Accused Killer Allowed to Wear Turtleneck to Hide Tattoo

Accused Killer Can Wear Turtleneck to Hide Neck Tattoo A Kansas judge has ruled that an accused killer can wear a turtleneck sweater to cover his neck tattoo because his body can be used against him in court.

Lawyers for Jeffrey Chapman, 32, argued that jurors would prejudge Chapman if they were allowed to see the word "MURDER" that is tattooed backwards across his neck from ear to ear.

The Kansas man is in jail awaiting trial for a 2011 murder.

State law prevents a tattoo artist from going into a licensed jail facility to remove the tattoo.

The defense attorney and a Barton County District Court judge reached a compromise that would allow Chapman to wear a turtleneck sweater during his trial.

Chapman's trial is scheduled to start on August 18, 2014.

Temperatures often soar above 90 Fahrenheit (32 Celsius) in Kansas in August.

Chapman's lawyers also asked the court to order that the tattoo not be mentioned during the trial.

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    • http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/db78ef2b213fd6958c1aa6773fe9a6dc?s=80 jeniefrumdabloc

      Its some weirdos out here :no:

    • gbellab

      this idiot had it tatted on backwards so only he would see it in the mirror
      :haha:

    • OpinionHated

      What difference does it make...everybody done seen his photo on the news, web, etc.... idiot..... he look scared as sh*t in that photo - he going to jail - hope he been working that sphincter muscle cause he about to get banged out.....

    • http://youtu.be/RpxV8GhfiYg MisTaken if you nasty *closes housecoat* :winky:

      Somebody had the link for the first 30 of the Mimi tape on the book. I watched about 6 collectively :no: I don't even watch Purn and I don't like it

    • San ah make ya dance

      Nope let it show. The way he want it too :the:

    • http://youtu.be/RpxV8GhfiYg MisTaken if you nasty *closes housecoat* :winky:

      On topic he should be proud of his body art. Ain't that what it is? Art. On. The. Body. :tea:

    • User Friendly

      so why you being stingy with the link Ms. Take :waiting:

    • http://www.landofpure.net ™

      :blink:

      white privilege at it's finest! :tea:

    • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpImj7RI0Rc Man, I just don’t care™

      I thought people wore that "make up" stuff for exposed tattoos. :think:

      I think they are angling for a mis-trial before it even begins because if he wore that make up stuff who would even know?

    • missyJ

      I don’t even watch Purn and I don’t like it

      ==========

      Well that would make sense....

      Let some of us less couth individuals take a looksee. For purely educational purposes.

    • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpImj7RI0Rc Man, I just don’t care™

      State law prevents a tattoo artist from going into a licensed jail facility to remove the tattoo.
      _____________

      What kind of random azz law?
      :blink:

    • luVn_liFe…

      State law prevents a tattoo artist from going into a licensed jail facility to remove the tattoo.
      ~~~~~~~~
      two thangs. .

      why remove it, is he not proud of it??

      how is a tattoo artist going to remove that, you mean a cover up/over?

    • luVn_liFe…

      Let me READ this story

    • User Friendly

      Man, I just don't care™ says

      What kind of random azz law?
      ___________

      the issue probably comes up a lot with gang related stuff and what not. :shrugs: you know ppl go to prison and get saved and sanctified and dont want "crip killa" on their face no more :rolleyes: or they get muslim and want to cover over they white baby mama name.

    • luVn_liFe…

      Temperatures often soar above 90 Fahrenheit (32 Celsius) in Kansas in August.
      ~~~~~~~~~
      Good hopefully he'll stroke out from the heat whilst being transported from Jail to court
      :tea:

    • missyJ

      they get muslim and want to cover over they white baby mama name.

      =============

      Home training... getchusome!! :whip:

    • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpImj7RI0Rc Man, I just don’t care™

      @USER FRIENDLY
      "What kind of random azz law?
      ___________

      the issue probably comes up a lot with gang related stuff and what not. you know ppl go to prison and get saved and sanctified and dont want “crip killa” on their face no more or they get muslim and want to cover over they white baby mama name.
      ______________________

      :lol: at the Muslim with the yt baby momma.

