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Acquittal in second Pyote sex-abuse trial

Former TYC administrator John Paul Hernandez was acquitted of sex-abuse charges in Lubbock, reports AP:A former principal of a West Texas juvenile who claimed inmates lied when they told investigators that he had sexually assaulted them in darkened classrooms, closets and storage units was acquitted Monday of all charges against him. Jurors deliberated for about six hours before returning the not guilty verdicts on the 11 counts against John Paul Hernandez. He had faced up to 20 years in prison on the case's most serious offenses ? sexual assault and improper relationship between educator and student ? which are second-degree felonies.Hernandez was accused of sexually abusing the young men in 2004 and 2005 at the West Texas State School in Pyote...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on February 22, 2011 (boomark / email).