I get the feeling we aren't getting the full story

@@brookiegremlin6660yeah because it’s difficult to discuss being victimized by a grown pedophile. You could also actually look the case up yourself, you know.

​@@brookiegremlin6660 Got this article from Jacksonville's website. Here's the answers to your unwarranted suspicions. "Jacksonville man agrees to lesser sentence for killing accused pedophile First Coast News Berrios A man who was a teenage runaway when he killed a suspected pedophile received a new sentence Monday after serving 23 years of a life sentence behind bars. Mark Berrios, now 38, agreed to cut his deal to 30 years stemming from the death of Olen Lee Hepler. Berrios, from Jacksonville, was 14 when he first encountered Hepler in Daytona Beach. Four months after his 15th birthday, officials arrested him for the shooting death of Hepler. Berrios’ defense argues the teen was sexually abused and held captive by Hepler. The gun belonged to Hepler, and the defense said Berrios seized a moment when the gun was within his grasp and shot Hepler in the head and fled with his wallet and vehicle. Berrios’ case received scrutiny from the public due to Hepler’s reputation as a sexual predator of boys. According to court documents, at the time of his death Hepler was under state investigation for sexual crimes against young males. The Volusia County jury did not hear these details about Hepler during the 1995 trial. Prosecutors successfully suppressed the victim’s ‘prior bad acts’ on the grounds that self-defense was not an issue. Hepler’s stolen ATM card and his stolen Chevy Blazer Berrios used to drive back to Jacksonville gave state attorneys the evidence they needed to prove the crime was one of a calculated armed robber, not an abuse victim. CASE-CHANGING DECISION Sixteen years after Berrios’ sentence, a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on an Alabama case made life without parole for juveniles unconstitutional. The 2012 case, Miller vs. Alabama, was a legal turning point for Berrios and his supporters. The decision would apply retroactively to juveniles already serving life without parole, giving them an opportunity for their case to be reviewed by a judge. In the summer of 2012, Berrios’ attorney asked the court for a new sentencing hearing based on the Miller decision. DARK SECRETS Berrios’ witness list looks different than it did over 20 years ago. Loring’s petition and public pleas for her son’s life garnered national attention. One man in Connecticut discovered Berrios’ story while researching information about his own past. Eric Levy said in a social media video, he immediately recognized Hepler’s name from his own time in Daytona Beach 30 years earlier. Levy called Hepler ‘the worst’ of a ring of people he said trafficked children in Florida. Levy said he was one of those children and has pledged to help free Berrios by testifying in court. Loring told First Coast News an attorney who represented Hepler agreed to testify to crimes Hepler admitted to during his life. Berrios’ team hopes these factors that he never got to argue will convince a judge to set him free. “We are all horrified that a death occurred,” Lording said. “I can truly say this could’ve ended up very differently for my son."

He has to show remorse to even get an opportunity at future release.

@@brookiegremlin6660the full story? Like what, that there were way more kids he molested? Your comment is sounding a lot like you’re defending a child molester… I really hope you’re not.

Probably the judge was covering up something that he himself was involved with… Everyone knows cops, judges, lawyers etc are part of the sex trafficking problems!

So do something significant enough to change relevant laws.

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My understanding is that no one knew what the guy was. He never told anyone. Not until now.

@@9babyblu The story said the police knew yet he was still out to do whatever he wanted, the justice system is corrupt

THANK YOU! I couldn't finish the episode after that 😔

She was asking when it went from oral sex to rape.

He was a gold digger, plain and simple

Indeed. In no state in America is the age of consent 15.

Him explaining his story and giving those details is what's going to help prove his case. If he was vague odds are he doesn't have a chance

Agreed. This sickened me. What a horrendous way to ask this!

@@veeber LAnd would they interview a woman like this, come the eff on CWD, do better!!!

That was crazy. Honestly triggering.

​@@sharpedge3355Yes, they probably would have but it's still egregious.

