On the front page of the paper is another man 'convicted' of sexual assault, but only received 1 year, with consideration for the 195 days already served...although it was due to the fact he failed to register as a sex offender....so, it is like he is double serving time...and in the end, when his time is up, he has to move to Wisconsin.
This is the punishment for sexually abusing a child. He was able to plea bargain away the other children....and since it wasn't his first time, (failed to register as a sexual predator) it is insane that he will be set free in 6 months.
How serious are we, as a society, about sexual abuse of children?
What is the role of court systems and whose side are they truly on?
What affects do these light sentences have on victims of abuse?
It appears to minimalize their pain and suffering, almost making it a 'joke' to even report for all the dude will get is a slap on the hand.
Seeing this through a victims eyes changes how we feel about the adults who are supposedly there to help us. If this is help, no thank you.
Somehow the courts in the land have to take serious these offenses against children. I even wonder, is it because it is children that they are so lenient...that there are no big voices in a big body outraged at these light sentences.
The joke is on society. We are allowing these predators to roam freely, repeatedly...and how insane, making them sign a register, like that is a restraint. We are letting them destroy innocence and create more wounded...whose pain will bleed into the world.
Hurt people hurt people.
Somehow we have to change the way these guys are dealt with, as well as find resources and places for their victims to go to undo the damage.
The courts used to be the place to seek revenge or at least justice....this doesn't happen with sexual abuse on kids.
These kids now feel like the courts abused them too, by not taking serious, the offenses against them. Who is standing by these children? What are they doing to undo the damage? How many children did this one man affect? And, his punishment or the consequence...."a year in jail"...well half a year, since he already served 195 days.
So, for half a year he can't abuse children. But, as soon as he gets out, the cycle begins again...oh, but in a new state...this time Wisconsin.
Isn't the Court Systems looking like the Catholic Church....just pass them on to another congregation or population, get them out of my court.
Not only is no one really looking at what he did, no one is looking at the children. It is like society is doing its best to not really see what is going on in reality.
Perhaps we will have to find solutions to this problem outside of the courts. We will have to empower the children, enlighten the adults. We will have to approach this problem from the angle of the child.
They can't depend on the adults for help...at least not in the court system.
At the very least can't we as adults no longer pretend to pretend, this is justice!
