Father to plead insanity after son's death
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December 3, 2009, Thursday
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A 15-YEAR-OLD Michigan boy admitted raping a three-year-old girl, so enraging his father that the man couldn't control himself when witnesses say he forced the teen to strip, marched him to an empty lot and shot him through the head, a defense lawyer said on Tuesday in the United States.
The lawyer for Jamar Pinkney Sr., 37, said he will pursue an insanity defense as a judge in the Detroit enclave of Highland Park ruled that Pinkney should stand trial on first-degree murder, assault and firearms charges in his son's November 16 death.
Defense attorney Corbett O'Meara said Pinkney's son's confession would have driven anyone crazy.
"There is no rational response to the rape of a child," O'Meara said after the hearing. "He was immediately remorseful and didn't seek to hide. He turned himself in to the police."
Authorities haven't said if they believe the teen raped the girl and police have said the matter is not part of their investigation.
Pinkney's confrontation with his son came a day after the three-year-old underwent an examination at Children's Hospital of Michigan. Results of the exam haven't been released, but the teen's mother said they indicated her son "had molested" the girl.
Lazette Cherry testified on Tuesday that her son told her about his contact with the girl in a conversation that stretched long into the night. She said her son called his father about 3am.
"Daddy, can you please forgive me in your heart, forgive what I did?" she quoted Jamar Pinkney Jr. as asking his father.
The mother said the elder Pinkney agreed to come to the house. Cherry's sister, Yolanda Cherry, testified that Jamar Pinkney Sr. arrived about 10am.
"Jamar, is there something you want to tell me?" Yolanda Cherry quoted Pinkney Sr. as asking his son.
"He got on his knees in front of his dad and said, 'I'm sorry'," the aunt said.
"What did you do?" she quoted the father as asking.
"I humped (the girl)," the teen replied. "I need counseling."
The boy's mother said Pinkney Sr. stood behind his son and shot him in the head.
The lawyer for Jamar Pinkney Sr., 37, said he will pursue an insanity defense as a judge in the Detroit enclave of Highland Park ruled that Pinkney should stand trial on first-degree murder, assault and firearms charges in his son's November 16 death.
Defense attorney Corbett O'Meara said Pinkney's son's confession would have driven anyone crazy.
"There is no rational response to the rape of a child," O'Meara said after the hearing. "He was immediately remorseful and didn't seek to hide. He turned himself in to the police."
Authorities haven't said if they believe the teen raped the girl and police have said the matter is not part of their investigation.
Pinkney's confrontation with his son came a day after the three-year-old underwent an examination at Children's Hospital of Michigan. Results of the exam haven't been released, but the teen's mother said they indicated her son "had molested" the girl.
Lazette Cherry testified on Tuesday that her son told her about his contact with the girl in a conversation that stretched long into the night. She said her son called his father about 3am.
"Daddy, can you please forgive me in your heart, forgive what I did?" she quoted Jamar Pinkney Jr. as asking his father.
The mother said the elder Pinkney agreed to come to the house. Cherry's sister, Yolanda Cherry, testified that Jamar Pinkney Sr. arrived about 10am.
"Jamar, is there something you want to tell me?" Yolanda Cherry quoted Pinkney Sr. as asking his son.
"He got on his knees in front of his dad and said, 'I'm sorry'," the aunt said.
"What did you do?" she quoted the father as asking.
"I humped (the girl)," the teen replied. "I need counseling."
The boy's mother said Pinkney Sr. stood behind his son and shot him in the head.
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