I don't think he'll find a place in America that will have sympathy for him.
Lawyers are seeking a change of venue for a Springfield man accused of raping a 7-year-old girl before leaving her to die in a burning house.
Jeffrey Allen Dickson is charged with kidnapping, forcible rape and two counts of forcible sodomy in the incident on April 6. Dickson’s lawyer said heavy media coverage of the story might make it tough for Dickson to get a fair trial in Greene County.
Public defender Rod Hackathorn said at a hearing yesterday he’ll file for a change of venue within a week.
The 38-year-old Dickson is accused of abducting the girl from a home and taking her to an empty house several blocks away. There, he allegedly choked, raped and sodomized the girl before making her smoke something from a pipe.
She awoke to find the house on fire.
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