so on that first night, it was never really proven that he actually assisted her, but when he said i was protecting her, walking her to the van, we don t know if it happened both nights but we knew it happened one of the nights. so once again, that s why we found a not guilty and a guilty, because the first time life happens, he made a mistake. but on the second night, it s kind of, you knew what you were doing. we all kind of came to that conclusion. coming up you exploited and pimped a 17-year-old child. you have a significant criminal history. you committed this offense while on post-release supervision. scott bacon receives his sentence.
17-year-old girl into prostitution, a crime he vehemently denies. but he received some good news today. the prosecution has dropped its most serious charge, human trafficking. it changes the amount of time that i m facing by 40 years. if convicted. bacon still, however, faces two charges of commercial sexual exploitation of a child. each charge carries a maximum of ten years in prison. bacon s attorney, sarah swain, had little more than a weekend in which to prepare for trial. i believe right now that i did everything that i could do given the circumstances, but it s absolute craziness to expect an attorney to get a case, get police reports on thursday, file motions on friday, and be in trial monday morning when your client is facing any amount of time in prison let alone what scott
prison let alone what scott bacon is facing. bacon s first day of trial revolved largely around jury selection. you got 31 people in there and just back and forth picking. what they re basically doing is they re asking questions to see which ones they want to keep, which ones he wants to get rid of, which ones we want to keep, which ones we want to get rid of. you know, so they get into the nitty-gritty. did they have certain jurors that you felt like you wanted on your team? they kicked them off? yeah. and a lot of it is more just like a gut feeling or something that you see like oh, that dude won t even look at me or you know, this person you try to read the body language? right. lot of body language reading and just seeing how people are
thank you. you may be seated. jennifer, if you please announce the verdict and publish it to the court. in the matter of the state of kansas versus scott bacon, as to count one, we the jury find the defendant scott bacon not guilty of commercial sexual exploitation of a child. as to count two, we the jury find the defendant scott bacon guilty of commercial sexual exploitation of a child. signed by the presiding jury. thank you, jennifer. mr. rounton, is that the jury s verdict? yes, it is. the verdict seems puzzling since bacon took the same actions on two nights but was acquitted for one and convicted for the other. the judge will sentence him at a later time. he could receive up to ten years in prison. they found me guilty of one charge and not the other. it don t make no sense to me. if you have the evidence to
never really proven that he actually assisted her, but when he said i was protecting her, walking her to the van, we don t know if it happened both nights but we knew it happened one of the nights. so once again, that s why we found a not guilty and a guilty, because the first time life happens, he made a mistake. but on the second night, it s kind of, you knew what you were doing. we all kind of came to that conclusion. coming up you exploited and pimped a 17-year-old child. you have a significant criminal history. you committed this offense while on post-release supervision. scott bacon receives his sentence. dplsh so this year, they re getting a whole lot more. box 365, the calendar. everyone knows my paperless, safe driver, and multi-car discounts, but they re about to see a whole new side of me. heck, i can get you over $600 in savings.