Life Sentences After Conviction In Second Dunbar Village Trial

October 14th, 2009

I’m a couple of weeks late with the news about the second Dunbar conviction, but here it is; with the sentencing information below:

According to the palmbeachpost.com:

Taylor guilty on all counts in Dunbar Village rape case
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By JANE MUSGRAVE
Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
Friday, September 18, 2009

WEST PALM BEACH — For the second time in less than a month, the judicial system on Friday served up some solace for a woman and her son who were tortured for hours during a brutal gang rape at their Dunbar Village apartment two years ago.

“Marie, everything went really great,” a court victims advocate told the woman who was reached by cell phone minutes after a verdict was returned against the last man charged in the savage attack.

After deliberating for about five hours, the jury of four men and two women found 18-year-old Jakaris Taylor guilty of all 13 charges he faced.

Sobs from his family, including two young girls, filled the courtroom as handcuffs snapped shut around Taylor’s wrists and he was escorted out. Clinging to each other, they declined comment.

Although defense attorney Chris Haddad attempted to persuade the jury that Taylor’s older, more violent friends forced him to join in the attack, Taylor was convicted of more crimes than they were.

Last month, a jury convicted 20-year-old Tommy Poindexter, the youth Haddad portrayed as the ringleader of the madness, of eight of the 13 charges he faced. A separate jury convicted 16-year-old Nathan Walker of 11 of 14 charges. A fourth youth, Avion Lawson, 16, pleaded guilty to 14 charges. He provided key testimony against his friends.

And then today, according to the sun-sentinel.com:

WEST PALM BEACH - Citing the depravity of the gang rape and torture of a mother and her son, 12, in the Dunbar Village Apartments, Circuit Judge Krista Marx on Tuesday sentenced three of the four men involved to life in prison.

It was the only appropriate disposition, the judge said.

The standing-room-only crowd gasped in disbelief. As deputies led the men from the courtroom, a scuffle ensued between defendant Tommy Poindexter and an officer. A woman in the crowd began screaming and in an instant there was more yelling.

You can follow the links back if you’re not familiar with this rape and torture case.



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2 Responses to “Life Sentences After Conviction In Second Dunbar Village Trial”

  1. Billie on November 13th, 2009 4:17 am | link

    I am an African-American single mother with a teen-age son. I can’t imagine, can’t find the words to form to express the sadness and anger that I felt when I read about this happening. I can’t even wrap my head around it. Those teen-age boys (at the time) were preparing to destroy the evidence and set that family of two on fire. I don’t care what their socio-economic background was; people in a society don’t do that to other people. A life sentence? There is no reform for psychopaths.

  2. D. Yobachi Boswell on November 16th, 2009 9:11 pm | link

    Billie, it’s insane. The really scary part is these guys aren’t so rare. A small minority, but not quite rare.

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