      But, I understand the theory of it.. but was it necessary to create a law when thinking about the execution?

      How you goin walk into a prison with "tattoo removal equipment?" to even begin with? :huh:

    • missyJ

      But, I understand the theory of it.. but was it necessary to create a law when thinking about the execution?

      How you goin walk into a prison with “tattoo removal equipment?” to even begin with?

      =========

      You gotta make the laws for the dummies. You know some prison guard :shrugs: let the dude in and he kilt everybody and freed his homies or some chit. Somebody tried it for them to make it a law instead of just common sense :lol:

    • luVn_liFe…

      Why On earth is his tatt spelled backwards? does it represent something?

    • User Friendly

      :shrugs: didnt yall just tell me niggas is leaving prison to drive themselves to work? lord only knows what else they ask for.

    • http://www.landofpure.net ™

      Two Jacksonville, Fl. women, reportedly once friends, took drama that brewed online, offline, and in the end, a mother has lost her child, and the other will most likely lose her freedom. According to WJXT-TV, pregnant 23-year-old Markeisha Brooks went to the home of Virginia Wyche on Wednesday to speak to her about statements that were made on Facebook that she wasn’t happy with, as the women actually argued on the social media site the night before. It’s unclear whether or not Brooks was invited by her former friend to come by to settle things, or if she went solely in anger to confront Wyche. It’s also unclear what happened when she got there, but things escalated and got physical between the women. At some point in this melee, Wyche was able to get her hands on a gun, and she shot the pregnant woman in her abdomen.
      Video was actually taken of Brooks as she waited for the ambulance, and she was seen bent over, bleeding from her stomach, with individuals in the neighborhood coming to her aid, rubbing her back. The woman was taken to the hospital and is critical condition, but she lost her child. She was six months pregnant. As for Wyche, the 35-year-old woman was confronted by the victim at her mother’s home when she ended up shooting her. Wyche has been taken into custody and charged with murder. According to the New York Daily News, she is being held on $1 million bond. Her mother, Lillian Jordan, told WJXT that she couldn’t believe the news of her daughter’s arrest, saying that she must have been attacked or provoked because her kids weren’t raised to be have so recklessly.
      “My son called me and I was very disturbed about this because this is not the way I was raised, and they was not raised like that. Somebody had to provoke my child to anger, to do what she one. I don’t know if she was trying to defend herself, was they trying to jump on my child, I can’t say.”

      folk talk FB to cot damn serious! now a baby is gone. may she RIP

    • http://youtu.be/RpxV8GhfiYg MisTaken if you nasty *closes housecoat* :winky:

      The link was on an associate's page. I merely clicked on it. I shall NOT link it here *clutches pearls* But let's just say the 30 second teaser was for a reason. It was the best part. I didn't see the shower scene though so maybe they built up to it. But if they were really doing it for their amusement what did we expect :shrugs:

    • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRALyMDoCBw&sns=em Nancy Drew (fka IsThisThingOn) has entered into witness protection :cool:

      did Gucci get to cover-up his ice-cream cone?! the people wanna know :waiting:
      brrrrrrrrrrrr!

      Faye. youtube "baptism gone wrong"

    • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpImj7RI0Rc Man, I just don’t care™

      But, I understand the theory of it.. but was it necessary to create a law when thinking about the execution?

      How you goin walk into a prison with “tattoo removal equipment?” to even begin with?

