Former Boston Attorney Sentenced for Rape: MA v Gary Zerola

[@CourtTV]

#CourtTV - What do YOU think? MORE HERE: www.courttv.com/tag/gary-zerola/?

[@TstanDa-Man]

I just watched a case where a guy was sentenced to 20 years for trafficking drugs… This is a slap in the face to the victim

[@johnnygavin3654]

Agreed. Insane.

[@MikedeGarry]

"His Appeal is pending" .... Can the victim Appeal the leniency of the sentence too?

[@lolo-su6ig]

👆👆👆👆👆👆

[@ImUrHuckleberry33]

This is sickening 😡😡😡

[@amrather]

Only 5 to 10 years is way too lenient. This is horrible

[@kahledblackman318]

look at him‚ look at the judge․ did u expect a fair prison sentence?

[@nostudion1037]

​@kahledblackman318 they sent my black ass to one of the toughest prison in the state for my first gun charge, but this rapist get to choose where he spends his time 😂

[@maxxedtfout]

@@kahledblackman318 maybe that played a part but the laws around sexual assault are extremely lenient in general.

[@G274Me]

That’s pretty standard sentence in most states

[@bbginc694]

Yep and he will only do 5 years and let out on parole.

[@JimB16]

He oozes arrogance. Includes talking over the judge during sentencing...

[@josimpson7999]

That’s one hell of a lenient sentence.

[@adelheidsnel5171]

Difficult? What about his victims?

[@DebbyGibby]

Ugh i really hate listening to this Defence Attorney(who i have seen on some Podcasts) talk about rape the way he did..how DARE he say it was different than 'some Alley rape' WTF...buddy Rape is Rape..i hope this Lawyer doesn't have a daughter and find herself oneday in the company of a pig like his client and then i want to hear him say..that about that Defendant...i highly doubt he would think that way with his own Family..ugh this is why Defence Lawyers make me nuts..Yes he's got a job..BUT his crap to the judge for SENTENCING was discusting..period!!🤬🤬

[@honeybunch5765]

You can't get angry with defence attorneys. They are only doing what they are paid for, no matter how much we disagree. I agree with you 100%, but I'm sure this dude does not believe in what he is saying! There is no such thing as a lesser s- assualt! I also believe this man has sa others too. This lady wasn't his first. He got away for years.

[@patriotiac572]

​@@honeybunch5765Great comment. And yes, if you Google the name you'll see he was accused of rape by multiple other women.

[@kirstenwright1974]

Omg how vile is this

[@polarbearsrus6980]

Disgusting sentence, are you kidding?

[@godzillamanstreb524]

Disgusting

[@teresatrujillo4410]

That's a disgusting ruling.

[@tawandasue]

Really? What if that had been your daughter?

[@KayCaravaggio]

Why does he get to attend sentencing in a suit?

[@Juke582]

I know! Crazy! 😡

[@sharonomalley7880]

With white sneakers??????

[@mofrowannabe]

We all know why.

[@mikecarter4551]

Ridiculous shld have been 20 yrs minimum

[@carpediem4512]

Why?

[@khughes1963]

@@carpediem4512 A relatively light sentence for rape demeans the victim and the seriousness of the offense. The fact that Gary Zerola was an attorney and former prosecutor makes it even worse. Attorneys are officers of the court and have a duty to uphold the law.

[@CylinthiaDouglas]

Another failed sentencing

[@carpediem4512]

Former prosecutor? How did this happen?

[@patriotiac572]

​@@carpediem4512Massachusetts, aka Massa-China

[@kingofallwhites]

@@carpediem4512 He defended himself in the earlier cases and knew how to get around the law.

[@truthseekeronline]

The more I listened to his lawyer the more I was pissed off. What a miserable scumbag.

[@holliewood55]

She thinks it's "appropeate" 🤦🏽‍♀️

[@xpat73]

He got the white middle class professional sentencing discount.

[@Ontheroxxwithsalt]

