Posted on 05/25/2006 4:58:38 AM PDT by Brilliant
SIDNEY, Neb. - A judge said a 5-foot-1 man convicted of sexually assaulting a child was too small to survive in prison, and gave him 10 years of probation instead.
His crimes deserved a long sentence, District Judge Kristine Cecava said, but she worried that Richard W. Thompson, 50, would be especially imperiled by prison dangers.
"You are a sex offender, and you did it to a child," she said.
But, she said, "That doesn't make you a hunter. You do not fit in that category."
Thompson will be electronically monitored the first four months of his probation, and he was told to never be alone with someone under age 18 or date or live with a woman whose children were under 18. Cecava also ordered Thompson to get rid of his pornography.
He faces 30 days of jail each year of his probation unless he follows its conditions closely.
"I want control of you until I know you have integrated change into your life," the judge told Thompson. "I truly hope that my bet on you being OK out in society is not misplaced."
So put him in a small prison.
Judges will continue to pull this crap as long as there are no consequences.
Turn him over to the child's mother.
"You are a sex offender, and you did it to a child," she said.
But, she said, "That doesn't make you a hunter. You do not fit in that category."
What?
Judge Kristine Cecava - Judge Kristine Cecava is one of eight female District Court Judges in the state ofNebraska. She received her law degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1976 where she was a member of the Law Review and received the Order of the Coif.
She has served in a variety of positions including Country Attorney and County Judge prior to her appointment as District Court Judge in 1999 and was president of the Nebraska County Judges Association in 1996. Her professional involvement has included the Nebraska Commission for the Protection of Children, the Supreme Court Gender Fairness Task Force, the Rural Resources Task Force, the NSBA Indigent Defense Task Force and the CSA/NSBA Special Committee to Review Nebraska Juvenile Codes. As an active wife and mother she also donates much of her time to community service.
http://www.csc.edu/eyh/speaker/speaker2000.asp
Make him live with the Judge.
Wow, he should rob a bank or something... It's like a real-life get out of jail free card.
Some judges are just idiots.
Put him in a vault.
Police: Judge is too smart to use common sense.
I would not lament his demise.
The judge is making a fool's wager and using other parents' innocent children as money.
Yeah, put him in her shed.
Apparently, Randy Newman was wrong.
And if it is misplaced then what will the judge say to the victim?
The judge should serve his sentence for him.
This judge should be given the death penalty.
Justice O'Connor gets highly upset when we dont like a Judges decision. She feels judges are above the rest of us and shouldnt be criticised.
Nothing. Didn't you hear that the judiciary is above the laws they purport to adjudicate over?
Silly Non Sequitur... < /slight sarcasm about the judiciary, but sadly not really...>
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.