      =========

      You gotta make the laws for the dummies. You know some prison guard let the dude in and he kilt everybody and freed his homies or some chit. Somebody tried it for them to make it a law instead of just common sense
      ___________________
      :facepalm:
      ...that's true. Some fool walked right up in the prison with the chit and "Bubba" the prison security guard sat right there eating his doughnuts while the nigga changed his gang tatt from Blood to Crip. :rofl:

      Them lawmakers said "Never again!" :nono:

    • http://youtu.be/RpxV8GhfiYg MisTaken if you nasty *closes housecoat* :winky:

      And them comments downstairs :spank: especially you User

    • VDot

      That nucca gon look fresh to death in his turtleneck :yes: :lol:

    • http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/db78ef2b213fd6958c1aa6773fe9a6dc?s=80 jeniefrumdabloc

      I am so tired :yawn: this day is moving way too slow

    • luVn_liFe…

      @FAY
      I read that earlier, It truly befuddles me that people get SO upset at what others think of them.

      I dont give two shytes that someone thinks Ima Miserable Fat Bish.

      this mess here is just NOT it
      :no:

    • http://www.landofpure.net ™

      A special education teacher faces felony charges for allegedly forcibly performing oral sex on a teenaged boy inside of her Texas high school office.

      Saralyn Gayle Portwood was arrested on April 17 for suspicion of having an inappropriate relationship with a student. She's been suspended from Princeton High School pending the outcome of the investigation.

      In an interview with authorities, her 17-year-old alleged victim, who is not enrolled in special education classes, said that the 30-year-old teacher began harassing him at school earlier this year. She would compliment his appearance and inappropriately brush against him and touch him, he said.

      The student said that he told Portwood several times that he wasn't interested in a relationship with her, but that "she persisted, and he did not know how or who to tell." The unwanted attention would allegedly culminate in forced sexual contact, according to the Dallas Morning News:

      One day, the student said, he was called into Portwood’s office. Once he was there, she pushed him against a desk, pulled down his shorts and performed oral sex, according to the affidavit.
      Portwood is married to another teacher in the Princeton school district, and they have a son together, the newspaper reports.

      School district officials told CBS Dallas-Fort Worth that the allegations surfaced after teachers overheard some disturbing rumors.

      “It was just rumors by some kids talking, and some teachers overheard. So, when we found out that there truly was an allegation, we immediately called our local law enforcement,” Superintendent Philip Anthony told the station.

      If convicted, Portwood could face up to 20 years in prison.

      just fckd up!

    • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpImj7RI0Rc Man, I just don’t care™

      @TM
      "Two Jacksonville, Fl. women, reportedly once friends, took drama that brewed online, offline, and in the end, a mother has lost her child, and the other will most likely lose her freedom. According to WJXT-TV, pregnant 23-year-old Markeisha Brooks went to the home of Virginia Wyche on Wednesday to speak to her about statements that were made on Facebook that she wasn’t happy with, as the women actually argued on the social media site the night before. It’s unclear whether or not Brooks was invited by her former friend to come by to settle things, or if she went solely in anger to confront Wyche. It’s also unclear what happened when she got there, but things escalated and got physical between the women. At some point in this melee, Wyche was able to get her hands on a gun, and she shot the pregnant woman in her abdomen.
      Video was actually taken of Brooks as she waited for the ambulance, and she was seen bent over, bleeding from her stomach, with individuals in the neighborhood coming to her aid, rubbing her back. The woman was taken to the hospital and is critical condition, but she lost her child. She was six months pregnant. As for Wyche, the 35-year-old woman was confronted by the victim at her mother’s home when she ended up shooting her. Wyche has been taken into custody and charged with murder. According to the New York Daily News, she is being held on $1 million bond. Her mother, Lillian Jordan, told WJXT that she couldn’t believe the news of her daughter’s arrest, saying that she must have been attacked or provoked because her kids weren’t raised to be have so recklessly.
      “My son called me and I was very disturbed about this because this is not the way I was raised, and they was not raised like that. Somebody had to provoke my child to anger, to do what she one. I don’t know if she was trying to defend herself, was they trying to jump on my child, I can’t say.”
      _______________________

      :facepalm:

      :eek:

      :facepalm:

      Her name is "Markeisha." She goin to a 35 yr old's house, WHILE SHE PREGNANT, to argue over a FB post???????????????????????????