No matter your skin color the Judicial System requires a score sheet be completed before the hearing that scores everything about a defendant, starting from the defendant's parents before he was born. They look at the mother's pregnancy and whether she was abused while pregnant or if she took drugs/alcohol. It scores the defendant's childhood. They look at any abusive situations as a child. If they had learning or speech issues as a kid. If they injured their head as a kid. If they had intervention of any kind for behavior. It moves onto adult life and they look at every social, financial, and mental aspect of a defendant. The defendant is interviewed by one or more mental health professionals who try to determine if there are undiagnosed mental illnesses. That is ALL SCORED and that score is required to be used by the judge in sentencing. When you hear that a crime is punishable by a minimum sentence of (for example) of 15 years and a maximum sentence of (for example) 25 years the judge uses the defendants score to adjust the sentence to reflect how mitigating factors have influenced the defendant's criminal behavior. This is how ALL FELONY CASES ARE DECIDED. I am really sick of hearing that the sentence of people is based on race. What is racist is whining that because anybody is white shohld receive a harsher sentence! There are plenty of criminals with 4 pages of crimes they've been convicted of who commit this same crime and they receive a harsher penalty, not because they are a different race, but because they have committed crimes OVER AND OVER and have not learned a damn thing! It's disturbing to me that in America taxpayers PAY to educate it's citizens and so many of you have ZERO understanding of your own criminal justice system except to whine constantly about the race of people! It truly is an embarrassment to read comments of people who have never stepped foot in a court room but comment as if they actually sound intelligent. You do not. You just sound racist. It's funny that the same people whining about race are nowhere to be found when someone like Jessica Chambers was lit on fire sitting in her car for saying no to sex with a man who was not the same race. Where were all of you when Samantha Josephson accidentally got into a car she thought was an Uber and was sexually violated and her face beaten so severely that dental records were required to make an identification? Did you shake your fist in anger when a 5 year old child who is white was picked up and thrown from the third floor balcony of a mall in Minnesota 40 feet to a marble floor below after having lunch with his mom at the Rainforest Cafe, breaking nearly every bone in his body and having to learn t walk and talk again through years of therapy? I bet that when you saw that story you mocked him or called him privileged because of his skin tone. I am going to just say what everybody knows. All of these "race" comments are nothing more than JEALOUSY, ENVY, AND SELF-HATRED. You aren't upset for any human being that was harmed REALLY. Nobody actually believed you have any interest in the victim getting better justice than they did. You're just a racist who wants to hurt anybody that doesn't look like you. In your heart you wouldn't have cared in the LEAST if he's have deleted that woman, as long as he SUFFERED the most painful sentence for his crime. Based solely on his skin color.

[@mofrowannabe]

@@Ontheroxxwithsalt, you can’t be this daft. Of course his race and class got him special treatment. Your ridiculous wordy treatise isn’t fooling anyone except yourself.

[@Joh605]

​@@OntheroxxwithsaltAgreed 100%

[@Arabellia-o6v]

ATROCIOUS

[@926paaja]

5-10? So he will be out in 3… wow the judge is ridiculous

[@carpediem4512]

5 is the minimum.

[@926paaja]

@@carpediem4512 1/3 to go 2/3 of 5 will be his first eligibility parole date at least that’s what I read

[@kingofallwhites]

@@926paajaWhat???

[@926paaja]

@@kingofallwhites what what? 3 or 5 does it really matter? What???!!

[@kimberlychelen9890]

He chose the word, OPTICS? How rich is that? Soliciting for sympathy because his client has eye cancer? AND, R is R... !!! Sentence TOO LENIENT!

[@jessejames96]

Too light a sentence for rape

[@LinkRocks]

Good gosh does the defense attorney ramble on and on.

[@1e2b9-]

It's official: There is no RULE of LAW in Boston

[@andresmattos7541]

Who is surprised he is a lawyer 😮

[@carmenross1077]

Surprise more like Shocked

[@ElnathanMaduhu-km5uy]

He is good at his job. Those are some solid arguments

[@sylviablackman1665]

The Court should consider the crime.

[@Jeanne90275]

.Not his first rodeo, but his first conviction.

[@chumchum4393]

Monster!

[@Tammy_26Irwin]

Is he from Canton?

[@mikejohnson9960]

lmao

[@David-jb5dv]

Such a serious crime

[@BonnieVanbeek]

Omg ….. all about the bloody defendant ….. what about the victim …….not justice

[@turmoil3161]

Shocking - no justice

[@Heera2024]

What???? 5-10 years?? Imagine if this was a black, brown, or non White guy?????? THIS JUDGE HAS CLEAR BIAS TOWARD THE CRIMINAL.

[@Ontheroxxwithsalt]

They go by other things. Skin color is not one of them. Why would they give someone the max sentence if he has led an otherwise accomplished life and made contributions??? Then when a black or brown guy commits the same crime but they happen to have a rap sheet 5 pages long how is the judge supposed to use the same sentencing guidelines? Do you even know how our own felony justice system WORKS? The only racist is you. Wanting harsher penalties based on skin color while having a 3rd grade understanding of the process. There is a reason that charges say something like "The minimum penalty is 15 years and the maximum penalty is 25 years for manslaughter" It's because there is a range based on pre-hearing interviews with the defendant that determine if he has been a lifetime felon or if he was a contributing member of society. Take your racism and stick it where the sun don't shine. People who scream racism constantly, when you look at who they are, usually are those people in society who conteibute nothing while crying about what everybody else owes them. It's just code for "I'm too lazy to do anything worthwhile with my self so I'm going to cry about my skin color being he reason I'm where I am in life" Nobody is buying it anymore. Those days are over so you should take a look in the mirror and stop being so jealous of all the people who went out and made something of themselves while you were busy crying about racism on tik tok. Jealousy hurts YOU. Nobody else.

[@brendalinker3764]

Omg..this is horrible

[@wendybrunell8898]

Is the defense attorney getting paid by the word??

[@prettycolorsinthesky]

That People magazine he was featured in went to both heads.

