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The anonymous woman was raped in Houston in 2013, according to court documents, and was cooperating with prosecutors when she suffered a breakdown while testifying in December 2015.
She has bipolar disorder and was admitted to a local hospital for mental health treatment when the judge ordered a recess for the holiday break until January 2016.
According to the documents, authorities were scheduled to be on vacation and "did not want the responsibility of having to monitor Jane Doe's well being or provide victim services to her during the holiday recess."
The complaint alleges that the district attorney's office obtained an order from the Harris County sheriff to take the woman into custody so she would not flee before completing her testimony.
The employee booking her into Harris County Jail identified her as a "defendant in a sexual assault case, rather than the victim." That impacted her treatment from jail staff, as the complaint reads:
The Harris County Jail psychiatric staff tormented Jane Doe and caused her extreme emotional distress and mental anguish by further defaming her, falsely insisting to her that she was being charged with sexual assault, and refusing to acknowledge her status as an innocent rape victim."
Doe also suffered beatings from other inmates and from a guard, who then requested assault charges to be filed against her "in an attempt to cover up the brutal abuse," according to the complaint.
[...] The complaint notes that her "rapist was also an inmate in the same facility" and treated more humanely. "Her rapist was not denied medical care, psychologically tortured, brutalized by other inmates, or beaten by jail guards," it reads.
(Score: 4, Informative) by Zz9zZ on Monday July 25 2016, @08:43PM
Jack booted thugs. That is what you guys come off as. She was 100% a victim from start to finish. If you want to blame someone why not blame the person responsible? The DA! Sending her to jail is bad enough, but saying she's the defendant? Everything else stems from this, and you conservatard thugs deserve a stint through the system labeled as child molesters so you can get a taste of what you promote.
As seems to always be the case, money is all that matters to you guys. In this case the guards' employer's money. Who cares about freedom, human rights, or a functional justice system that fixes more problems than it creates? Money is all that matters, money money money. She deserves compensation for being illegally jailed and thus assaulted.
Perhaps she is also on the line for assaulting a guard, as you say the details are vague. Did she have her meds? Yes? Culpable. No? Innocent. Also, degree and pre-meditation. Did she lash out because she was in the middle of a fight and someone grabbed her? Or did she see the guard and target him?
Oh, right, details won't actually matter unless they support your viewpoint. I guess I'm one sided even after saying she could be guilty of assault.
~Tilting at windmills~
(Score: 2) by VLM on Monday July 25 2016, @09:15PM
Yeah I think we basically agree, seeing as her lawyer is also a big fan of
Oh, right, details won't actually matter unless they support your viewpoint.
There is something possibly odd that they dropped the assault charges and nobody wants to talk about it, so that implies there are aspects of that event that make both sides look bad, or make both look worse than any likely gain either side would get from continuing or talking about it.
I'd estimate based on the linked article we probably have less than 10% of the whole story. Like an article ten times longer and more detailed could come out of it, if properly researched.
(Score: 2) by Zz9zZ on Monday July 25 2016, @09:27PM
Until the court case settles we won't find anything out most likely. My take is that they dropped any assault charges against her for her doing the same. No matter what she could be found guilty of assault for hitting a guard, the law doesn't care what put her in that situation, so seems fair to drop the same charges against each other. No need for any deeper reasoning, though its possible there is more to it.
~Tilting at windmills~
(Score: 2) by Beryllium Sphere (r) on Monday July 25 2016, @10:35PM
She could be guilty of assault, but I'd insist on seeing surveillance video first, given that things like this happen: http://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2015/12/nueces-jailer-who-beat-inmate-accused.html [blogspot.com]
(Score: 2) by cubancigar11 on Tuesday July 26 2016, @10:44AM
Why do you use the word "you guys"?
(Score: 2) by Zz9zZ on Tuesday July 26 2016, @07:59PM
Because there are multiple users with the same type of opinion, and "guys" is basically a catchall for people, not just men. But that could just be my little bubble of experience. Its left as an exercise for the user to determine if they should be included.
~Tilting at windmills~