Trial for former Oklahoma police officer accused of rape begins

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Reuters

Trial for former Oklahoma police officer accused of rape begins
Reuters
By Heide Brandes
5 hours ago

By Heide Brandes

OKLAHOMA City (Reuters) - The trial of a former Oklahoma City police officer accused of sexually assaulting 13 women while on duty began on Monday.

Daniel Holtzclaw, 28, pleaded not guilty to 36 felony counts including rape and sexual assault, as well as burglary. He was fired from the force in January 2014, and if convicted could face multiple life sentences.

Holtzclaw, who had worked for the Oklahoma City Police Department for three years, was arrested in August 2014 after an investigation into accusations by seven victims. During that probe, six more victims were identified.

Jury selection began Monday and court officials said the trial could last all of November. Holtzclaw's attorney has said he plans to ask for a change of venue if he finds prospective jurors have been impacted by pre-trial publicity.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/trial-former-oklahoma-police-officer-accused-rape-begins-220222761.html

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Younger, college Daniel Holtzclaw.

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[jtuck004]

1. 3 years? He had to be riding with a partner a lot. n/t

[niyad]

2. he isn't even the top atom of the iceberg:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027311864


Hundreds of Police Officers Lost Jobs for Committing Sexual Assault
by Feminist Newswire on Nov 3, 2015 • 11:07 AM
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Over the last six years, about 1,000 police officers in the United States lost their badges because of sexual misconduct, according to an investigation by the Associated Press. That amounts to an officer being fired for sexual misconduct nearly every other day.
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The AP report examined police decertification records from 41 states between 2009 and 2014 to determine how many cases fit the Department of Justices’ standard for sexual assault:

“AP determined that some 550 officers were decertified for sexual assault, including rape and sodomy, sexual shakedowns in which citizens were extorted into performing favors to avoid arrest, or gratuitous pat-downs. Some 440 officers lost their badges for other sex offenses, such as possessing child pornography, or for sexual misconduct that included being a peeping Tom, sexting juveniles or having on-duty intercourse.”

The investigation did not include data from nine states and the District of Columbia, because they either did not decertify any officers or refused to provide this information to the AP. Decertification is an administrative process that results the loss of the ability to serve in law enforcement. This process varies by state. California and New York, two of the most populous states, are also not included in these findings, as they have no statewide system to track decertifications. Federal officers were excluded as well. Because of these gaps, these numbers are most certainly an undercount.

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