex offender after a 2001 conviction for second-degree rape of a child.
Because this is A’s second conviction of a Class A sex crime, Washington State’s “two strikes” law for such offenses mandates he receive a life sentence. Barring any contests, that’s likely what will be handed down at A’s Dec. 3 sentencing hearing."
http://thedailyworld.com/sections/news/local/quick-guilty-verdict-facebook-sting-case.html
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