I hope it was worth it. He’ll be getting sex in the showers for the next 15 years, but probably not the kind he prefers.
Man Convicted of Sex on the Beach Likely to Get 15 Years
Excessive PDA, excessive sentencing
Sex on the beach: It’s a delicious beverage, and also a crime. A Florida man convicted of having it (sex, not the drink), is expected to get 15 years in prison, while his girlfriend will serve jail time. Both must register as sex offenders.
The man, Jose Caballero, faces a harsher sentence because he is a repeat offender subject to mandatory minimum sentencing: he was previously convicted of trafficking cocaine and spent eight years in prison. His next stay in prison will likely be twice as long, however, for the comparatively less serious crime of getting intimate with his girlfriend on a public beach in Bradenton, Florida.
According to The Miami Herald, the couple were noticed by a 3-year-old girl. Exactly what the girl saw is unclear; it’s not even obvious that the two were actually having sex, according to video footage of the encounter:
Family members who witnessed the act and a Bradenton Beach police officer, as well as Caballero, testified in the case. The defense argued that the two weren’t actually having sex, but that Alvarez had been dancing on Caballero or “nudging” him to wake him up.
“She wasn’t dancing,” [Assistant State Attorney Anthony] Dafonseca said during closing arguments. “It’s insulting your intelligence to say that she was dancing.”
[Defense attorney Ronald] Kurpiers said since the witnesses had not seen genitals or penetration, and neither was visible in the video, either, that saying the two had sex was speculation.
“You folks cannot speculate,” Kurpiers told the jury. “And in order to say they had intercourse, you would have to speculate.”
Brodsky said they weren’t calling it the crime of the century, but it was still a violation of Florida law.
“Did they try to cuddle, or do it discreetly? Did they go in the water, where people couldn’t see?” Brodsky asked the jury. “Did Ms. Alvarez try to drape a towel over herself, or anything? They didn’t care.”
Excessive PDA? Maybe. Felony carrying a 15-year sentence? No way in hell. They should have gotten off (pardon the pun) with a warning or a fine, but discretion is impossible when judges are bound to follow insanely harsh sentencing laws.
hope they had fun. John
what – the – fuck ?!?!
I would be in jail for 1500 years in this shithole
We citizens get fucked DAILY. How come we can’t send our beloved congress-critters to prison?
FIFTEEN YEARS …….. for FUCKING????
And then this ………. “it’s not even obvious that the two were actually having sex, according to video footage of the encounter” NO PROOF!!! Yet, the jury convicts. Bastards, every one of them. I wonder why The State wins well over 90% of all cases that go to trial?
DEFENDANT: Jose Caballero
CRIME: Having Sex On Beach
PUNISHMENT: 15 Years Federal Prison
DEFENDANTS: Barack Hussein Obama, GW Bush, Dick Cheney, John Yoo et al
CRIMES: Legalized torture, legalized kidnappings, legalized financial fraud, legalized war crimes, legalized massive surveillance of absolutely everyone & everything, a legalized system of privately run Prisons-For-Profit, legalized market data manipulation, legalized highway robbery (aka Civil Asset Forfeitures), legalized secret FISA courts that issue legalized secret warrants, legalized police brutality, legalized drone bombings of children playing soccer on some beach 7422 miles away from here, legalized military invasions of foreign nations based on false pretenses & fabricated evidence, legalized benefits for illegal immigrants, legalized & purposeful dumbing-down of the entire national educational system, legalized usury, legalized bail-outs of failed private corporations at public expense, a completely corrupt judiciary operating a two-tier ‘justice’ system, legalized assassinations of 16 year old U.S. citizens with no judicial review whatsoever (Abdulrahman al-Awlaki), a completely corrupt legislative arm, a completely corrupt & ineffectual president who seems to believe he possesses dictatorial powers, a completely corrupt and subservient newsmedia that only reports what it is told/allowed to report, legalized blacklists, legalized censorship, complete elimination of Constitutional Rule of Law and legalized forcing of the population into buying worthless overpriced “healthcare” plans practically at gunpoint.
PUNISHMENT: N-O-N-E !!!
This is beyond stupid.
Rules are rules for the brain dead.
Ask the average person who sits on the typical jury how Pennsylvania got its name, and what the case of William Penn means to jury deliberations.
99.99999999999999999999999999999% of the time you’ll get a blank stare.
Boy, this kind of thing could make one almost start to lose faith in the justice system. Almost. Gotta get them terrorists before they get us.
