Jon White pleads guilty

Posted February 20th, 2008 at 11:53 AM by wayward
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It looks like Jon White pleaded guilty in Champaign County and is expected to plead guilty in McLean County as well.

http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2008/02/20/white_pleads_guilty_to_sexual_abuse_charges

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On February 20th, 2008 at 12:28 PM, curious said:

Is it just me, or does White's 'taste testing game' sound easier to prove then Rietz suggests?  I just can't see a jury deciding that while White was definitely engaged in sexual abuse, when it came to the whole 'putting the sex organ in the mouth' thing, he used a banana instead.  And he had the kids close their eyes so they wouldn't see the banana?

I can understand not wanting to put the victims through a trial.  I can also understand the attractiveness of having this case over.  But I wonder if people will be happy when this guy gets a 20 year sentence and is out in 10 (or whatever it might be).

On February 20th, 2008 at 12:30 PM, wayward said:

I'm not sure - it sounded like he kept them blindfolded so that they never saw his genitals.  So I don't know what kind of evidence they were able to collect.

On February 20th, 2008 at 12:51 PM, Run4cvrlib said:

So a serial child molester that plead guilty who used his position as a teacher to attack his victims may go to jail for only about the same amount of time as the age of his victims 7 or 8 years or less that’s sad.

On February 20th, 2008 at 01:49 PM, Anonymous (not verified) said:

I am willing to bet that he won't get anything near a minimum sentence...

On February 20th, 2008 at 02:02 PM, prairie biker (not verified) said:

The guy is now a convicted serial child-molestor. Any prison sentence is a potential death sentence, as it should be.

 

He's gonna learn how to play a whole new version of the tasting game.

 

Good riddance.

On February 20th, 2008 at 02:11 PM, Anonymous (not verified) said:

Why didn't Julia ask the Judge to revoke White's bond and put him in jail right now, isn't he a risk to flee like the Russian guy did?

On February 20th, 2008 at 02:23 PM, wayward said:

Why didn't Julia ask the Judge to revoke White's bond and put him in jail right now, isn't he a risk to flee like the Russian guy did?

Err... I think he's headed to McLean county court this afternoon anyhow.

On February 20th, 2008 at 03:17 PM, Run4cvrlib said:

From the story above-2 consecutive sentences that range from probation to 3 to 7 year terms and be eligible for day-for-day good time.

On February 20th, 2008 at 03:30 PM, purplelady said:

From the story above-2 consecutive sentences that range from probation to 3 to 7 year terms and be eligible for day-for-day good time.

I think you misread.  From probation to 3 to 7 years on each of 8 counts to be served consecutively (one after the other).  That is a maximum of 56 years.  All are Class 2 felonies.  That is where the 2 came from I think.

 

On February 20th, 2008 at 03:34 PM, ractivist said:

I heard seven or eight counts with seven or eight years per, the math is 7 x 8 either way which equals fifty six years.  Which equals twenty eight that must be served, I think.  If that is the case, that will work.  As Prairie Biker stated, he's in for a good time, at least I think that's what he'll get.  Could easily be a death sentence.  WDWS news source here.

 

On February 20th, 2008 at 03:56 PM, Dane said:

Plus 2 more counts in McLean, which will probably also run consecutiveley, so add in another 6-14 yrs. These kinds of plea agreements have victim approval, and not running the risk of putting all those kids on the stand has a lot to do with it. The "banana" may or may not sell to a jury, but I'm sure White recognized that the rest of the charges were going to, and he also ran of the risk of them believing it was not a bannana and ending up with a natural life sentence. It was the smart thing for him to do as well if he ever hopes to get out prison some day

On February 20th, 2008 at 07:05 PM, bhss73 said:

Channel 3 reports he is out on bond.....