Jackson County Sheriff's deputy Steven Burgess of 2525 S ELLISON WAY INDEPENDENCE, MO. 64056, was sentenced to 14 years for Statutory Sodomy, child molestation and several other sex related crimes involving a 15 year old girl, Burgess is 34. The judge then suspended the sentence and gave Officer McDouche 5 years probation. You can read more at Crime Scene Kansas City. You can see the full list of charges on www.courts.mo.gov/casenet/cases/searchCases.do?searchType=name type in Steven Wayne Burgess in the search .
Burgess had two aces in the hole when he stood before the court in this case. He hired one of the top criminal lawyers in Kansas City, John O'Connor, and he was a cop. One of the most perverted twists and turns in our justice system is the preferential treatment cops get when they commit a felony. Common sense and fair judgement would seem to dictate that the people entrusted with the public safety would be held to a higher standard, or at the very least the same standards as the rest of us. That is rarely the case. In fact dirty Cops usually get a sweetheart of a deal just like Steven Burgess of 2525 S ELLISON WAY INDEPENDENCE, MO. 64056, received.
O'Connor appealed to the court to give his client a break citing his Military service, his unblemished service as a Jackson Co. Deputy, his wife and kids, the fact that he might have to move because he lives near a school, and last but not least, a Prison Sentence would be Tantamount to a death Sentence. All of the glowing attributes like Military service or a Family are nothing unique or deserving of a free pass, which is what Steven Creepy Burgess got, a free pass. The melodramatic claim by Attorney O'Connor that his clients life would be in jeopardy in prison is complete and utter bullshit, and one of the reasons O'Connor is a top shelf criminal lawyer. The truth of the matter is that Burgess would be safer in prison than you or I are out here in the free world. O'Connor was a prosecutor for a number of years, he is well aware that Cops who go to the joint are kept in protective custody, and never released in to General Population. In O'Connor's defense he was just doing his job, part of which is to keep scumbags like Steven Burgess on the bricks instead of in prison.
The criminal defense attorney is the only person who did his job. The prosecutor who agreed to the plea deal failed to do his job. He put the public at risk, he betrayed the victim and he is guilty of complacency and ineptitude. The Judge failed to do his job as well. judges are not obligated to accept plea deals, in fact it is a judges duty to hand out punishment that fits the crime, the judge in this case failed to do either. Finally, Steven Burgess failed to do his job. He abused the trust placed in him by the people he was sworn to protect and serve. He is at the very bottom of the criminal gene pool, a child molester and crooked cop, the daily double of douchiness. If there is such a thing as Karma, it will jump up and bite this creep on his ass. Sadly none of that will serve justice. The victims in all of this, the girl, her family, and the people who live in Jackson County, have been robbed. The judge and the prosecutor failed us all.
I'm going to link to this entry. I hope you don't mind.
ReplyDeleteI know nothing about prisons but even I knew that cops are not mixed in with the general population. Sometimes you wonder...
ReplyDeletefeel free Donna anytime.
ReplyDeleteMeesha, to bad they arent in cases like this. of course you have to get them in prison first.
Hi, came over from Donna. This is disgusting...I'm going to try and find more about this. Thanks for the heads up!
ReplyDeleteI linked also. I think we all should.
ReplyDeleteThis S.O.B. needs to be sentenced to about an hour in my house. I think I'd see to it that he checked his weapons at the door.
ReplyDeleteIf both sides agree to a plea deal, more often than not, the judge will accept it. The more plea deals accepted, the less cases tie up the court system. That's how I've heard a few judges explain it.
ReplyDeleteI agree that Police and other Law Enforcement should be held to a higher standard. Nothing is worse then stories like this.
ReplyDeleteCompletely disgusting!
ReplyDeleteLinking to here
The sad part is that this is only one case in thousands... And to see the system corrupted by people whose end justify the means.
ReplyDeleteI'm linking it, too.
found your link through another journal; this is despicable; I feel for the victim and her family; outrageous behavior and such an injustice done
ReplyDeleteI came over from Celeste's. As horrible as this is, it doesn't suprise me. I live in Kansas, not to far from Wichita, and the WPD has had its own little problems. One cop was busted several times for DUI. This guy was still working and driving. Another was busted for forcing a woman into his car at gun point, and robbing her. He was back on the force a few moths later. And yet another tried to get a BJ from a young woman so she could get out of a ticket. Still on the force. Just because someone is a police officer, doesn't mean they're the good guy, and they should be punished the same way that anyone else would. We through a fit here about those cops that were allowed back on the force. Policies have now changed.
ReplyDeleteI'm linking to it as well.
ReplyDeleteThere was no plea agreement. Defendant can enter a guilty plea at any time without an agreement from the prosecutor. The prosecutor that handled the case argued for prison time at the sentencing hearing. Prosecutors are often angry with the sentences that judges impose, this was one of those cases.
ReplyDeleteThe prosecutor pled the case down. Go to case net and check for yourself. It isnt a matter of if he approved the plea deal or not, although according to all news reports The prosecutor offered the deal, so wether he made a token argument for jail time is a moot point.
ReplyDeleteNo one has all the facts except the judge, the victim, and the perpetrator. We ALL make horrible decisions at some point in life...some are just more public than others. Where is the compassion and the RESTORATIVE justice? We are all so quick to judge and we don't even have all the facts.
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