Super, double-dooper guilty.
Posted on 06/15/2010 3:17:29 PM PDT by OldDeckHand
ELKO, Nev. — A Twin Falls woman convicted of forcing a 13-year-old boy to touch her breasts was sentenced Monday to life in prison.
Michelle Lyn Taylor, 34, was convicted of lewdness with a minor under 14 in November after a week-long trial in Elko County, Nev., District Judge Mike Memeo’s courtroom.
With the conviction, Taylor faced a mandatory life sentence, and Memeo set parole eligibility after 10 years, the minimum sentence. If released on parole she must register as a sex offender and will be under lifetime supervision.
The district attorney’s office did not offer a plea agreement in the case, said public defender Alina Kilpatrick, who argued the sentence is unconstitutional and doesn’t fit the crime.
Super, double-dooper guilty.
Life for Breasts seems like a ridiculously pumped up penalty.
Let’s bring back walking the plank
Hmmmm, the penalty seems way out of line. Either I’m missing something or there is more to the story.
I know she’s ugly and fat but at 13 I would’ve been grateful.
How many PREVIOUS convictions?
Bad writer, bad writer!!
Slap him upside de head ;-)
That is what I think too.
In another couple of years he’ll be hunting any pair in sight.
I still think I was born too early...
It’s a mandatory sentence. In law, a 13 year old is a child.
No penalty for that.
If I’d been on the jury, I’d have held out for the death penalty.
Or, you would have turned into a serial killer.
I have to wonder how, exactly, she forced him to do it.
life? heck, murderers don’t always get life....what is going on?
Some child rapists get less time than this. There is either something missing part of the story or the judge is an idiot.
Life for Breasts seems like a ridiculously pumped up penalty.
Ummmm..., I would wonder how the wording of the law distinguishes between a mother's breast and some stranger's ....
I mean, is it actually written into the law, or are some people just "making it up as they go" ...
Not advocating anything kinky here... just wondering about that wording in the law ... more or less... :-)
It's the "under 14" that's the kicker. That particular crime in NV comes with mandatory life per statute. The judge had no choice, by law. Also, the jury isn't allowed to be instructed with respect to sentence before reaching a verdict.
The prosecution should have exercised more discretion and chose an alternative charge. Having said that, there's no way she'll do life. She's eligible after 10 for parole, if her sentence isn't reduced on appeal before then, which is probably likely.
What do you suppose other cultures think when they see us ‘shocked’ that adultresses are stoned to death...when touching a couple of (in this case) fat sacks gets you a life sentence behind bars?
Okay, at first I had a hard time believing that a 13-year old boy had to be “forced” into touching a female breast - and then I saw the picture. There are some things even 13-year old boys won’t do...
See my post just above. The judge had no choice. Such are shortcomings of mandatory minimum sentencing.
Agreed. Guilty.
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