"While we seldom reverse for insufficient evidence, we have an affirmative duty to ensure the proof at trial is sufficient to support the verdict beyond a reasonable doubt," said Judge
The deal would be 20 years in prison with 10 years on probation. With 75% required by law for his jail sentence and roughly two years time served, that would mean about 13.5 years behind bars, his lawyer John Cantrell said Friday.
Defense attorney Mark Gruenhagen, who represents 38-year-old David Petersen, said he received an email from prosecutors Monday revealing the existence of the police videos.
The defendants story the boy was hurt in dirt bike accidents was "pure fiction" and he was "was repeatedly isolated and tortured" by the people "entrusted with his care," a