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Fraser found guilty on all counts By Dennis Box
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Inside the jury room deliberations
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It took two hours, 20 minutes for a jury of 12 to find Enumclaw Sound Doctrine pastor Malcolm Fraser guilty of two counts of first-degree child rape and two counts of first-degree molestation of a child. Sentencing is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. July 26 before Judge Lori K. Smith who presided over the trial. The initial sentencing range information is Fraser faces 20 to 25 years and a possible fine of $50,000.
The verdict
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The jury began deliberations at 2 p.m. May 28, following closing arguments and instructions from the judge. The jury ended deliberations at 4 p.m. and returned at 9 a.m. May 29. At 9:20 a.m. the court bailiff was notified the jury had reached a
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Malcolm Fraser and attorney Ann Carey April 2012 . File photo verdict. Defense attorney Ann Carey had to come from her office in Seattle while Malcolm Fraser and his wife Julie came from Enumclaw. Both were delayed by serious traffic accidents in separate parts of the South Sound. Members of Sound Doctrine Church began filtering into the
See GUILTY, Page 3
First doubts
The juror said when the members first began deliberations after seven weeks of testimony there were some with a few doubts, “but they weren’t
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Jobyna Nickum honored
The forecast for today, Wednesday, calls for sunny skies and highs to 70 and overnight lows to 54. Thursday’s forecast is for partly sunny skies and highs to 69 and lows to 53. Sunny skies continue Saturday and Sunday with highs to 73.
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honored as Professional of the Year by her peers in the Washington State Association of Senior Centers. The epeatedly shunning attempts award was announced May 22 during to stand alone in the spotlight, the organization’s annual convention Jobyna Nickum prefers in Spokane. She was nomito talk about the community’s nated by her staff, something growing population of senior she didn’t learn until returncitizens – both the struggles ing home and diving back they face and the opportuniinto her work. ties for help. The honor left Nickum She deftly turns questions speechless – a rare condition, back to her 22-year relationshe admits. “All of a sudden, ship with the Enumclaw Jobyna Nickum I didn’t know a single word Senior Activity Center and the in the English language,” she substantial changes that have said. evolved during her two-plus decades And while the words caught in her as executive director. throat, the tears flowed – also out of But others are willing to recog- character. nize Nickum’s dedication to the area’s graying population. She was recently See NICKUM, Page 3
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A juror from the 12 who decided the fate of Sound Doctrine Church assistant pastor Malcolm Fraser has come forward to tell the story of the deliberations. Fraser was found guilty May 29 of raping and molesting an 11-yearold girl in Enumclaw from 2005 to 2006. The jury of four women and eight men agreed on the guilty verdict at 9:20 a.m. May 29 after two hours and 20 minutes of deliberations. The trial before King County Superior Court Judge Lori K. Smith began April 3. The jury began deliberations at 2 p.m. May 28 following closing arguments. The juror agreed to an interview
May 29 shortly after the verdict was read. “It was the toughest thing I have ever done,” the juror said. “We knew we were affecting a lot of lives.” The juror felt very confident with the guilty verdict but said it “was still gut-wrenching.” The juror said the jury knew Fraser’s wife would be affected and Fraser would go to jail. In the end the juror said the members recognized, “It was not our fault. It was his fault.”
Strike! Logan Breidenbach, 11, fires a pitch Saturday at Boise Creek Park for the Chinook Little League Fury fastpitch team playing Federal Way. Photo by Dennis Box
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