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Took Dale County Jury Only 10 Minutes To Reach Unanimous Verdict

Rickey Stokes

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Date: Dec 06 2019 11:42 PM



DALE COUNTY, Ala. (WSFA) - A south Alabama man has been convicted of rape and sodomy of a child, according to Dale County District Attorney Kirke Adams’ office.






Clarence Rodgers, 38, was found guilty Wednesday after a three-day trial that included just 10 minutes of jury deliberation.


“I would like to thank all the different agencies involved and commend them for their hard work.  It takes a team to put a case like this together and through a trial.  I am ecstatic that we, as a team, were able to obtain justice for this young lady.  Dale County is a safer place now,” 33rd Judicial Circuit District Attorney Kirke Adams said.


This case was prosecuted personally by District Attorney Kirke Adams and Assistant District Attorney Jordan Davis.






The Midland City man was arrested in June 2018 on charges he sexually assaulted a child under the age of 12 who lived in the same neighborhood.






At trial, the victim and members of her family testified, as did Dale County Sheriff’s deputies and experts from the Southeast Alabama Child Advocacy Center, UAB Children’s Hospital and the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences. Rodgers was connected to the crime with DNA evidence.






Sentencing will happen on Dec. 16. Rodgers faces between 20 years and life in prison, and because of the child’s age, he is not eligible for probation or early parole.






A check of Rodgers’ background shows that, in addition to this conviction, he’s also facing an indictment in Montgomery County for rape of another child in an unrelated case. A trial is currently scheduled to begin on Feb. 24, 2020, in that case. In this case Rodgers was arrested b Montgomery Police on January 22, 2019.


Since the arrest of Clarence Rodgers, family and friends of Rodgers called the victim and family liars.


The 33rd Judicial District Attorney Office had DNA samples recovered from the vctim. Efforts to block the introduction of that evidence in court failed on the part of the defense.


While the case took three days to present evidence to a jury of 12, it took the jury of 12 only 10 minutes of deliberation to return verdicts of GUILTY in both cases.






Took Dale County Jury Only 10 Minutes To Reach Unanimous Verdict

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