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May 15th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Jurors began deliberations Tuesday in the voyeurism case against the father-in-law of a missing Utah mother after a prosecutor said the man lurked in the shadows of his bedroom to capture nude images of young girls who lived next door.
Pierce County prosecutor Grant Blinn said during closing arguments that Steve Powell was guilty of 14 counts of voyeurism. Blinn methodically showed photos of the young girls to the jury while saying Powell captured the images from his bedroom window.
“He was sitting there, lurking in the shadows, leering at the girls,” Blinn said.
The files show the young girls in a bathroom as they bathed and used the toilet, authorities said. The girls, identified in court only by their initials, were about 8 and 10 years old when the images were captured. They testified they had no idea someone had been taking photos of them in the bathroom.
Defense attorney Travis Currie argued there were too many uncertainties in the evidence to convict. He questioned whether it was Powell was the one who actually captured the images, noting others lived in the home. He also wondered whether the images were used for sexual gratification.
“There are people who are nosy, who like to spy on their neighbors,” Currie said.
When talking about the burden of “reasonable doubt,” Currie reached as high as he could into the air, towering over the jury to emphasize how high of a bar that standard is.
Most jurors showed little emotion during the closing arguments, though a few of them looked away while the prosecutor showed the images of the young girls.
Like much of the trial, the closing arguments made no mention of Susan Powell, who disappeared in 2009, even though Steve Powell was arrested in the voyeurism case last year after authorities investigating her disappearance searched his home. Authorities have said Steve Powell’s image collection included many photos of Susan Powell.
Her husband, Josh, killed himself and the couple’s two young children in a house fire earlier this year.
Steve Powell faces a standard sentence of around four years if convicted, but the state has alleged aggravating factors that could result in a longer term.
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