Prosecutorial abuse lives on.
I think I may be able to shed some light on why people are given prison time for minor infractions. The criminals in government contract with companies to handle the operation of the prison system. Part of these contracts with said companies is that they are guaranteed the prison cells are kept full to capacity so they are profitable.
That is why you may find yourself in prison for 10 or 15 years for what USED TO BE a slap on the wrist and a fine. The mofos will sell you down the river in a heartbeat.
The KEY aspect of the case is the 3 yo kid as modern society is focused on “think of the children” and protect them from reality at every opportunity. Even the child welfare/protection crowd say it’s just crazy.
The poor little kiddy is probably traumatised for life now by witnessing sex – the reason for 99.999% of all life on Earth.
Just another example of how fucked up the entire world is now – the nanny planet.
Well I say FUCK EM – I’ll screw on the beach if I want to but not in front of kiddies…
Ah well…it’ll all be over soon anyway for all of us. Whatever…
My reaction ……
“Please deliver us from this foolishness.”
Which message is sent to whomever is your deity or higher authority is. If none, then you.
I’ll go one step farther “Pretty please.”
If the best way to protest this is to have sex on the beach, then I’m all for it.
There’s a time and place for this, like the local titty bar, $20 spot for a lap dance. Whatever your doing, if the government isn’t getting its cut, it’s illegal.
Hate to sound like a fascist prude here, folks, but I can’t remember a time in this country when sex in public was allowed, let alone considered acceptable. While I think 15 years in prison and a permanent place on the sex offender registry is way excessive, I do think that a heavy fine and a couple of months in jail is not out of line.
Go back to the oh-so-golden 1950s that people posting here think were so wonderful, and you could be arrested for showing “indecent” films- an “indecent” film being one with dirty words spoken by the actor. I’m old enough to remember when you were flirting with “indecent exposure” laws for wearing a bikini.
Not that I advocate returning to the prudishness of the 50s, though sometimes I miss the modesty and civility of that era when I see someone who weighs 300 lbs putting her lard on display in a tiny bikini, or some old man with his gut hanging over his speed-o trunks when I’m on the beach. To me, the willingness of people to have sex in public- this is the fourth or fifth such incident I’ve read about in the past few years- is indicative of how lacking in basic civility our society has become.
Florida Man Faces 15 Year Sentence For Sex On A Beach (But Still No Bankers In Jail)
Submitted by Mike Krieger via Liberty Blitzkrieg blog,
A jury Monday found a couple guilty of having sex on Bradenton Beach after only 15 minutes of deliberation.
The convictions carry a maximum prison sentence of 15 years.
Both Caballero and Alvarez will now have to register as sex offenders.
Ronald Kurpiers, defense attorney for the couple, said his clients were “devastated,” by the verdict.
Though Dafonseca hinted that they’d be speaking with the judge about whether or not 15 years was appropriate for Caballero, Kurpiers said the judge would have no discretion.
“That’s what he’ll get,” Kurpiers said.
– From the Miami Herald article: Couple Found Guilty of Having Sex on Florida Beach
This is what “justice” looks like in the Oligarch States of America. If you’re a pleb who gets caught having consensual sex on the beach, you’re immediately convicted and face up to 15 years in the gulag. Meanwhile, if you’re a banking executive responsible for crashing the global economy, you’re rewarded with trillions in taxpayer bailouts and backstops and given free reign to continue your crime spree. Criminal charges are never considered, despite the extreme negative impact your actions have on society at large, and you’re always given a slap on the wrist via deferred prosecution agreements, or DPAs. Don’t believe me? Let’s look at an excerpt from last year’s post titled, The U.S. Department of Justice Handles Banker Criminals Like Juvenile Offenders…Literally:
These agreements were created 100 years ago to give juvenile defendants and first-time offenders a chance to for rehabilitate themselves. Only in the last 20 years have DPAs migrated to the field of corporate criminals, treating them like kids who’ve just gone down a bad path in life.
The Justice Department is leaning on these toothless agreements more and more. Of the DoJ’s 283 deferred prosecution agreements since 2000, half have come since 2010, Reilly found in a working paper for BYU Law Review.
Why has the DoJ been so keen on deferred prosecution since 2010? It coincides exactly with investigations into the 2008 financial crisis.
With that in mind, let’s take a look at what 40-year old Jose Caballero faces in Florida for “sex on the beach.” From the Miami Herald:
A jury Monday found a couple guilty of having sex on Bradenton Beach after only 15 minutes of deliberation.
