Behind Bars
Four San Antonio women convicted of sexual assault fifteen years ago maintain their innocence and remain in prison.
6 comments
Monday, January 3rd, 2011, 11:04 am
Iris says:
I understand freedom of the press.But what i would like to know why you guys wrote things about families on here that were not true.You did not follow up with these people but yet just post what Rosemary made up.If you are ganna write.Put the truth on here.That’s the least you can do.For one no one in colorado ever talked to Mr.Limon it was something rosemary made up.Second she was already having an affair with exhusband.Third she was not sick and she did go to court and the judge gave custody to the father.Thats when she started to make up this lies.And fourth John does not have an older sister.So i ask why not write the truth and not just what you want.
Saturday, January 23rd, 2010, 9:56 pm
Veronica says:
I cried when I heard of this horrible mistake the justice system has made. I grew up with both Liz(Elizabeth)Cassandra, and Anna, Liz was like an aunt to me she always took care of me and protected me from other people who were unkind she by no means could ever hurt a child or adult for that matter her heart is golden and full of love.Cassandra was an awesome mommy who protected her kids from any harm she could never harm a child. she lived for her babies. and Anna was a dear friend of my aunt and always has been a good person took joy in sports and dancing and could never commit such a horrible act these women are innocent and have suffered way too much shame on our justice system. I can’t believe they have not been freed this is so wrong the prosecutors who tried the case are taking innocent women from there children and that can not be fixed they have suffered long enough let them go....
Thursday, June 25th, 2009, 4:41 pm
Margarita says:
I personally know 3 of the four unjustly convicted. I hope that with everything you are doing, you finally get someone to really look into those children’s fabrications and bring these ladies back to their families. I think that their FREEDOM and CLEARED NAMES would serve as only a partial victory. The years lost for these ladies will never be recovered. GOD BLESS you Mr. Otto
Wednesday, June 17th, 2009, 1:09 am
Ann Turner says:
I lived in the unit & wirked with a couple of the women accused of this. As an ex-offender, I can
tell you that women that are actually guilty of this crime, will show another side in the amount of timr & close quarters that you spend with them. I can & will swear upon my own life that Anna Vasquez is not guilty of the charges she is serving time for. I would assume fom that, that the rest of the women are innicent also. There has been too much communucatu=ion from the supposed accusers that states guilt on their part for the false charges brought against them. I can only hope that through this puplication that there will have to be a second look at this case. I support her in any way possible & this is a wonderful pwerson who only cares about being able to be with her family again. In truth, the state of Texas is more lilely to let a repeat offender go. Tje only conclusion I can make from this is that they are purposely trying to keep the ’recidivision’ rates up there to convince the public that there is need for more prisons. If you think about the fact that Texas’ main income used to come from cattle & oil, but now it’s biggest money maker is private prisons, wouln’t make since to do this for job ssecurity. Don’t get me wrong, I was guilty of my crime, but I was also a 1st time offender that minded the rules, while watching the folks that caused chaos make parole. Especially the fact that 2 of these women work in TDCJ Indusdry jobs (that free labor almost never makes parole, yet, you have to be case free in order to hold one of those jobs. All I can say is there is definintely something wrong with the system in place. And, this girl is innocent, Period. I hope this puplication helps to bring this to light.
Saturday, April 4th, 2009, 11:57 am
Darrell says:
Greg,
Thank you for taking the time to read the article and share your views.
However, I take exception with your position that my research “has been utterly inadequate.†The Invisible Boy (1996) is dated reference that addresses issues related exclusively to male victims of abuse. Considering most child victims of sexual abuse are female, its findings are not applicable to the general case. Most of the citations used for that report date from the height of the child sexual abuse hysteria of the late 1980’s and early ‘90s. Many of the statistics reported in that time period were not replicated in later studies. There were also questions raised regarding the wide-ranging criteria used to define sexual abuse. Forcible sexual assaults were lumped in with catcalling, producing some highly sensational, but questionable statistics.
The main summary document I used for my research was The U.S. Dept. of Justice Center for Sexual Offender Management report: Female Sex Offenders (March, 2007). The USDOJ publishes very credible criminology research and I would not consider it to be a “feminist sourceâ€.
I was not attempting to marginalize victims. My goal was to make a rational and objective assessment of a highly emotionally charged issue.
Darrell
Thursday, April 2nd, 2009, 5:10 am
Greg Allan says:
Mr Otto, you should do your research once again.
I learned that some women are forced by men to abuse children, and the rare ones who do it on their own are almost always severely mentally ill.
Very few female offenders act in partnership. Furthermore they are responsible for nearly a quarter of all child sexual abuse. By maintaining this stated position you contribute to further marginalisation of the victims of female sexual abusers. By doing this you become a participant in their abuse.
I am a victim of this form of abuse as a pre-pubescent child and have been involved in advocacy for nearly a decade. Your research has been utterly inadequate. Start with The Invisible Boy and work outward through the citations included. I have no idea what you have seen - although I suspect it has a feminist source given the belief that female abusers are forced into it by men - but it is clearly wrong.
Learn the truth and stop telling lies that hurt victims.
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