Woman gets life for forcing kids to perform pay-to-view sex shows

Some crimes don't need much time to decide guilt and punishment.

In Tyler on Thursday, a jury needed just four minutes to convict a woman who was an organizer of a swinger's club where, prosecutors said, young children were forced to perform sexual acts for a live audience. It took six minutes for jurors to decide on a life sentence.

The woman, Shauntel Mayo, 29, was convicted on charges that she forced three siblings -- ages 7 through 10 -- to engage in sex with each other or perform sexual acts for club members who had paid to watch the sordid shows.

Her boyfriend, Jamie Pittman, 36, also was found guilty in four minutes in March and was sentenced to life in prison after two minutes of deliberation. Like I said, some things don't need much time to decide.

The Tyler Morning Telegraph reports.

-- Lance Murray