The convictions carry a maximum prison sentence of 15 years.
Jose Caballero, 40, and Elissa Alvarez, 20, were charged with two counts each of lewd and lascivious behavior for having sex on a public beach on July 20, 2014.
Video played in the courtroom during the 1- 1/2-day-long trial showed Alvarez moving on top of Caballero in a sexual manner in broad daylight. Witnesses testified that a 3-year-old girl saw them.
Both Caballero and Alvarez will now have to register as sex offenders.
The state will ask for jail time for Alvarez and prison time for Caballero. Dafonseca said due to Caballero being out of prison less than three years before committing another felony, he’s looking at serving the maximum time of 15 years.
Ronald Kurpiers, defense attorney for the couple, said his clients were “devastated,” by the verdict. Though Dafonseca hinted that they’d be speaking with the judge about whether or not 15 years was appropriate for Caballero, Kurpiers said the judge would have no discretion.
“That’s what he’ll get,” Kurpiers said.
Ed Brodsky, elected state attorney for the 16th judicial district, joined Defonseca in prosecuting the case. When asked why the case was an important one to the state attorney, Dafonseca said it was important that the community knew what wouldn’t be tolerated on public beaches.
“We’re dealing with basically tourists, that came from Brandon and Riverview and West Virginia, and they’re here on the beaches of Manatee County, our public beaches,” Dafonseca said, referring to the witnesses. “So you want to make sure that this isn’t something that just goes by the wayside. And that it is well known to the community, what will be tolerated and what won’t be.”
So this is where Florida draws the line, how brave! In reality, Florida is known for tolerating and encouraging some of the most statist behavior in America, which is why the state is so often highlighted on this site. Recall:
Girl Gang Raped during Spring Break in Florida as Crowds Stand Around and Do Nothing to Stop It
Video of the Day – Watch as Florida Parents are Treated Like Children for Questioning School Curriculum
Protecting and Serving – Florida Police Raid 90-Year-Old Woman’s Home; Find No Drugs but Wreck Home
90-Year-Old WW2 Veteran and Two Clergymen Face 60 Days in Jail for Feeding the Homeless in Florida
Florida Cop Rapes 20-Year Old Woman at Gunpoint While on Duty
I could go on, but let’s go back to the Miami Herald.
Family members of the couple defended the two outside the courthouse, saying the crime did not deserve this kind of attention.
“He’s a great person,” said Caballero’s mother of her son, declining to give her name. “There are other things out there we need to worry about, and they’re still loose, people who have done worse stuff.”
Indeed.
This story demonstrates how completely and totally broken the U.S. justice system is. Should this couple have been having sex in public and in broad daylight? Absolutely not. Should there be some sort of punishment? Absolutely.
That said, the punishment should fit the crime in a just civilization, and 15 years behind bars for public sex is more akin to what you’d expect in Saudi Arabia. It’s particularly appalling when compared with the license to commit fraud and steal, which politically connected oligarchs have been granted. After all, who was really harmed by this couple’s act? Sure, some tourists may have had their day temporarily ruined or inconvenienced. A three-year-old girl may have seen something, but would probably have no way of understanding what it was. On the other hand, criminal bankers have demonstrably ruined the lives of hundreds or millions, if not billions, of people across the globe. Yet not a single TBTF executive has been prosecuted. They were bailed out instead.
Meanwhile, what about the pastor who faces only four months for molesting a little girl. Yes, you read that right. Our society is so completely fucked up, that two people irresponsibly making love in public will have their lives ruined, while a religious authority caught molesting a little girl receives a slap on the wrist. From RawStory:
A northern California pastor will serve no more than four months in jail for molesting a 9-year-old girl multiple times.
Venije Singkoh, a pastor at churches in San Francisco and Concord who also held services at his Daly City home, pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor count of child sexual annoyance.
He had initially been charged with three felony counts of child molestation after investigators said he held the girl on his lap and kissing her inappropriately.
The girl told her mother and father that the 70-year-old Singkoh used his tongue while kissing her, and the family called a church meeting to confront the pastor.
Examples of the criminal application of “justice” is an everyday occurrence in America today. I’ve outlined too many examples to list them all, but here are a few:
OK, it was a man and a woman so there should be some credit for that…it could have been much much much worse. Lesson learned: Play ride’em cowboy way out in the serf and you won’t get sand in the Schlitz or your keister in the calaboose..