Texas judge who approved plea deal for alleged Baylor University rapist faces public backlash
In a statement after the plea deal was accepted, LaBorde said, “Conflicting evidence and statements exist in this case making the original allegation difficult to prove beyond a reasonable doubt.’’ Neither Strother nor LaBorde responded to messages from USA TODAY. “It’s a pretty oblique statement, so we don’t know what facts are in dispute. We don’t know what they mean by conflicting statements. We’re just left mystified,’’ Bazelon said. “It was handled so terribly, the way they treated the victim and just the optics.’’ However, Bazelon ...
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