      Bruh, has social media made people dumber?

    • http://sandrarose.com Sandra Rose

      :caution: @ MisTaken: Please do not post links to pr0n on this blog. Thanks. :caution:

    • Matchsticks

      @MisTaken

      I heard that sex tape was GARBAGE...like make you wanna straight :zzz: and the teaser is the best part which is why they used it to market it...

    • http://www.landofpure.net ™

      luVn_liFe... says:

      @FAY
      I read that earlier, It truly befuddles me that people get SO upset at what others think of them.
      I dont give two shytes that someone thinks Ima Miserable Fat Bish.
      this mess here is just NOT it

      u betta :preach: Luv! u can say/think/talk about me all TF u want. i have no fuggs to give. gave up that a LONG time ago. bc no matter WHAT u do, ppl will always find negative if they're looking for it. i'm so cool off that chit & i just dont get e-beef AT ALL.

      the only thing that will take me out of character frfr are my children :tea:

    • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpImj7RI0Rc Man, I just don’t care™

      A special education teacher faces felony charges for allegedly forcibly performing oral sex on a teenaged boy inside of her Texas high school office.

      Saralyn Gayle Portwood was arrested on April 17 for suspicion of having an inappropriate relationship with a student. She’s been suspended from Princeton High School pending the outcome of the investigation.

      In an interview with authorities, her 17-year-old alleged victim, who is not enrolled in special education classes, said that the 30-year-old teacher began harassing him at school earlier this year. She would compliment his appearance and inappropriately brush against him and touch him, he said.

      The student said that he told Portwood several times that he wasn’t interested in a relationship with her, but that “she persisted, and he did not know how or who to tell.” The unwanted attention would allegedly culminate in forced sexual contact, according to the Dallas Morning News:

      One day, the student said, he was called into Portwood’s office. Once he was there, she pushed him against a desk, pulled down his shorts and performed oral sex, according to the affidavit.
      Portwood is married to another teacher in the Princeton school district, and they have a son together, the newspaper reports.

      School district officials told CBS Dallas-Fort Worth that the allegations surfaced after teachers overheard some disturbing rumors.

      “It was just rumors by some kids talking, and some teachers overheard. So, when we found out that there truly was an allegation, we immediately called our local law enforcement,” Superintendent Philip Anthony told the station.

      If convicted, Portwood could face up to 20 years in prison.
      ______________

      See... she would be a waste of prison space. They should just make her be a hoe instead. Much more beneficial to soceity.

    • OpinionHated

      I feel sad that she lost her baby but if you take drama to somebody door whatever you get you deserve - you come to my door with drama I'm gonna boil some concoction up and toss it on your azz... I'm not entertaining drama....

    • sassyshe

      I saw that post on the pregnant girl. Sad thing is that the shooter is going to jail for manslaughter. However if she was any color but black I bet she wouldve been to utilize stand your ground

    • http://www.landofpure.net ™

      @Man,

      Bruh, has social media made people dumber?

      but OF COURSE! yeen know? :tea: smdh

      this group i'm in 'the hot box' has shown me EXACTLY how stupid ppl really are. i mean how TF u make it through LIFE stupid :phew: #mindboggling

    • User Friendly

      you come to my door with drama I’m gonna boil some concoction up and toss it on your azz… I’m not entertaining drama….
      __________________

      :rofl: well dayum!

      I feel you tho. dont start none wont be none. STATIC! :danban:

    • OpinionHated

      These women rapist need to be made an example of - if it was a man we'd want his head but cause its a chick people seem more lax about it like its cool - it is not cool for some old azz woman to manipulate your child for sex whether your child is male or female - disgusting - if I was the mother of that boy I think I'd stomp that womans vulva into paste....

