SAN JOSE (CA)
CBS San Francisco
SAN JOSE (KCBS/BCN)— Closing arguments were made Monday in the San Jose trial of a San Francisco man charged with beating a priest he claims molested him and his younger brother 37 years ago.
Prosecutor Vicki Gemetti started her argument with a quote from Alexander Hamilton, stating that the first duty of society is justice. She told the nine-man, three-woman jury that justice demands that they find William Lynch, 44, guilty of two felony counts of assault on retired Jesuit priest Jerold Lindner.
Gemetti told the panel that, while it’s natural to feel sympathy for a victim of molestation and that Lynch is obviously still in pain, that they can’t use their sympathy in reaching their verdict.
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