Female Rapist Rapes Again

(Binghamton, New York) A 25-year-old local woman, Morgan R. Crawson, was convicted this week by a Broome County jury of two counts of second-degree rape involving a 14-year-old boy.

The jury deliberated for a mere 2 hours and 15 minutes prior to the guilty verdict for rapes that occurred during June and July 2006 in Crawson's Binghamton apartment.

Interestingly, Crawson has a prior conviction of second-degree rape so she is a repeat child sex offender and faces a possible 30 years in prison when sentenced.

Since Crawson is only 25, she must not have been treated very harshly during her first rape conviction or she would likely still be in jail. Imagine that. A female rapist is treated with leniency.

Crawson is scheduled to be sentenced on November 1st.

Okay, readers, explain this case. It's beyond me what Crawson could have been thinking. Meanwhile, if anyone finds a pic of her, let me know.


[Update 09/08/07]

Added pic from MySpace page where Crawson identifies herself as a proud parent, smoker, drinker, Wiccan anime artist in a straight relationship. Tip from commenter DB.

Interestingly, another commenter, DJBidwell, claims to be the father of Crawson's two children and writes that he set Crawson up to be indicted in the first place because she brought some guy home.

Additionally, from a 2004 cable news report of Crawson's previous offenses, 21-year-old Morgan Crawson faced rape charges for engaging in sex with a 13-year-old boy during a 4-day period in a motel room that she had broken into. The episode apparently led to Crawson's first rape conviction. Tipped by Don Morgenstern via email, no link available.