    • http://www.landofpure.net ™

      sweet Jesus! ion wanna hit this AC but lawdddd it's gettin hot already :(

    • luVn_liFe…

      Im just not set up to care about 93% of stuff. Im certanly not set up to be sitting in a Jail cell bout

      SharKEISHA FB saying im a smelly s.l.u.t.
      but I am set up to defend myself.

      Or that my son's father really isnt his.
      Or that i get food stamps
      or my slacks hem is coming out, and they raggely
      ALMOST Any and all of it is the dumbest shyte EVAH

      :no:

    • http://www.landofpure.net ™

      OpinionHated says:

      These women rapist need to be made an example of – if it was a man we’d want his head but cause its a chick people seem more lax about it like its cool – it is not cool for some old azz woman to manipulate your child for sex whether your child is male or female – disgusting – if I was the mother of that boy I think I’d stomp that womans vulva into paste….

      :dead: but :cosign:

      all i could think about was MY son! he's a handsome feller with autism & that's a fear that i have. i'd be ready to murk :shotsfired:

    • Crickett

      the Fulton county District Attorney and Black Female Attorney both shot in Downtown Atlanta.

    • luVn_liFe…

      the Pregnant gal went over to the killers house :eek:

      SEE her pregnant ass shoulda been in someone's class
      :smack:

    • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRALyMDoCBw&sns=em Nancy Drew (fka IsThisThingOn) has entered into witness protection :cool:

      I think I’d stomp that womans vulva into paste….
      ___________________________

      why you don't want me to live? :blink: :ghost:

    • missyJ

      Im just not set up to care about 93% of stuff.

      ================

      I am so here for this statement. I tell people all the time, that's how folks get cancer or have strokes and all that. Just worrying over nothing all the time.

      People gon do what they gon do, say what they gon say, judge me, hate me love me, marry me all on their own time. I'm not worry about it in the least.

    • luVn_liFe…

      Crickett says:

      the Fulton county District Attorney and Black Female Attorney both shot in Downtown Atlanta.
      ~~~~~~~
      :shock: OMG Crickett! this isnt the same atty who's father was kidnapped is it???
      :pray:

    • http://www.landofpure.net ™

      @Man

      See… she would be a waste of prison space. They should just make her be a hoe instead. Much more beneficial to soceity.

      :rofl: your twist on life be havin me GONE bruh!

    • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpImj7RI0Rc Man, I just don’t care™

      No one cares about no female "molesting" no teenage boys. :rofl:

    • User Friendly

      Crickett says:

      the Fulton county District Attorney and Black Female Attorney both shot in Downtown Atlanta.
      ___________

      :eek: goodness!

    • luVn_liFe…

      missyJ says:

      Im just not set up to care about 93% of stuff.

      ================

      I am so here for this statement. I tell people all the time, that’s how folks get cancer or have strokes and all that. Just worrying over nothing all the time.

      People gon do what they gon do, say what they gon say, judge me, hate me love me, marry me all on their own time. I’m not worry about it in the least.
      ~~~~~~~
      GIRL ALLA THAT^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
      Mofos Not bout to cause a bunch extra wrinkles on my face :nono:

    • http://youtu.be/RpxV8GhfiYg MisTaken if you nasty *closes housecoat* :winky:

      @ MisTaken: Please do not post links to pr0n on this blog. Thanks.
      -----------
      Uhhhh :shrugs: You're welcome. I was not about to. Thought that was what my comment said... But I get it. Gotta make sure :thumbsup:

    • http://www.landofpure.net ™

      Luvn,

      Im just not set up to care about 93% of stuff :nun: #this

      my ability to care is dwindling. at least about the stuff that don't mean nathan & 93% sounds about right. give or take a frew pernts :tea:

    • luVn_liFe…

      If it doesnt come to MY door, have to deal with "ME" hubby or my son
      then it Truly does not have my focus or energy.

    • http://www.landofpure.net ™

      Man, I just don't care™ says:

      No one cares about no female “molesting” no teenage boys.

