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Prison Chaplain Sentence Upheld

By Smith Law Offices,

From the Manchester Union Leader:A judge has refused to set aside the rape convictions of a former Strafford County House of Corrections chaplain. Seventy-two-year-old Ralph Flodin was convicted last month of sexually assaulting a female prisoner last year. Judge Kenneth Brown denied Flodin's motion to set aside the verdicts, saying there was enough evidence for a jury to come to a rational verdict and there was no basis to disturb the findings. Flodin argued that the jury rushed into its verdict shortly after viewing a video-taped interview two deputy sheriffs conducted with Flodin. In the interview, Flodin admitted to touching the inmate and said the two kissed.

Full post as published by SexCrimeDefender on June 10, 2008 (boomark / email).