Completely agree, in my opinion she asked quite a few stupid questions. Did you cry? Did you scream? Jeez.

My first thought too

Ryt

THIS!!! Poor guy 🥺

100% my thoughts

I know! I was like, who asks that?!?

Absolutely sh*tty interview skills. It’s like asking someone what they were wearing, if they said no, did they fight back, were they intoxicated, and etc. Umm, they were KIDS!! How was whether he screamed relevant to the atrocity he experienced?!

Trash reporter

When she said “so you just let him t***h you?” 😤😤😤😤no way would she ask a woman that after revealing that to her. That’s disgusting

@@treybaybie1526exactly! Or the “at what point did it become rape” like wtf kinna questions was she asking??

Me too girl. My step dad.

I'm sorry that happened to you.

Straight up

Right just like she kept saying his “reputation “ as a pedo. I’m like what? That’s what the guy IS.

Right!? I don’t like the way those two dudes talked about him they made it seem like he ran a stop sign a long time ago or something then acted like it had nothing to do with this case when it’s literally 60-70% of what the case is.

Because there has to be proof.

I agree. Had to turn it off honestly.

Yes. Also, her facial expressions and tone are so negative. She makes me very uncomfortable to be honest

I know !! I was like wtf is she asking these type of questions?!? "Did you scream?" REALLY?!?@

This is a normal line of questioning for anyone in this position (typically women). He's been in prison for 23 years, this is how he proves he shouldn't have been in prison in the first place.

Is this why you're gay?

@@missreia. 😮 😂😂😂🫢

Karma

I always wonder how it felt for survivors to feel after the main person has died in their eyes . Like it just makes sense that some to all will be happy with that idea . Secretly to yourself .💀

I'm sorry that this happened to you

@Tsunami__ • what case in Florida? Names if you can recall? I’d like to look in to that. Thank you! 🤗

@@RoniShawn Derek and Alex King. To clarify, they did not off their abuser. They offed their dad.

@@brookiegremlin6660Yeah the op is confusingly worded. Thanks.

​@@RoniShawnthe kids were Alex King can't recall the other lil Boys name!! The pedos name was terry but I can't recall last name

@@brookiegremlin6660 ooooh k ok! I’ll look in to that! I’m curious now!

I was surprised when I looked this up. He was originally charged with a life sentence! 30 years was he re-sentence! That was in 2017. So, going by that, he either has been or is due for release this year.

I am completely shocked

I don’t believe that!!! Look at his face. He’s lying!

@@gasmith7486 i thought the same. something is so off about this

He had been having sex with the guy before and was ashamed. That wasn't the first time.

The man was a known sex offender, think about that first

You’re gullible af! Dude’s obviously lying

Shouldn’t have!!!

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The word "let" in this situation is sordid. CWD needs some training indeed!!

She would NEVER have said that to a female victim.

My thoughts exactly! She failed him and it's her fault that he was turned out so young and nieve. 😠

Awful

He will be let out in a couple of years, but I am disturbed that they sent him to prison in the first place and that the monster who harmed him deserved what he got

It's even more devastating when you realize what happened to him in prison at age 15, in prison with a bunch of grown men. Sexual assault in Florida prison is rampant and terrifying for anybody, especially a kid. He seems like he's keeping his shit together and I really hope that he does good once he's released in August. I'm happy he's going to be out soon.

I believe him too

I'm shocked at the long sentence given to a minor, an abused minor at that. His youth wasted because if a peodophile, and a terrible justice system.

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Literally just wrote the same thing, that lawyer is awful xx

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All evidence of the man's past was available at the crime scene/the house, LE needed to do a more balanced investigation!!!

How do you know he not lying you don't know that

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Disney is pure evil and always has been.

The victim they are talking about in the title is the pedo that was unalived.

IKR! What a horrible mother she is. I blame her for his fkd up life! 😠😠

What does the gay part have to do with anything? Are straight predators okay in your book?

​@@Tsumami__in this case alot