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Jury convicts Centralia man in online sting “Fortunately, we don’t put people behind bars because they say things that are offensive and obscene,” he argued. Fisher told the jury that the case was not about whether “Candy” was real. It was about whether Bisans believed “Candy” was 13, she said. She said jurors could see for themselves in transcripts of the chats that he believed just that. “He refers to her age 43 times, and many of those were after the phone call,” Fisher said. She argued that Bisans was “preparing her for sexual intercourse” by showing her adult videos featuring sex acts that he indicated he favored. She pointed out to jurors that during the course of the chats, the language Bisans used gradually shifted from “if” he were to have intercourse with “Candy” to “when” he would. Fisher argued that Bisans also showed a consciousness of guilt, for example in expressing a desire to make sure that “Candy’s” mother would be working on the day they were to meet. The defendant will be sentenced Aug. 10 after completion of a sentencing-assessment report. Under state law, he could be assessed from five to 30 years on each of the three convictions. The prosecutor’s office also filed for prior and persistent offender status, which could affect the sentencing. Court records show Bisans was convicted of first-degree statutory sodomy in 1991 in Audrain County. Staff writer Jeff Lehr contributed to this report. Bond increase Donald Bisans was returned to the Jasper County Jail after Wednesday’s jury verdicts, and Circuit Judge Gayle Crane raised his bond to $100,000. 
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