Florida Tax Dollars Pay for Murder Defendant’s Makeup Job
- Posted on December 6, 2010 at 3:26pm by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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A picture showing Ditullo with and without his tattoos. (Photo: NY Times via AP)
NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. (AP) — A second murder trial is beginning for a neo-Nazi whose tattoos are being covered by a cosmetologist so jurors can’t see them.
John Allen Ditullio is charged in the stabbing death of 17-year-old Kristofer King and accused of wounding Patricia Wells inside her mobile home in 2003.
Ditullio has a large swastika, barbed wire and a vulgarity tattooed on his face and neck. A judge ruled the tattoos could sway a jury’s opinion and ordered them covered. The state is paying a cosmetologist up to $150 a day during Ditullio’s trial to cover the tattoos.
During his first trial, a jury deadlocked after deliberating for almost 10 hours. The retrial is scheduled to begin Monday.
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Information from: The Tampa Tribune, http://www.tampatrib.com
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Comments (107)
mikedy
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 4:32pmLet the judge pay for it if he does not like them!!
Report Post »Speak without Fear
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 4:18pmFriggin UNREAL and OUTRAGEOUS!
Report Post »Unbelievable
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 4:13pmBull donkey!! He disfigured himself with all those tatoos so that everyone could see them so the jury should be able to see them too AND SAVE THE TAXPAYER MONEY!!
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 4:13pmand so, we wonder… what has obama been covered up with so we do not see it?
[time for obama to pull out the grecian formula 44 and his black spray tan kit again too.]
Report Post »PROAMERICAN
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 4:12pmJust place a white hood over his head so the jury wouldn’t be swayed. You could cut out two holes for him to see through. (his tattoos are too horrifying!)
Then the Judge can explain to the victims family that we really have no justice left in this country and his job description is to help the jail system and be PC.
Report Post »beckwill
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 4:07pmNow if this loser is convicted and sentenced he should be put up at the judge’s house to serve out his sentence. If more of these liberal elites had to deal with the people they wish to extend “social justice” to I imagine their tune would change quickly.
Report Post »TombstoneJim
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 4:06pmAnother stupid decision, by a liberal judge. What if he where even uglier than he is, would be pay for the comsetic surgery?
The Nazi puke, but that crap on his face to represent what he is and the jury should see – exactly – what he is…not some legalistic twist of his twisted mind…
Report Post »ADDICTED TO TRUTH
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 4:03pmPraying they have a good case and all will be for naught….what a steaming pile of chicken crap.
Report Post »Reagan/Demint.deciple
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 3:59pmIn retrospect the judge is right, but WHO CARES ? The idiot put those things on himself so now live with them.. A friggin nazi sign on his neck and I could only imagine what the vulgarity is on his back..I tell ya , this whole damn country is going crazy. The judge should be locked up for even considering that. Sorry i went off , I live in florida and I’m paying for that crap…WTF ??
Report Post »DagneyT
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 4:09pmHow do you figure the judge is correct? [He/she's obviously not RIGHT!] Please explain!
Report Post »Reagan/Demint.deciple
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 4:21pmWell, look at who this country voted into office ? idiots swayed by the color of someones skin, and we‘er not to expect 12 people to be swayed by swastika’s on someones neck in a murder case , unless you like swastika’s or something ? c’mon…
Report Post »Don’t go putting it like I agree with the judge, I don’t.. Well boss , I explained , are you satisfied ?
Deda1
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 3:59pmTake it out of the judges pay since has no ideal what he is doing.
Report Post »RebelBroker
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 3:58pmHe put those on by choice, he decided that something meant enough to him to express is PUBLICLY on his skin through a permanent tattoo. It was not by any action of the court or the prosecutors office that these tattoos were applied so any bias is unique to the defendant and totally under his control. This is felony stupid.
Report Post »J.C. McGlynn
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 3:53pmNot so proud of them there tatoos now. Are you,snot nosed buttbrain.
Report Post »Randjet
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 3:48pmShould tatto the judge with the constituion !
Report Post »DagneyT
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 3:47pmAn afterthought; if this were a TEA Partier, would the judge have insisted on the same kind of “cover up”? Methinks the answer is NO!
Report Post »jim1flyer
Posted on December 7, 2010 at 8:10amSomething tells me a Tea Partier wouldn’t have a swastika tattooed on them.
Report Post »texasfarmer
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 3:45pmDon’t want the jury so see them? Put him in a very small box, without air.
Report Post »squeaker
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 4:05pmA TUPPERWARE jail cell….. Just “Burp It” and forget about it….
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {mix art}
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 7:09pmAs much as I wish at times for that to be done, he is still allowed a fair trial before his accusers in the land. Although we will most likely not have that particular right for much longer.
Report Post »TexasHillsPatriot
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 3:44pmThe biggest outrage is that we have judges likes this who are more concerned about the rights of a piece of scum like this guy, than in justice being served.
Report Post »GeauxAlready
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 3:42pmOnce again dumb as box of rocks. How do these morons get on the bench in the first place.
Report Post »J.C. McGlynn
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 3:56pmAnother box of rocks appoints them. Sad part, we vote for the appointing rocks.
Report Post »Just4Rocks
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 3:38pmIs it “don’t judge a book by its cover” when the cover of the book reads like his face. May God help him rewrite his future even if it is in prision. It is no good to kill people different from you or do you believe in the new world order people like you will be the leaders?
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 3:38pmIf you are so proud of the swastika that you have it tatted on your neck, why hide it in court douchebag.
Report Post »DagneyT
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 3:41pmYou’re blaming the wrong person. The person at fault is the judge who ordered it!
