Some of these old judges would make good Muslims, who think rape is always the fault of the raped. Next, they’ll require two male witnesses in order to file charges.
These judges need to be fired.
She was 14!!!! This judge should be removed and disbarred.
No way am I going to comment on this without knowing a lot more detail. I am not saying this is the case here, but for instance if she misrepresented her age and the accused thought it was consensual because of that, I can see where sex with a minor would still be a crime but the charge of “sex offender” would be overboard.
On the other hand, if this wasn’t statutory rape but rather “rape rape” as some dimwit leftist once called it, I can’t see any justification for lessening terms.
In other words, it’s all in the details.
Me thinks some of these judges are perverts & pedophiles themselves. They should be disbarred. Shame on Texas.
But why doesn't someone identify an underlying, much too common problem here? Once a student is 18 at the beginning of an academic year, they should not be allowed to have any contact with the younger students, if they're allowed in the school during normal hours at all.
I've been to some schools that isolate the Freshmen from the rest of the school. A few even separate the Grade 9 boys and girls, and keep a very close eye on the protection of the girls from upperclass boys. It's a real good idea in some environments, and it works.
War on women!
So raping non-virgins is ok? That’s what this judge is saying?
“If Young complies with the terms of his five-year probation, he will not have a criminal conviction on his record.”
First the Ethan Couch case . . . now this. We know the Couches had plenty of money. What did “Sir” Young’s family offer?
The first guy gets 20 years, because the girl was a virgin and too young to give legal consent.
The second guy gets 10 years, because he, too, committed statutory rape, but the girl was no longer a virgin even though she was still too young to give legal consent.
The third guy gets probation, because by his turn, the girl was a slut who was too young to give legal consent.
She was a minor - the guy needs removed from society
Vladimir Nabokov would agree with the judge.
We don’t know all the details.
If Obama had a son he would look like Sir Young. What the hell kind of name is that, anyway?
An 18 y/o raped a 14 y/o who said “no” and the judge cares whether the victim was a virgin when she was raped? That’s disgusting. I’d go with a very long and well-deserved prison sentence for the rapist, and I’d put the judge in prison too for being a moron.
Judge in controversial rape case recuses herself
A Dallas County judge under fire for giving the rapist of a 14-year-old girl probation
and then tossing the common restrictions given to sex offenders recused herself
from the case Friday.
State District Judge Jeanine Howard declined to comment about the case beyond
comments she made to The Dallas Morning News on Thursday night, which included her
saying that the girl “wasn’t the victim she claimed to be.”
The Dallas County district attorney’s office wants the new judge assigned to the case
— state District Judge Carter Thompson — to alter the terms of probation for Sir Young
to be more restrictive. Thompson could deny the request, change the conditions or
hold a hearing about whether there should be changes. No decision had been made Friday.
end snip