Needed A Lioness

It must be extremely horrifying for the one time University of Iowa student to be first sexually assaulted by two former Hawkeye football players and now assaulted again by the Johnson County Attorney's office.

County Attorney Janet Lyness, has seemingly fumbled this case from the beginning.

First, it took over seven months after the assault to issue arrest warrants on the two former players who at that time had left the state.

Now, she's agreed to a plea deal for one former player (Abe Satterfield), that will probably see him receive a suspended sentence with no terms of probation and will be subject to the minimum fine of $625.

The ASSistant County Attorney said she expects Satterfield to be sentenced to the two days in jail already served and the minimum fine.

The punishment needs to be much more severe, I sure hope there's a judge in Johnson County that wants to see justice.

Oh, and he's going to testify against his co-defendant, but don't hold your breath because Satterfield was the original attacker.

Satterfield forced himself upon her, despite her protests, according to documents.

Court documents allege that (Co-Defendant Cedric) Everson entered the room using a second key, switched places with Satterfield and sexually assaulted the woman.

Police said the woman had no knowledge she was allegedly assaulted by a second man until they told her weeks later.

Sounds like a good defense attorney could blow holes in this case and their star(?)witness.

Lyness, a Dummycrat, is completing her first term and is, so far, unopposed for re-election bid this fall.

And Justice For All?

It doesn't exist in Iowa City if you're a female University of Iowa athlete assaulted by male University athletes.

Everson to serve seven days in jail for assault at Iowa dorm

Satterfield gets $625 fine, no prison or probation following plea deal

Dummycrat Johnson County Attorney Janet Lyness should be ashamed, especially since she worked in the County Attorney's office during the Pierre Pierce fiasco as well.

Time will tell

When she ran for Johnson County Attorney two years ago, Janet Lyness, cited her experience...

"I believe I can get things done quicker because of of my connections in the community."

Especially her experience with the Johnson County Sexual Assault Response Team that she took credit for helping start...

"So that victims of sexual assault are getting really good responses, good investigations..."

She cited the Sexual Assault Investigation Team as reason she stayed in public service to maker sure "we're doing a better job in investigating those cases."

You can't help but wonder why it took so long to issue arrest warrants for two former Iowa Hawkeye football players in connection with an alleged sexual assault on October 14, 2007.

The County Attorney said...

she couldn't provide any more information about why the warrants were issued Tuesday, more than seven months after the alleged assault. She only said "the victim's safety and well-being were paramount" and the victim "recently" left the state.

The victim apparently remained in school until the middle of May and the two players left the University in December.

How did allowing two criminals to remain free protect the victim, or anyone else in Iowa City?

Especially after the investigation became public November 14, 2007.

These two players moved on to other campuses at Alcorn State in Mississippi and Indiana University in Indiana, Pennsylvania and put students there and citizens in those communities at risk.

The Pierre Pierce fiasco should have better prepared the University and County Attorney for these types of situations.

A Rose For His Baby, Ruth?

CommieTommie Harkin has come to the rescue of his wife, Ruth Harkin.

“In 44 years of marriage — and I’m very proud Ruth has been county attorney and has been the only woman county attorney in Iowa, did a lot of work here in the federal government, and she was quite successful in the private sector — and through all those years, not one person has accused my wife of being unethical. I can say unequivocally she never has been, and is not to this day, doing anything unethical.”

If anybody knows anything about being unethical, it's the former Vietnam combat fighter pilot, CommieTommie and the scientific community is united in that fact.

What do you call an ethical lawyer?

An oxymoron.

I'm thinking that Johnson County Attorney Janet Lyness might take offense to the "has been the only woman county attorney in Iowa" comment.