      YES. TF. WE DO! :chase:

    • User Friendly

      Man, I just don't care™ says:

      No one cares about no female “molesting” no teenage boys.
      ______________

      with regular boys its a victimless crime :shrugs: maybe they mean its different for the handicap kids.

      .....but you know them special ones be having that hammer. so they say :kona:

    • sassyshe

      the Fulton county District Attorney and Black Female Attorney both shot in Downtown Atlanta.

      by Crickett 
      ---------------
      They saying its a domestic incident, almost as though the ada boyfriend or girlfriend shot her and her lover (the other female shot)

    • luVn_liFe…

      my ability to care is dwindling.
      ~~~~~~~~~
      Chyte MINE TOO. My sis called herself Reading me via text on EASTER...
      I text her back FCUK YOU
      It's bad but I really have No more Fcuks to give about much
      :phew: life's too SHORT

    • User Friendly

      :bye: regular boy peen

      :waves: special boy peen

      Im not saying that its right but I understand. :ashamed:

    • http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/db78ef2b213fd6958c1aa6773fe9a6dc?s=80 jeniefrumdabloc

      Crickett says:

      the Fulton county District Attorney and Black Female Attorney both shot in Downtown Atlanta.
      _________________

      I'm so over all the shooting :no: bunch of weak folks running round here :no:

    • luVn_liFe…

      :chase: User Friendly says:

      :bye: regular boy peen :waves: special boy peen

      Im not saying that its right but I understand.
      ~~~~~~
      :lol:

    • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRALyMDoCBw&sns=em Nancy Drew (fka IsThisThingOn) has entered into witness protection :cool:

      I text her back FCUK YOU
      _______________

      :phew: :ghost:

    • Beta

      Translucents are afforded that :tea:

    • Matchsticks

      @Man

      I think you are just being silly or joking around, but if you can't see how stuff like that can cause young boys to grow into men with mental illness toward sex I don't know what to tell you...that woman needs her ass whooped for real...that's sick and disgusting...

    • http://youtu.be/RpxV8GhfiYg MisTaken if you nasty *closes housecoat* :winky:

      @Luvie :rofl: but :cry:
      I just saw the trailer for Hollywood exes. It looks good this year. They normally have low drama. This season they have more but it's believable. Nicole better watch out. Michael Strahan is not going to want to be caught up in mo mess :nono: He mainstream now

    • http://www.landofpure.net ™

      *needle scratch*

      so just to be clear, molesting teenage boys (special needs or not) is not a crime?! does the gender of the molester matter or nah? 13 year olds too or nah?

      chile let me stop. it seems like i'm 'caring' about stuff & we cant have that at all :tea:

      :cell: <---me callin Jesus on the main line tellin Him what i want

    • Matchsticks

      I text her back FCUK YOU
      __________

      You should have, I can't stand folks who start mess over text message...talk to me if you want to say something...

    • Beta

      :newpost:

    • luVn_liFe…

      chile let me stop. it seems like i’m ‘caring’ about stuff & we cant have that at all :tea:
      ~~~~~~~~~~~
      :hahaha:

    • http://www.landofpure.net ™

      luVn_liFe... says:

      my ability to care is dwindling.
      ~~~~~~~~~
      Chyte MINE TOO. My sis called herself Reading me via text on EASTER…
      I text her back FCUK YOU

      :fistbump:

      was prolly over some petty chit anyway. yep, pretty much over ppl :tea:

    • http://www.landofpure.net ™

      i do GNAT feel like doin my hair lawd :crying: but this parade of homes starts tonight & i gotta be there :crying1:

    • User Friendly

      Fay: :no: I mean not really. My son is a preteen and he be so dam thirst to burst :jack: that I dont think he could be molested by a girl or woman. he be done raped her right back. :facepalm:

    • Crickett

      Atlanta Assistant DA April Mccowell shot in Southwest Atlanta. Pretty black woman and another attorney were sitting in car on side street in front of somebody house. Passenger side was shot up.