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Did you read the whole article? If so, what is your problem with the plea deal? The perp, Hoffman lost his law license and served 29 days, not one. The second case would have been riddled with problems.
Inside Ken Paxton’s plea deal for a child sex abuse case
Critics are pointing to two other serious felony cases that the attorney general’s prosecutors took to trial that ended in mistrials and, eventually, plea deals.www.texastribune.org
| Hoffman's 2025 felony trial for continuous abuse of a child (his son's friend) ended in a 7-5 mistrial; the victim declined to testify again, prompting Paxton's office to accept guilty pleas to two misdemeanors with no sex offender registration required. --------------------------------From your article, which you probably did not read. But there were complicating factors for the jury to consider. The victim’s revelation about his abuse came after he was caught “acting out sexually” with his cousin, Cotlar said. He’d also recanted parts of his testimony during the trial, including a claim that he saw guns in Hoffman’s home. Experts say it’s not uncommon for young victims of such abuse to become perpetrators soon afterward. Nor is it out of the ordinary for children to offer conflicting accounts – especially if they’re testifying years later. In this case, the trial happened three years after the boy made the first accusation. But the reality is that in child abuse cases, the child’s testimony is often the only evidence that’s available, said Weltin, the Harris County prosecutor. And so if it’s inconsistent, that can create reasonable doubt in the minds of jurors. Waco authorities had also botched a key part of the initial police investigation, well before Paxton’s office was involved in the case. |