GUILTY FL - Boy in a Box abuse trial - Parents, Timothy & Tracy Ferriter Arrested, Jupiter, Feb 2022

[arielilane]

Timothy Ferriter trial has a late start today. Attorneys coming in at noon, jury in at 1pm ET. We will learn today if the defendant will take the stand.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1712095965388382679

 

[arielilane]

DAILY TRIAL UPDATES

DAY 5 – 10/10/23

• Defense psychologist Shiela Rapa agreed with prosecutors that the Ferriters’ treatment of RF was harmful and would only have exacerbated his behavioral issues.
• Rapa testified that confinement would not have cured RF of symptoms of Reactive Attachment Disorder, and their treatment did not add up to solitary confinement
  • WATCH: Boy in a Box Trial: Forensic Psychologist Testifies for the Defense
  • WATCH: Boy in a Box Trial: Dealing With Reactive Attachment Disorder
• The judge is planning to ask Tim Ferriter on Wednesday morning whether he would like to testify.
  • READ: Timothy Ferriter to decide Wednesday whether to testify

FL v. Timothy Ferriter: Boy in the Box Trial

Posted at 10:11 PM, October 10, 2023

 

[Jurisprudence]

Just tuning in as it was underway so I'm not sure of the backstory here but it sounds like the judge is making an adverse ruling against the state? Is he dropping another charge?

jmo

 

[arielilane]

BREAKING: Defendant #TimothyFerriter will NOT testify in his defense.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1712145241292341291

 

[arielilane]

WATCH LIVE: Imprisoned Son Trial — FL v. Timothy Ferriter — Day Six​

Florida man Timothy Ferriter is accused of locking up his adopted son inside of a room he had built in the family’s garage. Ferriter faces charges of aggravated child abuse, false imprisonment and neglect of a child. Court records out of Jupiter, Florida show that the door to the room had a deadbolt on the outside, along with multiple other locks. Investigators also found video from a ceiling camera that showed Ferriter allegedly punching, throwing, and beating the son multiple times. When Ferriter's son wasn't in school, he allegedly was locked in the room — only allowed out to eat or sometimes use the restroom.

 

[arielilane]

Just tuning in as it was underway so I'm not sure of the backstory here but it sounds like the judge is making an adverse ruling against the state? Is he dropping another charge?

jmo

I missed it, just now tuning in. If I go back, I'll miss something new. lol

 

[arielilane]

NOW - Timothy Ferriter tells judge he will not testify in his own defense in his child abuse/false imprisonment trial

https://twitter.com/x/status/1712145141438243270

 

[arielilane]

LIVE: Testimony continues for Jupiter father who locked his son in a box for hours

https://twitter.com/x/status/1712142706078540290

 

[arielilane]

Tim Ferriter will NOT testify. Defense was successful in get in a jury instruction on the affirmative defense of reasonable parental physical discipline. The jury comes in at 1p, the judge will instruct them, then closing arguments are next.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1712146741397528655

 

[arielilane]

The law is poorly written, and needs to be changed (updated). It's time to protect children. Justice for RF.

moo

 

[arielilane]

The Defense has rested.

 

[RickshawFan]

Is the state going to get a rebuttal?

*****
This case is bumming me out. I'm worried the guy is going to get off on some technicality. On the other hand, if he gets any kind of conviction at all, it seems the judge has big latitude for the sentence.

*****
Also, on the "parental privilege" thing.... There's no argument about corporal punishment for the Florida case. The beatings happened in NM. Also, the clause in the charges that referred to physical damage was removed by the judge. So, writing the "parental privilege" piece in the jury instructions may be moot.

 

[Jurisprudence]

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[sbm]

"Reasonable" being the operative word jmo. Corporal was removed from jury instructions.

jmo

 

[Jurisprudence]

Opinion only, today is the first day I've seen him look afraid. Anyone else think this? And, if this is accurate, the fact that this is what it took to get to this point of realization and reckoning is a sad, awful, and tragic shame.

jmo

 

[arielilane]

NOW - Judge Coates reading jury instructions for Tim Ferriter's charges: aggravated child abuse, false imprisonment & neglect of a child. Ferriter declined to testify - closing arguments next

https://twitter.com/x/status/1712155890185335026

 

[Jurisprudence]

Is the state going to get a rebuttal?

[sbm]

Yes, moo, rule was changed. Fla. Stat. 918.19; Fla. R. Crim. P. 3.381

jmo

ETA: Glad she addressed RF's commit on forgiveness and that he doesn't think/believe they meant to hurt him. It was a "mistake"

jmo

 

[Jurisprudence]

Isn't it ironic how the deliberate insistence to have cameras inside and outside focused on the child 24/7 with the exception of school was precisely what got him (them) caught, even chastising him from a nice air conditioned home through a ring camera for the child's decision to provide his hot and humid garage cell-box with some air.

Imagine if they had remembered these cameras and removed them prior to calling the police and/or LE overlooked that there was once a camera where a hole now stood. This case would be very different, maybe not capable of being charged at all. Thankfully that did not happen. All of this documented video proof exists because of him/them. That's poetic justice.

jmo

 

[arielilane]

Opinion only, today is the first day I've seen him look afraid. Anyone else think this? And, if this is accurate, the fact that this is what it took to get to this point of realization and reckoning is a sad, awful, and tragic shame.

jmo

Yep, is he thinking he should have taken the plea deal of two years in prison and five years probation? moo

 

[arielilane]

10 min break before defense's closing. Recess until 3:10 pm ET.

 

[arielilane]

Bravo, Bravo, Attorney Coakley!
Magnificent closing argument. Outstanding!!!

The Judge advised her to carry the mic, and she said I never wanted to be a pop star. However, imo, she is a superstar in her industry!

moo