'Evil' teen jailed for savage party beating

[William769]

HOUSTON, Texas (AP) -- A teenager described as a white supremacist was sentenced Friday to life in prison for savagely beating and sodomizing a Hispanic boy at a drug-fueled party.

David Henry Tuck, 18, was convicted Thursday of aggravated sexual assault in the near-fatal attack. Witnesses testified that he hurled racial insults and shouted "white power" while sodomizing the 17-year-old victim with the plastic pole of a patio umbrella.

Prosecutor Mike Trent told the jury that Tuck's history of violence showed he is beyond rehabilitation and would commit more attacks if released.

"He is an evil person, and he is not going to change or get better," Trent said. "We need protection from him. You are the only ones that provide that."

http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/11/18/party.attack.ap/index.html

If you ask me life in prison is to good for this prick.

[Ian David]

1. Who da bitch now!?

http://newyork.insomniaradio.net/articles/page.imp?articleid=1951

[madmusic]

13. That link threw FireFox into a tizzy and locked it up..

Not sure why.

[karlrschneider]

33. My Firefox opened the page okay but it had nothing to do with this..

...

[bumblebee1]

19. Bitch, meet Bubba. Bubba, meet your new bitch.

Really big Bubba.

[sam sarrha]

2. sounds like Anti-Social-Behavior-Disorder, they commit their first sexual assault about 9 and it

escalates.. i had one as a parolee in 84, he committed his first sexual assault at age 8, first armed sexual assault 9, and his first rape at 11.. at knife point.

they usually end up in prison as a choice of life style.. it is easier for them, their rape victims are a captive audience. and they dont have to work and pay rent.

[madmusic]

14. And before age 8?

How/where did he learn it? In his genes?

[ThomCat]

22. I'll bet this guy will be psycho enough to

get some power behind bars and terrorize anyone who's more vulnerable than him. He's going to be the one raping all the other inmates.
x(

[TahitiNut]

3. "to(sic) good for this prick"??? Yeah. He sure isn't a pussy, is he?

:eyes:

[uppityperson]

6. indeed. interesting choice of words.

Why call names like this? (meant for OP not you T.nut)

[William769]

10. So much for victims rights eh?

:eyes:

[madmusic]

15. Sorry, I don't get this sideshow conflict...

Please explain it for us dumber ones.

[Hav]

4. .

Damn, after Powder Chad, FR loses another member ;).
Kidding...this guy will have enough time thinking about what he did. But I guess it will take a long time to really regret it.

[uppityperson]

5. that is good, sounds like he has had a tough life and been a jerk since young.

"Doctors did not initially expect the boy to live. He was hospitalized for more than three months and underwent 20 to 30 operations. He testified Wednesday that he remembered nothing of the assault."

Life sounds good. Wonder if he'll have to be kept in solitary?

[bluestateguy]

7. Looks like the Texas Republican Party lost another voter

Such a shame for them.

[Disturbed]

9. This guy will be welcomed by the Aryian brotherhood

in the Prison. I doubt if he will regret what he has done.

[Doctor_J]

8. He's been assaulting people since he was 9.

Too bad he was still free 9 years later.

[mongo]

11. This sick fuck meeds to be locked up forever

but he'll probably be paroled in a few years to make room for a non-violent drug offender.

[madmusic]

16. Bullshit...

That's a conservative meme that works better than any.

[MercutioATC]

17. Fine. He can live with you.

I'm happy to see him locked away forever.

[madmusic]

29. What a dumb comment.

I never offered any opinion on if he should be locked away forever or not. So what does that have to do with it? I did comment on (mongo) saying he would be released to make room for a non-violent drug offender. That's bullshit.

Besides, DUers sometimes call for the rape of someone who does this:

"According to testimony, the attack was triggered by the victim's drunken pass at a 12-year-old girl and his attempt to steal drugs."

So this guy rapes a pedophile and all hell breaks lose here.

Hypocrites.

EDIT: clarified

[William769]

32. A fitting comment if you ask me.

[madmusic]

37. Yeah, if the subject were if he should be relased tomorrow.

When you figure out what your thread is about, get back to me.

[William769]

38. ...

You so funny! :rofl:

[MercutioATC]

39. Actually, that's the way I read it...

...as you stating that "this sick fuck needs to be locked up forever" is a RW meme.


I see it was just a misunderstanding.

[madmusic]

43. Then that's my bad...

And a real issue got lost in the banter.

That is this: The guy raped an alleged pedophile. Have you seen that supported on DU? I have. But we usually like to think of it happening inside a prison where we don't have see it, or even better, even know about it. It's more of a wish that we don't really want to know was granted.

So let me ask this: What if it were a mother who did this and he had made a pass at her daughter?

Would the reaction be the same?

