Child Molester Gets Probation!
We all knew that this headline would appear eventually. Months ago in Vermont, Judge Edward Cashman sentenced a serial child molester to 60 days, explaining that he did not believe in punishment for child molestation. A month later, it happened again in Vermont. This week, the news came out of Missouri that Kenneth Slaght, who raped his 6-year-old step granddaughter, received a sentence of 5 years' probation.
Judge Larry Meyer, an elected judge who calls himself a Republican, refuses to discuss his irrational impulse to turn a dangerous child molester loose on the law-abiding community. In truth, Judge Meyer probably fears for Mr. Slaght's life because prisoners have in the past killed such evil people. If only he had the same sympathy for Slaght's next victim. Governor Blunt of Missouri is now campaigning for the legislature to pass Jessica's Law for his signature, which would mandate minimum prison sentences of 30 years for child rape. We need such sentencing guidelines when our judges commit such grotesque miscarriages of justice. Judge Meyer needs to be impeached.
This is the worldview of Social Justice: a crime is a tragedy that is no one's fault and has two victims: the perpetrator and the victim. We enlightened members of society who reject such silly old-fashioned notions as deterence and cause and effect must work for healing for both of them.
Believers in Real Justice hold the perpetrators responsible for their own actions. Real Justice seeks to prevent crimes through deterence. Tough sentences, including the death penalty, can prevent the current perpetrator from committing any crime for several years at least and dissuade would-be criminals from doing what the perpetrator did. For now, we must check our local listings of registered sex offenders and beware.
Judge Larry Meyer, an elected judge who calls himself a Republican, refuses to discuss his irrational impulse to turn a dangerous child molester loose on the law-abiding community. In truth, Judge Meyer probably fears for Mr. Slaght's life because prisoners have in the past killed such evil people. If only he had the same sympathy for Slaght's next victim. Governor Blunt of Missouri is now campaigning for the legislature to pass Jessica's Law for his signature, which would mandate minimum prison sentences of 30 years for child rape. We need such sentencing guidelines when our judges commit such grotesque miscarriages of justice. Judge Meyer needs to be impeached.
This is the worldview of Social Justice: a crime is a tragedy that is no one's fault and has two victims: the perpetrator and the victim. We enlightened members of society who reject such silly old-fashioned notions as deterence and cause and effect must work for healing for both of them.
Believers in Real Justice hold the perpetrators responsible for their own actions. Real Justice seeks to prevent crimes through deterence. Tough sentences, including the death penalty, can prevent the current perpetrator from committing any crime for several years at least and dissuade would-be criminals from doing what the perpetrator did. For now, we must check our local listings of registered sex offenders and beware.
posted by Bountyhawk at 4:15 PM
2 Comments:
You may feel this a gross miscarriage of justice, and you may be right, but unfortunately the gross miscarriages have gone the other way, sentencing people to years of prison for any offense considered "sex related". I don't condone what this man did for one minute, but it's nice to see there are still some Judges who not purely punitive, but rather rehabilitative, in their sentences. If we had more of this, we wouldn't have Jessica's Law tied up in the California courts. What a waste of money! It's clearly uncosntitutional.
I am glad indeed that Leah's heart is warmed by the thought that rehabilitation is being attempted in lieu of punishment for these disgusting animals. Notice her reasoning: she doesn't condone what he did BUT she supports his summary release to do it again. Also, Jessica's Law is absolutely constitutional. The Constitution establishes checks and balances on the Judicial Branch. Under our Constitution, the Legislative Branch can pass laws concerning the jurisdiction of the courts.
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