re: Cupcake Waitress, Cynthia Perkins, Sentenced to 40 Years

quote:

---

If Plauche was still around he would have handled this the right way

---

quote:

---

They put her in the license plate department. They started her out with a set of 1,000 plates:

---

Yeah, but let her serve her time in New Hampshire where every plate says, "Live Free or Die".

quote:

---

I have a hard time getting worked up over the cupcake thing.

---

that's gay gif

quote:

---

hey, at least she'll be eatin' good...

---

Every day is Taco Tuesday, with tossed salad.

While she may get tired of the menu never changing, she will have a buffet every day.

quote:

---

Gonna be pretty fricked up when she gets more time than Perkins.

---

This is what I am wondering too. She was basically sentenced to life without the chance of parole. How much worse could her sentence have been if she would have rolled the dice and plead not guilty?

USMEagles about now:

Nah, it's OK. I agree it's super-disgusting. And I hadn't really thought about the fact that it was little kids that ate that crap. Seems like a great way to get your arse beat.

quote:

---

Curtain hasn't been officially sentenced yet. But I thought her charge carried a mandatory life sentence.

---

They're trying to get a new case or the case considered a mistrial.

quote:

---

quote:

---

A jury found Melanie Curtin guilty of first degree rape for her participation in an incident with Dennis Perkins involving an unconscious adult. Although first degree rape carries a mandatory life in prison sentence, that sentence cannot be rendered without all motions being ruled on first.

So now, Curtin’s attorneys have filed a motion for new trial and motion for post-verdict judgement of acquittal.


The motion for new trial is based on four specific points:

1. The verdict is contrary to the law and evidence. This means “the weight of the evidence was not sufficient for any jury to find beyond a reasonable doubt that Melanie Curtin was guilty.”
2. The court’s ruling on three separate motions and/or objections made during trial show prejudicial error. The defense claims there were two crucial pieces of evidence that the Court did not allow in.?
3. The defense has discovered since trial that there were improprieties in the jury deliberations and that one of the jurors was coerced into voting guilty when in fact he wanted to vote not guilty. The defense says after six hours of deliberating on Dec. 3rd, the jury delivered a note to the Court reading

“Eleven to one for rape verdict. We can not agree to a charge. Eleven aggravated, one for not guilty. What do we do?"

The defense says at that point, the court should have granted a mistrial. Instead, the Court instructed the jury to continue deliberations. An hour later, the jury returned with a guilty verdict. Plus, the lead attorney on the case, John McLindon said he received a call from a juror saying “he was uncomfortable with his vote and wanted to do something about it.” Three days later, that same juror contacted McLindon again expressing he was very uncomfortable with his vote. It’s why the defense believes based on what happened in the jury deliberation room, that a new trial is warranted.

4. Justice would be served with the granting of a new trial.

The reasons above are also the basic for a motion for post-verdict judgement of acquittal.

It’s why Curtin’s original sentencing date of Feb. 17th, 2022 will now be moved to March 21, 2022. The motions will be heard March 10th.

---

Kiran Article

---

quote:

---

This is what I am wondering too. She was basically sentenced to life without the chance of parole. How much worse could her sentence have been if she would have rolled the dice and plead not guilty?

---

I bet more was going on behind the scenes than most of us realize.

She can’t claim she’s sorry and she was under the control of her husband.

Then not testify against him, and force a parade of witnesses, victims, kids, and parents to testify in court during her trial.

She was going to serve decades in prison regardless. She could have alienated the few remaining friends and family she has left, or she could have done the right thing and agreed to a plea and testify against her husband.

It might not seem like a big difference, but I bet prison life is easier if you have loved ones visiting and sending whatever care packages and money that’s allowed.

quote:

---

It might not seem like a big difference, but I bet prison life is easier if you have loved ones visiting and sending whatever care packages and money that’s allowed.

---

The article I read said that one of her kids from her first marriage read a statement during the sentencing, and the kid called her a horrible and manipulative mother, and said that their life is so much better without her.

So, I don't know how many "loved ones" will be paying visits.