Brothers in beating case seek probation (Fundamentalist pastor & brother)

[Judi Lynn]

Dec. 11, 2003, 8:38PM

Brothers in beating case seek probation
Associated Press
AUSTIN -- A church pastor and his twin brother on Thursday asked for probation, not prison time, for severely beating a Bible studies student with a tree branch after the victim goofed off during a summer program.

Joshua and Caleb Thompson, 23, face sentences ranging from probation to life in prison after they were convicted Wednesday of serious injury to a child and aggravated assault in the July 2002 beating of 11-year-old Louie Guerrero.


Prosecutors said the brothers beat Guerrero, now 12, so badly that he spent a week in intensive care under the threat of kidney failure and needed a blood transfusion.

The 12-member jury that convicted the twins heard several hours of sentencingphase testimony from the brothers, their parents and members of the Capitol City Baptist Church, where Joshua Thompson is a pastor for Spanish-speaking members. The jury began deliberations about 5:30 p.m. (snip/...)

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/2288917

More info. on previous thread:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=263674#265421

[Swede]

1. Talk about sparing the rod,spoiling the child.

These two dolts should get some serious jail time.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

2. Read the article midway down in the prior thread

These guys sound pretty violent even if the witnesses in this phase do contradict one another.

on edit: If they do get away with it, I'll wager that they violate probation. What they did was sadistically violent.

[PartyPooper]

3. I'm sure Junior would gladly issue a presidential pardon.

After all, they were doing "God's work".

:eyes:

[petrock2004]

4. well,

i think in his mind it would be a divine decree of righteousness. after all, they seem to be holding up the ideals of our country better than anybody else!

violence is god's way: get it, or you'll /get it/