Mnn. GOP Rep. Mark Olson convicted of domestic abuse...

[MnFats]

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acquitted of more serious charge.
claimed 'battered husband' syndrome.
link coming.

http://www.twincities.com/allheadlines/ci_6369075

snippet form Pioneer Press...


Associated Press
Article Last Updated: 07/13/2007 04:55:08 PM CDT

ELK RIVER, Minn. - State Rep. Mark Olson was convicted today of one count of misdemeanor domestic assault with the intent to cause fear and acquitted on a second misdemeanor assault charge.

The verdicts were returned by a jury of five men and one woman after about three hours of deliberations. Sentencing was set for Aug. 8.

The jury convicted Olson of domestic assault by intending to cause fear of bodily harm or death. He was acquitted of intentionally inflicting or attempting to inflict bodily harm.

Prosecutors alleged Olson, an eight-term Republican from Big Lake, pushed his wife down three times behind their home on Nov. 12.

Olson, 52, claimed during trial he was a battered spouse and that the Nov. 12 incident came after frequent arguments with his wife over raising her five children.

He said that in the past, she hit him several times, stabbed his favorite dresser and cut his picture off their wedding album cover with what he thought was a knife.

[Ian David]

1. Did they also mention he beat his wife with a bible?

See prior thread:

State Representative Mark Olson takes stand in own defense

State Representative Mark Olson broke down and cried many times Thursday on the witness stand, as he attempted to defend himself against charges of domestic assault. He also created an image of a man living in fear, struggling to quell a hostile spouse and hold a marriage together.

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"But I was wrong to have that fear. God rebuked me, love thinketh no ill," he continued quoting a Biblical passage.

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And yet he said he took the blame for all of the discord in the home, because as the head of the household or the "strong man of the home" he was ultimately responsible for keeping the peace. He said he failed in that capacity.

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Much of his testimony Thursday involved his understanding of the roles of husband and wife in a Christian family. The reason his defense lawyer is focusing on that aspect of the relationship is to make a case that Sherburne County Sheriff's Office investigators misinterpreted Olson's statements when they interviewed him in jail.


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http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=1323542&mesg_id=1323542

[babylonsister]

4. He's really creepy looking in that pic.

:scared:

[MADem]

2. Battered husband, eh? Well, put him through the Dildo Reilly GRILL, then!!!

Remember how Dildo said that the pregnant woman who was killed should have known better, and he said something similar about that wrestler's dead wife? That it was their "fault" for getting murdered?

Well, if Dildo is fair, and this guy REALLY was battered, then in DildoWorld, it's HIS fault for not leaving the abusive relationship!



His mug shot.



Used to be a hippy in his youth.



No wonder his wife wanted a divorce--his platform!!

A blog about him, not favorable, here: http://dumpmarkolson.blogspot.com/

And here's a picture of his wife who supposedly is such a toughie. She doesn't look so tough to me! I dunno--looks to me like he could take her.

[Bitwit1234]

3. Not another republican in trouble...at least he didn't have his pants down.