Again, I'm not arguing for or against life in prison for him. That is a done deal and the decision was made by those who had all the facts. I'm only asking about the hypocrisy.

[BoneDaddy]

46. What?

He made a pass... That is not pedophilia. Besides, after working in schools my whole life, I can tell ya that I thought some students were young teachers or were MUCH MUCH older than what you expected, even at age 12.

I am not defending making passes at 12 year olds, but it is quite possible that she looked much older than 12 and flirting does not constitute getting beaten to near death and being sodomized.

[Bluebear]

12. 'If you ask me life in prison is to good for this prick.'

Nope. Let him have 60 years or so to contemplate his deed. Death penalty would be too easy.

[ThomCat]

23. The problem is that it will be 60 years of him

among other inmates, some of whom he'll almost definitely attack and victimize.

60 years in solitary might be better, but that's not going to happen.

[VelmaD]

18. Does anyone honestly think...

he would have gotten life in prison if it had been an Hispanic girl? In Texas no less. No fucking way. Hell, I'm surprised he got life for doing this to an Hispanic guy. I guess that's some progress. :sarcasm:

[LisaL]

20. I think he got life because of the brutality of the attack.

Not because he attacked a male and not a female.

[ThomCat]

27. Agreed, but

The fact that it was a guy definitely changed the way the trial went. There was no investigation into the victims past sexual history, no implication that it started out as concensual sex and just got out of hand, etc.

Even as brutal as this was, I don't know if he would have received the same sentence if it had been a girl that he attacked.

[ThomCat]

24. No. They would still be asking how she led him on

and if it was just at attempt at rough sex with an improvised sex toy that went wrong.
x(

[mongo]

30. Yes

He got life in prison because of the brutality of the attack and because of prior offenses.

[G Hawes]

21. ??? I guess I don't get it.

You said, "If you ask me life in prison is to (sic) good for this prick."

This is an 18 year old kid we're talking about here, right? What sentence could be worse than life in prison, and what sentence are you proposing would be more appropriate in your view?

Edit to fix (your) typo.

[lonestarnot]

26. curious about this too?

[ThomCat]

28. Life in prison might mean nothing more than a different

audience for this guy. He's going to be one of the predators behind bars.

How do we protect everyone else from him? You can't keep someone in Solitary confinement for all that long.

Giving him a captive audience of victims might not be a punishment for this guy. So what can we do that would keep other people safe? Are we saying that everyone who is behind bars deserves to have this guy sic'ed on them just because they are behind bars?

[William769]

31. Actually what I meant by my comment is

I would have no problem turning this guy over to the victims family. I know this is not part of our justice system, but thats just how I feel about this sadistic creep.

[AZBlue]

34. Works for me.

It would also prevent us from having to pay to house and feed this jerk.

[G Hawes]

44. Do you really believe that this 18 year old

would be a big threat to the prison population?

Really?

He committed an ugly crime at a drug-fueled party against someone who was probably smaller and weaker than him, yes. But how does that make him a threat to a prison full of other criminals, many of whom will have been there for many years and will certainly be much worse and much more hardened than he is?

He's not exactly joining a group of gentle lambs in a prison full of lifers, is he? I certainly don't see how the prison population would be shaking in their boots at the prospect of his arrival, and my guess is that some of them will be salivating at the prospect of his arrival just so that they can show him what payback looks like.

[ThomCat]

45. He apparently has a history of violence

without remorse. And he's going to be there a long time. That's a perfect recipe for a predator.

[G Hawes]

47. He's 18

And in this scenario will be locked up amongst hundreds of much older bad guys who have been in jail for a long time and will remain in jail for a long time to come.

Do you really think that this 18 year old would pose a big threat in that environment? Do you really think that this 18 year old would be a "predator" among the veteran lifers he's serving his sentence with?

Really?

[ThomCat]

48. Yes.

Maybe not in the first year, but over time, absolutely.

[G Hawes]

49. Wow.

Just, wow.

Not even any consideration of the possibility for rehabilitation of an 18 year old kid?

Wow.

[Deja Q]

25. The filth should be exterminated.

A bully with not a shred of decency. How the hell does one rehabilitate such an animal? I don't think it is possible.

I feel sorry for the victim, and his family.

[Cleita]

35. If he goes to prison, the Hispanic gangs are going to make his

life Hell.

[bridgit]

36. good = American History X, the sequel...

[iamthebandfanman]

40. what would you suggest happen to him ?

sorry, but i think life in jail is great for him.
i like the idea of him being forced to live in confinement(in his cell) for 23 hours a day for the rest of his life. he can have plenty of time to think about what he did, and how he has no life to live. that his life is now set for him. he will never experience anything new again.

[Jed Dilligan]

41. Justin Volpe only got 30 years,

so how can they give this guy life?

[mitchum]

42. He will continue as a predator until he is dead