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Orange County Superior Court Judge M. Marc Kelly claimed it would be cruel and unusual punishment to sentence a child rapist to the California state minimum of 25 years in prison. A California judge is under fire for handling a child rapist with kid gloves. Orange County Superior Court Judge M. Marc Kelly sentenced Kevin Jonas Rojano-Nieto to just 10 years in prison — less than half the 25-year minimum — for sodomizing a 3-year-old relative. The 20-year-old creep locked the little girl inside the family’s garage with him, and then covered her mouth when he heard her mother coming,...

A California judge has reduced a child rapist's mandatory 25-year sentence down to only 10 - saying anything longer would be 'cruel and unusual punishment'. Superior Court Judge M. Marc Kelly told an Orange County jury that 20-year-old Kevin Jonas Rojano-Nieto 'did not intend to harm' the three-year-old girl he raped at his family home in June. The judge said that he was sure that although Rojano-Nieto sodomized the girl and covered her mouth so she couldn't scream out, 'there was no violence or callous disregard for the victim's well-being'.

Judge challenges pot-smoking basketball player to gameAssociated Press SANTA ANA, Calif. - The 20-year-old former high school basketball star told the judge he smoked pot because it made him a better player. So the 42-year-old jurist challenged him to a game of one-on-one on a different court."I thought maybe he was kidding," said defendant Alvaro Alvarez, who accepted the challenge after he was charged with marijuana possession.Superior Court Judge Marc Kelly sentenced Alvarez to attend drug abuse classes for the misdemeanor, then told him to return to court ready for a game.On Tuesday, Alvarez proved he attended class. Then...