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {mix art}
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 5:31pm@Dagnyet
Yes, the judge has ordered it. Most likely the judge is trying to cover his own tail in the event of an conviction and appeal; not having the tattoo covered could be used as a basis of a discrimination and unfair influencing of the jury in any appealed conviction. So, that is how I see it.
Report Post »Hillbillybone
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 3:38pmJudge the man AS IS, you cannot sugarcoat a turd and sell it as a doughnut like the court is trying to do.
SAD…………..
Report Post »DagneyT
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 3:37pmTalk about a misuse of tax dollars! Judges like this should be out of a job!
Report Post »Barry Soetoro
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 3:32pmMake no mistake, you are going to pay and pay and pay…
Report Post »Elrik68
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 3:32pmSend him to the showers
Report Post »squeaker
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 3:30pmall cleaned up like van jones…. “Lipstick on a Turd”… what a new concept…
Report Post »DagneyT
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 3:41pmAmen. Well said!
Report Post »CatB
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 4:52pmWell Said!
Report Post »CHAOS_71
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 6:32pmWell Said!
Report Post »GeorgieJo
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 9:13pmBUY a Turleneck for this moonbat
Report Post »FL is crazy to spend $ on this jerk
justin.blake
Posted on December 7, 2010 at 1:58pmNotice how they left a small amount of his tattoo visible in the shape of a cross…going for the christian sympathy vote or what? I don’t get it..
Report Post »Edwardosan
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 3:29pmHmm..were the tats covered when he was allegedly killing these people? More likely they were NOT covered so his entire visage would convey to the soon to be dead that he was, at least in his own mind, a force of evil.
Report Post »EgoBrain
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 3:35pmThis is bullcrappy.
Report Post »Leave the tats for all the world to see.
dkhartman
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 3:46pmOh yay we can just hire a cosmotologist for all the murderers so they all look fabulous during trial. Woopty. flipping. doo.
Report Post »Marcobob69
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 3:46pmLeave those tats alone! Don’t cover them! The jury can infer anything they want to! He was BAD enough to get them, now he’s showing his cowardice by covering them, the piece of dog excrement! Sorry, didn’t mean to dis DOGS!
Report Post »VTSickFreak
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 4:07pmWith tattoos being all the rage these days, ya never know, some jury members may find a connection with this creep because of his tats and could be swayed to have some sympathy for him.
Report Post »Cemoto78
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 4:15pmPolitical correctness wins again. This clown decided he wanted the world to see his idiotic tattoos, why not let the jury see them too. What a joke. When is enough-enough?
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {mix art}
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 4:38pmLet the facts of the case, weather the evidence shows his guilt or innocence, be the deciding part of the trial; the article says one hung jury has occured already, so convering the tattoo may not have made any difference at all. The judge seems to be concerned with covering all bases in the event of a conviction and appeal.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 4:50pmI live in Florida and I RESENT that my tax dollars are paying for this … he wasn’t forced to get the tatts … they are part of who he is …. he should have to live with that decision regardless.
Report Post »CALIDUDE
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 5:10pmI think his 1st Amendment rights are being violated.
Report Post »M31Sailor
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 5:19pmIf Fl residents are going to pay for a makeover , at least have it done by a black, transgender, one eyed, midget with a speech impediment.
Report Post »Sailor
TXPilot
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 6:00pmI agree….leave them uncovered…but if thats not gonna happen, why in the world to they need to pay a makeup artist to cover them up?…….got two words for ya……duct tape!
Report Post »Sondergard
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 6:05pmyour tax dollars hard at work!!
Report Post »heavyduty
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 6:55pmHeck this is an easy one. Put one of those big plastic freezer bags over his head and zip it shut. Then they don’t have to have a trial, and Floriduh doesn’t have to pay for covering them up.
Report Post »WVdad
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 7:30pmHmm, the tattoes may make him look like who he actually is, and a judge ordered this, i could see a lawyer, but a judge, what in the hell is the matter with these people
Report Post »WVdad
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 7:33pmWell guys, guess we should give everyone with a visible tatto a retrial now
Report Post »PA_TIM
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 7:54pmCovering up the truth, with cosmetics, words, or omission, is one of the tenets of our legal system. Seriously, aren’t most defense lawyers cosmetologists anyways? Have you ever gone through the jury selection process? I have for 4 separate trials. The jury tampering begins during the selection process and continues in the courtroom proceedings. Imagine trying to put together a 1000 piece puzzle and they intentionally only give you 5 of the 1000 pieces that they have. Once again, us common folk are too stupid to make intelligent decisions based on the facts. So they only give us that which they deem we are worthy.
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 9:29pmHey, baby, this is Pasco county and no one could find a skinnin’ knife to take care of this problem? It would be a permanent solution and he doesn’t have to be pretty for a lethal injection.
Report Post »FedUP
Posted on December 7, 2010 at 10:24amIf I were the prosecuting attorney I would be certain to show pictures of the murdered victim and point out that no amount of make-up will make the 17-year-old male look any better than his death photo.
This is truly absurd. The tattoos speak to his character.
Report Post »mizflame98
Posted on December 7, 2010 at 10:40amSo, what’s wrong with spending 10 bucks at Walmart for a turtleneck?
Report Post »blacksmith
Posted on December 7, 2010 at 2:04pmThe best thing to cover this guys tattoos with is dirt, about six feet of it!
Report Post »FromtheBasement
Posted on December 7, 2010 at 2:25pmDon’t worry folks. If the prosecution team is any good, they’ll be all over exposing this, in the closing arguments if nowhere else. It‘s just a further example of deception on Ditullo’s part.
Report Post »oldoldtimer
Posted on December 7, 2010 at 3:57pmCheap solution. Put a paper bag over his head. Cost 5cents. Be sure to tie it tight around his neck. We do not want it coming lose in the court room.
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