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re: Melanie Curtin, Denny Perkins mistress, found guilty of aggravated rape.
Posted on 12/5/21 at 3:04 pm to TigersSEC2010
Posted on 12/5/21 at 3:04 pm to TigersSEC2010
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That decision will be #1 on her list of lifetime regrets.
Right. You know she’s praying she could go back in time and do things differently.
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Posted on 12/5/21 at 3:16 pm to LSUAngelHere1
I guess she figured 15-20 years was the same as life to her and it was worth the risk
Posted on 12/5/21 at 3:17 pm to Gorilla Ball
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From what I recall reading she couldn’t make a plea desk because she recall any of the events that transpired? I don’t have a clue
She could have taken a plea deal but told her atty she wouldn’t bc she didn’t remember doing this.
“She has never changed her story,” said John McLindon, Curtin’s defense attorney. “She said, ‘John, I do not remember this.’ We talked about plea deals. She said, ‘I can’t plea to something I didn’t do.’ When you plead guilty, you have to sit up there in front of a judge and say that you did it. She said, ‘I can’t bring myself to do it. I do not remember this event.’”
Posted on 12/5/21 at 3:17 pm to LSUAngelHere1
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That decision will be #1 on her list of lifetime regrets.
Maybe #2, doing the shite in the first place has to be #1
Posted on 12/5/21 at 3:19 pm to LSUAngelHere1
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She has never changed her story,” said John McLindon, Curtin’s defense attorney. “She said, ‘John, I do not remember this.’ We talked about plea deals. She said, ‘I can’t plea to something I didn’t do.’ When you plead guilty, you have to sit up there in front of a judge and say that you did it. She said, ‘I can’t bring myself to do it. I do not remember this event.’”
did she not see the video?
Posted on 12/5/21 at 3:21 pm to LSUAngelHere1
quote:Nice to see the Shaggy defense strategy still being deployed.
I can’t plea to something I didn’t do.
Posted on 12/5/21 at 3:21 pm to LSUAngelHere1
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She said, ‘I can’t plea to something I didn’t do.’ When you plead guilty, you have to sit up there in front of a judge and say that you did it. She said, ‘I can’t bring myself to do it. I do not remember this event.’”
Yeah, that's what best interest/Alford Pleas are for...
Posted on 12/5/21 at 3:23 pm to SlowFlowPro
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I guess she figured 15-20 years was the same as life to her and it was worth the risk
Of that 15-20 years for a potential plea, I’d imagine good time would cut the sentence significantly.
Posted on 12/5/21 at 3:29 pm to LSUAngelHere1
I didn’t realize Melanie and her former husband were both previously employed with LPSO.
“Adding to the disturbing nature of this case is the fact that Curtin worked for the Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office starting in 2011—the same department as Perkins. Her ex-husband is also a former LPSO deputy.”
“Adding to the disturbing nature of this case is the fact that Curtin worked for the Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office starting in 2011—the same department as Perkins. Her ex-husband is also a former LPSO deputy.”
Posted on 12/5/21 at 3:33 pm to Breauxsif
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Of that 15-20 years for a potential plea, I’d imagine good time would cut the sentence significantly.
Depends on what, exactly, the plea would be to. If she were to plea to a sex offense, no:
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(2) Diminution of sentence shall not be allowed an offender in the custody of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections if the instant offense is a sex offense as defined by R.S. 15:541.
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If what she plead to was a sex offense that allowed for parole eligibility, she would be eligible to apply for parole for the first time after serving 75% of the sentence.
Posted on 12/5/21 at 3:34 pm to Breauxsif
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Of that 15-20 years for a potential plea, I’d imagine good time would cut the sentence significantly.
Like Josh said, calculating time is complicated, but she'd likely do at least 85% for a sex crime.
Posted on 12/5/21 at 3:35 pm to Joshjrn
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after serving 75% of the sentence.
It's 75 now? Thought it was 85
I don't do sex crimes anymore
Posted on 12/5/21 at 3:40 pm to SlowFlowPro
Posted on 12/5/21 at 3:42 pm to Joshjrn
I actually have a clause in my contract now that says I don't calculate any time 
Posted on 12/5/21 at 3:43 pm to SlowFlowPro
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I don't do sex crimes anymore
Posted on 12/5/21 at 3:44 pm to supadave3
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Not arguing with anything you’ve said but I have a question. If this was just another case of some backwood Denham Springs shite, do you think she would have received the life sentence? The publicity of the Perkins other vile shite didn’t do Curtin any favors. The people want blood (rightfully so) and Curtin put herself right in the middle of it.
She didn’t have anything to do with the kids or know anything about it did she? And what she was just found guilty of was videotaping him while he raped an unconscious women that they were drinking with?
If that’s the case I agree a life sentence without parole seems extremely excessive. Don’t get me wrong she’s a POS and needs to spend a good deal of time behind bars, but the rest of her life though? Surely if this were anyone else that wouldn’t have been the outcome. I’m not sure what seems like the right amount of time, 20 years maybe? But not life w/o parole.
And have Dennis and his wife not had their trials yet? I found that surprising, it would seem like they should have already.
Posted on 12/5/21 at 3:46 pm to DavidTheGnome
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She didn’t have anything to do with the kids or know anything about it did she? And what she was just found guilty of was videotaping him while he raped an unconscious women that they were drinking with?
She was convicted of performing oral sex on an unwilling adult, and engaging in the act of rape with at least one other person: Aggravated Rape/First Degree Rape.
This post was edited on 12/5/21 at 3:55 pm
Posted on 12/5/21 at 3:47 pm to SlowFlowPro
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I actually have a clause in my contract now that says I don't calculate any time
Yeah, I'm always very clear that shite is constantly changing and DOC is its own animal, so I can't make any hard and firm promises. But, handling the types of cases I handle, if I wasn't willing to engage in some level of time calculation, I wouldn't be able to do my job. I fricking hate time calculation, though
ETA: When they changed the law a few years ago to improve good time and parole percentages, but only prospectively based on date of offense, explaining to guys why it didn't apply to them fricking sucked...
This post was edited on 12/5/21 at 3:49 pm
Posted on 12/5/21 at 3:50 pm to LSUAngelHere1
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She could have taken a plea deal but told her atty she wouldn’t bc she didn’t remember doing this.
“She has never changed her story,” said John McLindon, Curtin’s defense attorney. “She said, ‘John, I do not remember this.’ We talked about plea deals. She said, ‘I can’t plea to something I didn’t do.’ When you plead guilty, you have to sit up there in front of a judge and say that you did it. She said, ‘I can’t bring myself to do it. I do not remember this event.’”
Surely her attorney told her that it doesn’t frickin matter if she remembers it or not and that there’s a videotape of her frickin doing it right? If that’s the case she’s absolutely insane not to take it. The case against her seems guaranteed and somehow she’s going to fight it? Seems nuts.
Posted on 12/5/21 at 3:52 pm to DavidTheGnome
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Surely her attorney told her
I promise John knows what an Alford Plea is
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