Daniel Holtzclaw's court case has been going on for weeks and today they finally came to a verdict. This ex-Oklahoma City police officer was charged with 36 various counts including sexual battery, stalking and more. After 45 hours, the jury finally came to a decision on December 10 and Holtzclaw was found guilty on 18 of the 36 counts. This jury obviously took their time making up their mind. Once they started trying to decide, they were not allowed to go home and took breaks only when it got really late at night, but then started over again in the morning. News 9 shared the breaking news on their Facebook that Holtzclaw was found guilty. Oklahoma City television stations streamed live from the court room showing Holtzlcaw standing there,
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Holtzclaw did admit to coming into contact with some of the women while working and even arresting some of them. Holtzclaw's attorney questioned the credibility of several of the accusers during this trial.
They also described parts of the trial and what the victims said Holtzclaw did to them. The 17-year-old alleged victim testified that Holtzclaw searched her for drugs and then later raped her. Another women said that Holtzclaw took her to an area that is abandoned and told her to either give him oral sex and intercourse or she would be going to jail. Prosecutor Gayland Gieger accused Holtzclaw of becoming "more bold, more brazen and more violent" in the months leading up to the first accusation.
At this time, it is unknown exactly how long Daniel Holtzclaw will be in jail. He was sentenced to 263 years and will be heading back to jail at this time. Holtzclaw's sentencing will happen on January 21 and this is when it will be decided if he can serve the time concurrently or consecutively. If Holtzclaw is allowed to serve his time concurrently, then he could be out in 30 years or less. If it is forced to be served consecutively, Holtzclaw will spend his life in …show more content…
There were eight different women that were involved in the cases that Daniel was found guilty on, which means he was found not guilty on the cases of five of the women involved. Four of the counts he was found guilty on were first-degree rape. Holtzclaw did receive 30 years for each of the rape cases.
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Holtzclaw did admit to coming into contact with some of the women while working and even arresting some of them. Holtzclaw's attorney questioned the credibility of several of the accusers during this trial.
They also described parts of the trial and what the victims said Holtzclaw did to them. The 17-year-old alleged victim testified that Holtzclaw searched her for drugs and then later raped her. Another women said that Holtzclaw took her to an area that is abandoned and told her to either give him oral sex and intercourse or she would be going to jail. Prosecutor Gayland Gieger accused Holtzclaw of becoming "more bold, more brazen and more violent" in the months leading up to the first accusation.
At this time, it is unknown exactly how long Daniel Holtzclaw will be in jail. He was sentenced to 263 years and will be heading back to jail at this time. Holtzclaw's sentencing will happen on January 21 and this is when it will be decided if he can serve the time concurrently or consecutively. If Holtzclaw is allowed to serve his time concurrently, then he could be out in 30 years or less. If it is forced to be served consecutively, Holtzclaw will spend his life in …show more content…
There were eight different women that were involved in the cases that Daniel was found guilty on, which means he was found not guilty on the cases of five of the women involved. Four of the counts he was found guilty on were first-degree rape. Holtzclaw did receive 30 years for each of the rape cases.
Were you surprised by the verdict in the case of ex-Oklahoma City police officer Daniel Holtzclaw? Sound off in the comments below on your