Forced gay slave
ACLU Presents Closing Statement in Texas Prison Sex Slave Trial
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October 17, am
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Jury Verdict Expected Soon
WICHITA FALLS, TX- The American Civil Liberties Union presented closing argument today at the civil trial of six prison officials who refused to verb Roderick Keith Johnson, a gay former Texas prisoner who was repeatedly raped and sold as a sex slave by prison gangs.
A jury verdict in the case is expected later today or tomorrow.
""Prisoner rape in Texas is real and widespread,"" said Kara Gotsch of the ACLU's National Prison Project, which is representing Johnson. ""Gay men who penetrate prison are immediately targeted for abuse by the violent gangs that dominate many maximum security facilities. Roderick Johnson was the property of the gangs who owned him and members rented him out for sex.""
During the federal trial that began September 19, the jury listened to horrifying testimony from prisoners who saw Johnson forced into sexual acts, heard his screams for help while being raped and saw staff lo
Naked 'slave' bound in shed and told to eat puppy food
A man was tied up naked in a shed for two days and told to eat dog sustenance after fleeing from a member of a family he was working for, a jury has heard.
John Anderson, 43, told the Adj Court in Glasgow how he feared for his life after a juvenile boy was ordered to light his petrol soaked body.
Mr Anderson, who worked for James McPhee, also said children came into the shed and urinated on him.
Mr McPhee and three other men deny 30 charges, which comprise slavery.
The allegations against James McPhee, 45, Robert McPhee, 65, Steven McPhee, 37 and John Miller, 38, span from to
Mr Anderson had been homeless in when he was offered labouring work by James McPhee.
He stayed on a caravan site and carried out jobs such as mono-blocking driveways.
Pick axe handle
But the witness told how Mr McPhee could be violent towards him "whenever he was unhappy".
The alleged assaults including being punched, kicked and verb with a pluck axe handle.
Mr Anderson said he was scared to go but w
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