Its sad to think that admitting guilt gets people less prison time than people who stand by their innocence.
Peterson found factually innocent of child molestation after 15-year term
Peterson found factually innocent of child molestation after 15-year term
Kevin Peterson served the full 15 years of a one- to 15-year prison term for child molestation because he refused to admit guilt to the state Board of Pardons.
“He just wanted people to know he was innocent,” said Peterson's lawyer.
Peterson, 54, formerly of West Haven, now an Ogden truck driver, was sent to prison in early 1993 on charges alleging sexual contact short of rape. He moved back to the Ogden area when he was released from prison in November 2007.
Peterson’s lawsuit includes sworn affidavits from his two children, who say they were coerced by their mother and stepfather to tell authorities their father sexually molested them. The son and daughter were 11 and 9 at the time.
Peterson pleaded no contest to the second-degree felony charges, meaning he denied guilt but couldn’t defeat the state’s evidence.