Rankin-Madison District Attorney Bubba Bramlett issued the following statement.
Madison and Rankin Counties’ District Attorney Bubba Bramlett announced that James Matthew Gardner, 26, was found guilty by a Rankin County jury following a two-day trial last week. Judge Steve Ratcliff will sentence Gardner on June 23, 2025. Gardner is facing up to forty-five years in prison. On September 19, 2023, the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department received a call to a home regarding a juvenile sexual assault victim. It was reported that the abuse took place at the victim’s residence. The victim disclosed that Gardner was living at the home during the years of sexual abuse. The victim and a sibling were interviewed by the Parker’s Children’s Advocacy Center in Pearl, Mississippi. The victim received a medical exam at the Children’s Safe Center in Jackson, Mississippi. Law enforcement interviewed the defendant and others, executed search warrants for electronics, the defendant's home, and the defendant’s vehicle, and took photographs. Additionally, law enforcement retrieved physical evidence from the house that the victim shared with the defendant. The physical evidence was sent to the Mississippi Forensics Lab for processing and testing.
The jury heard from the victim, the victim’s sibling, two investigators with the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department, a nurse practitioner from the Children’s Safe Center who examined the victim, and two forensic scientists with the Mississippi Forensics Lab. Additionally, the defendant testified on his own behalf. After hearing the testimony over two days, the jury found Gardner guilty of one count of sexual battery and one count of gratification of lust. The potential penalty for sexual battery is zero to thirty years in prison and up to a $10,000 fine. The potential penalty for gratification of lust is two to fifteen years and a $1,000 to $5,000 fine. Gardner will be required to register as a sex offender and have no contact with the victim. Any sentence imposed on Gardner will be served day for day without the possibility of parole or early release. District Attorney Bramlett stated, “This is a case where the victim lived with the unreported abuse by Gardner for years. We are thankful for the work of the multitude of agencies and law enforcement personnel involved in helping get this victim justice and getting this pedophile off the streets. Our office will continue to fight for and protect our children from abuse.”
14 comments:
Idaho offers them a firing squad. We should do that too.
Bless this child & her family
I'll provide the rusty machete for his transition.
since they didnt mention the added weight that the victim was a “child under 14” then he is more likely a hebephile at worst, not a paedophile.
interesting that the “experts” dont know this very important difference between a sexually mature juvenile and a prepubescent child.
She was between 14 and 16. What's wrong with you?
nothing is wrong with me there is a very large distinction between a young woman who is below the legal age and a literal undeveloped child. wtf is wrong with you? are you delusional? I am not saying it is right or wrong just that it is a big difference. lay off the liquor dude
I'm posting the actual indictment. Read for yourself.
I wonder if there might be something wrong with your hard drive.
@2:21 Sure buddy. There you will find a dictionary that tells you the actual meaning of words. In English.
The molestation began when the child was 10 years old, born June 2009. She wasn’t a teen when this started. She turned 11 in June 2020. The molestation started, according to the indictment, in January 2020.
The charges are very disturbing.
After a quick reading of the indictment, I see the abuse began with anal penetration when the vic was 10. Did not see where it said whether the vic was male or female. I guess I might read it once more but then will need to wash my eyeballs with bleach.
We need to castrate sexual predators like this. Physically castrate them. Let the bleeding hearts argue for chemical castration. The law might actually be a deterrent if men knew they would get their balls chopped off for getting caught.
Three words: Parchman. General. Population. Let the dregs of our society mete out the deserved justice on this p.o.s. human.
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