This is a travesty of justice. A process should be undertaken to remove this person from the bench.
On 6/26/06, Crow T. Robot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Judge says man too small for prison > > Thu May 25, 4:56 PM ET > > SIDNEY, Neb. - A judge said a 5-foot-1 man convicted of sexually > assaulting a child was too small to survive in prison, and gave him 10 > years of probation instead. > > 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. > > "You are a sex offender, and you did it to a child," she said. > > But, she said, "That doesn't make you a hunter. You do not fit in that > category." > > Thompson will be electronically monitored the first four months of his > probation, and he was told to never be alone with someone under age 18 > or date or live with a woman whose children were under 18. Cecava also > ordered Thompson to get rid of his pornography. > > He faces 30 days of jail each year of his probation unless he follows > its conditions closely. > > "I want control of you until I know you have integrated change into your > life," the judge told Thompson. "I truly hope that my bet on you being > OK out in society is not misplaced." > > --------------- > > So, let me get this straight. You f*ck up a child's entire life, but > you're too small for prison, so you get off pretty much scot-free? > > I personally think if you're big enough to do the crime... > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:207600 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
