Maryland Court Reverses Deaf Sex Conviction

VIDEO - <i><b>Deaf News: Court reverses conviction of man accused of sexual abuse at Maryland School for the Deaf.</b></i><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/01/maryland-court-reverses-deaf-sex.html" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="Clarence Cepheus Taylor accused of sexual abuse at Maryland School for the Deaf"><img height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvJpeX6MwV1OIFyqxtuGGBjjNP47HQB-MeMOwta7o8xWXBYz9K5mEnDoH9cI6UH0N3wyLlcQf-9BLyabkZjM5b2ulanlVDcaHV66ug5XRk84nOA-rh093bEjok3t-subNToVPFAJ_t7hDJ/s320/clarence-cepheus-taylor-sex-abusing-msd.jpg" width="300" /></a>FREDERICK, MD -- The state's second-highest court reversed the conviction of a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hearing_loss" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Deaf</a> man accused of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_abuse" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">sexually abusing</a> two girls at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryland_School_for_the_Deaf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Maryland School for the Deaf</a> because he wasn't able to question the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_interpretation#Sign_language" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">interpreter's translation</a> of his responses during a police interrogation.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryland_Court_of_Special_Appeals" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Court of Special Appeals</a> said Clarence Cepheus Taylor III, 40, was denied his constitutional right to confront and cross-examine the interpreter during his trial in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryland_Circuit_Courts" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Howard County Circuit Court</a> in November 2013, the opinion said. Taylor said an interpreter who translated during his five-hour interrogation with a Howard County police detective had incorrectly interpreted his <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sign_language" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">sign-language</a> statements.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/n0IlORpBCWQ" width="500"></iframe></div><br /><br />"It becomes kind of a game of telephone. A lot can be lost in those steps," said Taylor's attorney, Brandon Mead. He said Taylor's family has suffered, and his client has maintained his innocence.<br /><br /><br /><br />Howard County state's attorney's office spokesman T. Wayne Kirwan said the office intends to appeal.<br /><br /><br /><br />Taylor, who worked as a school aide, was sentenced to seven years in February 2014 after being found guilty of sexually abusing a 10-year-old girl and a 12-year-old girl at the Columbia campus. <a href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/howard/bs-md-ho-deaf-conviction-reversed-20160128-story.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Read The Full Article</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Related:</b><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2013/11/verdict-in-maryland-deaf-school-sex.html">Verdict In Maryland Deaf School Sex Abuse Case</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2013/10/maryland-school-for-deaf-sex-abuse-case.html">Maryland School For The Deaf Abuse Sex Case</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2013/11/courtroom-sign-language-prohibited.html">Courtroom Sign Language Prohibited Raise Concerns</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2012/12/deaf-aide-teacher-charged-with-sexual.html">Deaf Aide Teacher Charged With Sexual Abuse</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/01/maryland-court-reverses-deaf-sex.html">Maryland Court Reverses Deaf Sex Conviction</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Related Post:</b> <a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/search/label/Deaf%20Schools">@Deaf Schools</a>

Maryland Court Reverses Deaf Sex Conviction

VIDEO - Deaf News: Court reverses conviction of man accused of sexual abuse at Maryland School for the Deaf. FREDERICK, MD -- The state'...

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