[GMMAC]

Aside from still having Liberal-inspired laws on the books which would likely easily permit this pervert to tie up the matter in our Courts for well over the the stated 3 years, if the Judge isn't nailed hard & fast Stateside, at some point this moronic decision will come back to haunt both nations.

And, since his bizarre ruling has no doubt drawn the attention of at least a few legal hacks on our Benches, why not make him a cautionary example for 'creative' and/or activist Judges on both sides of the border?

While a single year of jail time for statutory rape is pretty weak just about anywhere, a so-called "exile" which amounts to something considerably less than house arrest is appallingly limp-wristed - other than for a Canadian female pedophile teacher - even by our morally bankrupt sentencing norms!

[conservative in nyc]

New York State trial court judges are elected. It's up to the voters to throw the bum out. I wonder if the prosecutor can appeal the idiotic sentence.

I don't think it would take any long legal process to refuse to let this guy enter Canada at the border after he goes to visit his parole officer. Just denying him entry will force him to violate his exile.

[conservative in nyc]

I read the original Buffalo News and AP articles. It's apparently not solely the judge's fault. As best I can tell, the sentence was part of a plea bargain agreed to by both the Erie County DA and the perp's defense attorney. The DA noted that the girl's family was happy with the deal. Both charges that he plead guilty to were misdemeanors carrying a year or less in jail.

The plea bargain was accepted by Cheektowaga Town Justice Thomas Kolbert. He's been on the court for 17 years, and last ran for election unopposed (and cross-endorsed by the Democrat and Republican parties) in 2003. He should be up for reelection next year. Cheektowaga is a suburban town of about 80,000 outside of Buffalo.