[@vinnygognitti8858]

@@prettycolorsinthesky my God Candice you went to my head also wow you're beautiful sweetheart mmmmm that beautiful hair 🤩🔥😘🔥🔥

[@truebluenovocastrian]

@@vinnygognitti8858sleaze bag 🤮

[@texasrefugee7888]

It's easy to see why the men of this country love trump.

[@billjohnson7047]

D.A.s never make mistakes or commit crimes. There must be some misunderstanding.

[@THORR-mh9px]

All this excessive talk to sentence a person...taxpayers are the losers!!!

[@JimB16]

Housing is up the prison system...not a judge....she should stay in her lane...

[@JoshyJosh]

Wow. That sentencing was a joke!

[@ChicGlamLiving]

Crazy to see that someone I once considered a friend could be convicted of such a horrible crime.

[@carltonwalton9819]

Duality. Most people are neither all good nor all bad. 🤷‍♂️

[@michaelallen1396]

Probably got away with it a bunch of times in his Frat days.

[@RonaldEarlWilsher]

He stands accused of? CONVICTED of councilor. Convicted. Or did I hear/watch that incorrectly?

[@Midzgirl]

Shwoak and horror

[@dmacku]

Prison is a difficult place...ya think 😂😂😂

[@jnagarya519]

He had escaped several prior rape prosecutions.

[@MissKCece]

He look sick

[@johnnygavin3654]

Why did this take this long to come to trial?

[@polarbearsrus6980]

These guys do not get well, period!!!

[@Cmkrs34]

Anger abuse. Ive heard of emotional abuse sexual abuse physical abuse. He uses terms in a strange manner

[@jonkline709]

Excuse me he’s the rapist, why are you treating him like the victim

[@stellaKAU]

Tragedy

[@robinsturm7063]

Gross

[@janeygirl6081]

I think there’s a very good chance that Maddie decided that she’s 13 years old now and he’s NOT touching her again. She fought back for the first time and he knew the jig was up and flew into a damage control rage. I’ve said from day one that Jenn is involved. I can’t believe that she didn’t recognize the sa that was taking place. The fact that she sent him upstairs to sleep with Maddie in the “spare bedroom” that night so that she could sleep is suspicious to me. I don’t put anything past these women who have children then bring every man they meet into their homes and child’s life.

[@Clare_no_dramatic_nonsense_pls]

Removing comments...........

[@carlosdeno]

Yep, absolutely pathetic. What has cancer got to do with anything except?

[@xpat73]

Zerola finally got convicted. This guy was making John Gotti look like a piker.

[@Masud_S_Hoghughi]

Maybe probation should have been considered instead of prison

[@1e2b9-]

In Massachusetts, this is possible

[@lagarde2011]

@@Masud_S_Hoghughi Why not a ticker-tape parade?

[@janetsmith7808]

I don't think any woman wanted Zerola, so he took them by force.

[@carrow1057]

Ah yes Mr Krowski...And yet he finds Karen Ready guilty?! His moral compass is severely off here.

[@newdasher6122]

What does Read have to do with this? Am I missing something?

[@Masud_S_Hoghughi]

Norbert McCootie only got 8 years for 2 rs, but he was only 14 at the time

[@honeybunch5765]

Wonder how many times he got away? This wasn't his first sa. Pos!

[@Midzgirl]

😒🤢🤢

[@THORR-mh9px]

THE GOVERNMENT??

[@alirowe1226]

Boston again??..

[@kathymccarthy5264]

Is this a he said/she said??

[@Bestie_Queens13]

He’s been convicted but I didn't watch the trial so don't know the details. Maybe google it?

[@lisas8244]

@kathymccarthy5264 The defense never said he didn't do it. Their claim was that it wasn't like "some alley rape" as if there is a distinction between circumstances of a rape. Most rape cases are he said/ she said as there rarely are witnesses to rape and most men will never admit it. What's your point?

[@kathymccarthy5264]

@lisas8244 my point is women lie.

[@lisas8244]

@@kathymccarthy5264 I thought that was your point. You are one of THOSE women who immediately take a man's side on these issues. Do you have ANY idea the toll it takes on a woman to press charges and move through the court system on a rape charge? It is the most humiliating thing a woman can do as she is questioned at every turn and treated like a criminal herself. There would be very few women willing to endure the shame to falsely accuse a man and take it all the way to trial. it is excruciatingly painful and life changing.

[@TruthBeTold1992]

@@kathymccarthy5264 Just WOW, to your "point". It's no wonder this country has gone to H**l in a hand basket. It's bad enough that most men don't believe victims when they come forward with these allegations, but to know that there are far more "women" who also discredit, disbelieve, or side-eye women/victims is even more appalling and disgusting. Hope that your "point" never comes back to bite you in the future.

[@ElnathanMaduhu-km5uy]

Defense Attorney is competent. Great argument

[@harrisonhanson2998]

EWWWWWWWAH!!!

[@lindsayshea]

I spy Joe Krowski!!!

[@JJ-cc7gx]

Democrat voter

[@smartchick649]

Gorgeous with the dark hair. 🙌🏽🖤

[@Trollzarefunny]

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