There is no way this man should have been convicted, he was provoked past human breaking points. This country needs some kind of laws to stop the aggressiveness of the media; many celebs will stand behind that platform! When the media acts as it did here, that is media vigilantism!
6-15-2009 California:
OAKDALE, Calif.—A convicted rapist faces a possible life sentence after he was convicted of threatening television news crews with a box cutter.
Three TV news crews went to Darren Kawamoto's house about 80 miles south of Sacramento in October after Oakdale police drew attention to his case at a public meeting on sex offenders.
The 44-year-old Kawamoto yelled at reporters to get off his property. He pulled a box cutter from his jacket and threatened the crews as they kept filming. He later confronted them again.
A first jury could not reach a verdict. But a second jury convicted him of making criminal threats. He is set for sentencing July 27.
Kawamoto's attorney says the news crews provoked his client and should not have been surprised when he reacted. ..Source.. by Mercury New.com
June 15, 2009
CA- Sex offender convicted of threat to Calif TV crews
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