There is no other explanation for getting this type of plea deal beyond the fact that Jacob Walter is white and had the means to fight the case.
If Walter was a person of color, he would be in jail for a long time, but under this deal he gets away scot free while a woman’s life is in ruins because of him.
A former Baylor University fraternity president originally indicted for sexual assault who pleaded no contest to a reduced charge of unlawful restraint was sentenced Monday and won’t spend a day behind bars.
Judge Ralph Strother, in 19th District Court, accepted the state’s plea agreement and sentenced Jacob Walter Anderson, 24, to three years on deferred probation, which if he completes will leave him without a criminal record.
In May 2016, Anderson was indicted on four counts of sexual assault in connection with an alleged rape in February 2015 in which the victim was left lying outside unconscious.
In her statement to the court, the victim, through tears, said she was devastated by Strother’s decision “to let my rapist go free,” she said.
The victim’s attorney, Vic Feazell, said a petition in the case now has 85,000 signatures demanding jail time for Anderson
“By agreeing to this plea, Hillary LaBorde and the DA’s office have allowed that rape is no longer a crime in Texas.”
The victim, on Monday, issued an impact statement in court which in part reads the reduced charge: “(is) a reminder that this rapist, Jacob Anderson had stolen something very valuable, in fact priceless from me…my virginity!
“I had saved myself for my wedding night and Jacob Anderson stole that from me!” she wrote.
“As a former DA, I never, ever have seen such a sweetheart deal for a defendant like this,” Feazell said.
“It pays to be rich and white in McLennan County when you’re charged with a crime.”
The victim told investigators she was sipping a drink at a Phi Delta Theta fraternity party when “she became disoriented and very confused,” a heavily redacted arrest warrant affidavit says.
The affidavit says Anderson led her outside to a secluded part of the property behind a tent in order to get some air, and then forced her to the ground.
The victim returned to the house and found a friend who took her to Baylor Scott & White Hillcrest Medical Center where she was examined there by a sexual assault nurse examiner who verified the rape, police said.
The Justice System isn’t very just is it?
The Judge could have given him up to 10 years in jail, but chose not to.
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