Judge: Man is too short for prison

AP via Yahoo! ^ | 5/25/06 | AP

[RichInOC]

It's a prison, not an amusement-park ride. What's up, did they put up a sign outside the gate that says "You must be this tall to ride Bubba"? I mean, he didn't exactly go around with a sign that said "You must be this tall to ride Mr. Thompson", did he?

[sandbar]

WHAT??? He wasn't too short to ASSAULT A CHILD!!!

Oh My God, this country has gone to hell.

[bwteim]

http://www2.csc.edu/eyh/speaker/speaker2000.asp

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.

[basil]

This blows my mind!

When this guy molests another child, (and he will), I hope the judge will have to pay for stupidity!

[nothingnew]

...where she was a member of the Law Review and received the Order of the Coif.

So, she's a hairdresser too?

FMCDH(BITS)

[Ronin]

So get him a set of platform shoes and throw him in the can!

[pandoraou812]

Seems to me if the attacker was tall enough to commit a crime then he is tall enough to do the time. What BS. We dont need judges like this.

[magslinger]

[rightgrafix]

"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."

Height does not matter, if you are a child molester you will be at peril no matter how tall you are in prison. This judge needs to go.

[rightgrafix]

Good one slinger. LOL

[hunter112]

When this guy molests another child, (and he will), I hope the judge will have to pay for stupidity!

This is precisely why vigilante justice is the only justice child rapists and associated other perverts will receive. Hopefully there's somebody with a good aim out in Nebraska that will do the job. And, if they get the judge, too, well, boo freakin' hoo.

[Tribune7]

A short sentence? This a small sample of what is wrong with our society and dwarfs everything in the way of judicial outrages. Did he show a little remorse.

[BlueMondaySkipper]

Like a rabbit will chew its leg off if caught in a trap, soon I imagine the inmates will start ankle biting...

Better that than pillow biting...

[rabidralph]

[BlueMondaySkipper]

but it's in Australia...

Look again, it's Sidney, Nebraska

[newcthem]

How 'bout forwarding pictures of the Judges family, especially kids, and a map to her home to this guy..........bet it doesn't take the judge long to redefine justice, then.

[P-40]

Is this from The Onion?

[definitelynotaliberal]

Why? Are there special prisons for those with acne? Those who are overweight? Those who are allergic to anti-perspirant?

[artsymom]

This makes my blood boil. The child he assaulted or molested was too short to defend themselves from this perverts pathetic existence. That child didn't have a choice, neither should this sicko. What is it going to take for these liberal judges to side with the REAL victims? Unbelievable.

[Prysson]

How do people like this get into their seats in teh first place,

Pathetic.