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Central Ohio day care operator accused of sexually abusing kids gets 30 days in plea deal
"COLUMBUS, Ohio - A day care owner convicted of abusing children will spend 30 days in jail. Kimberly Hignite was operating an unlicensed day care in her Grove City home. When the Sheriff's Office searched the home in May 2018, they say they found 24 children with one adult: Hignite's 71-year-old mother. They say many of the children, between 7 months and 5 years old, were strapped into car seats, left unattended in separate rooms. Monday in court the mothers of five of those children stood to face Hignite and tell her how her crimes impacted their children."
WBNS-10 Cincinnati (OH), July 15, 2019

Alex Acosta resigns as US labor secretary following Epstein plea deal scandal
"Donald Trump's labor secretary, Alexander Acosta, has resigned following criticism of his handling of a 2008 plea deal with the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, who is awaiting trial on charges of sex trafficking underage girls. Trump announced the news on Friday with Acosta by his side at the White House. "Alex Acosta is a great secretary of labor," Trump said. "I hate to see this happen." He said he did not ask Acosta to leave the cabinet."
The Guardian (UK), July 12, 2019

NJ judge says Eagle scout's sex assault of drunk girl is not real rape
"At a house party with about 30 pajama-wearing adolescents drinking alcohol, a 16-year-old boy led a staggering-drunk teenage girl into a hidden corner of the basement and sexually assaulted her while recording it on his phone, prosecutors said. Afterward, investigators said, the boy sent at least seven of his friends a copy of the clip with the caption: "When your first time having sex is rape." Prosecutors, calling the teen's actions "cruel" and "sophisticated and predatory" beyond his age, want him to face justice in adult court. A Family Court judge, however, didn't think what happened to the girl was really rape and said prosecutors should have explained to the humiliated victim that pressing charges would ruin the life of her attacker — an Eagle scout with good grades from an "excellent school." An appellate panel overturned Judge James Troiano's decision."
NJ 101.5, July 3, 2019

Officer avoids jail time in attempted unlawful sexual conduct case
"TUCSON – The Tucson Police Department officer accused of overlooking an arrest warrant in exchange for oral sex was sentenced to three years of probation in connection to the case Monday afternoon. Back in January, Officer Richard Daniel was arrested for unlawful sexual conduct and tampering with physical evidence in connection to an incident that occurred at a midtown 7-Eleven on Jan. 13. After further investigation, Daniel reportedly discovered that a woman involved had an outstanding warrant for her arrest. According to court documents, Daniel allegedly told a woman he would not call in a warrant for her arrest if she performed oral sex on him. The TPD officer pleaded guilty to attempted unlawful sexual conduct as a police officer on May 2."
KVOA-TV (Tucson, AZ), June 17, 2019

Why Society Goes Easy on Rapists
"I started compiling a list of sexual assailants who got no prison time almost by accident. Twitter makes it easy: You stumble across a case where a man in Anchorage, Alaska, spent no time behind bars for strangling to unconsciousness a woman he masturbated on. You tweet it. Then you read about the Texas doctor who went free after assaulting a patient while she was sedated. You note similarities. Then you read about the high school girl who reported her rape immediately, to no avail—police never even spoke to the alleged attackers. You tack one story like this onto the other, you thread them, and suddenly you have a string of anecdotes that, without much system or method, seems to describe an America disinclined to punish sexual assault. It's a list that leaves most people who read it terribly angry, including me. "
Slate, May 30, 2019

Four sexual assault victims say Cy Vance spared pervy Columbia doctor jail time due to campaign donations
"For over a year, four women struggled to understand why a demented Columbia University gynecologist was allowed to plead guilty to assaulting only some of them without serving any jail time. Now, following questions about Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance Jr.'s investigations into the Trump SoHo development and Harvey Weinstein, they think they know why: They believe the prosecutor was compromised by campaign donations. "I was under the impression they were going to fight for me and the other victims but they didn't do their part," a 35-year-old victim of the perverted gynecologist said. "
NY Daily News, October 22, 2017

Man who raped 12-year-old awarded joint custody of her child
"A man who raped a 12-year-old has been awarded joint custody of her child despite being convicted of her rape and another sexual assault on a child. The convicted rapist assaulted the girl nine years ago and she subsequently became pregnant. A judge has given Christopher Mirasolo, 27, parenting time and joint legal custody of the eight-year-old boy after a paternity test found he was the father. Since his conviction for the rape in 2008, Mirasolo, from Brown City, Michigan, has been convicted of another child sex assault, for which he served four years in prison."
The Independent, October 8, 2017

Former Watertown City School District bus driver sentenced to probation for rape
"WATERTOWN — The former Watertown City School District bus driver who admitted in a plea deal in February to raping a 14-year-old girl was sentenced Thursday in Jefferson County Court. Shane M. Piche, 26, was sentenced by Judge James P. McClusky to 10 years' probation, as expected, and will be registered as a Level 1 sex offender as a result of his guilty plea Feb. 21 to third-degree rape. While the district attorney's office had requested a Level 2 designation, Judge McClusky said because Piche had no prior arrests and there was only one victim in this plea, Level 1 was more appropriate. A Level 1 sex offender is considered to be at low risk of committing the crime again and is not included in online sex offender databases."
Watertown (NY) Daily Times, April 26, 2019

After keeping a teenage girl in sexual captivity for more than a year, Michael Wysolovski will not go to prison.
" The 33-year-old Duluth man was sentenced to 10 years with eight months to serve in jail after pleading guilty to first-degree cruelty to children and interstate interference with custody Thursday afternoon. He received credit for the eight months he was held in the Gwinnett County Detention Center before receiving bond in February 2018. That means his prison time has already been accounted for and he will serve the remaining nine years and four months on probation and must register as a sex offender."
Atlanta Journal-Comstitution, April 26, 2019

Judge gives man probation for rape committed a month into probation for previous rape
"SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A former Missouri restaurant manager who raped a woman a month into his probation for previously raping an underage employee has once again been sentenced to probation, leading local #MeToo activists to urge formal action against the judge in the case. Beau Maurice Gormley, 33, of Republic, was found guilty of second-degree rape in December, Greene County court records show. Greene County Circuit Judge Calvin R. Holden sentenced him Friday to five years of supervised probation. "
KIRO7 (MO), February 26, 2019

How a future Trump Cabinet member gave a serial sex abuser the deal of a lifetime
"The pact required Epstein to plead guilty to two prostitution charges in state court. Epstein and four of his accomplices named in the agreement received immunity from all federal criminal charges. But even more unusual, the deal included wording that granted immunity to "any potential co-conspirators'' who were also involved in Epstein's crimes. These accomplices or participants were not identified in the agreement, leaving it open to interpretation whether it possibly referred to other influential people who were having sex with underage girls at Epstein's various homes or on his plane. As part of the arrangement, Acosta agreed, despite a federal law to the contrary, that the deal would be kept from the victims. As a result, the non-prosecution agreement was sealed until after it was approved by the judge, thereby averting any chance that the girls — or anyone else — might show up in court and try to derail it. "
Miami Herald, November 28, 2019

'The man who attacked me works in your kitchen': Victim of serial groper took justice into her own hands
"She was a prosecutor's dream. After identifying the man at the crime scene, Clark was eager to speak her mind in court. She was unusually vigilant from the start, gathering her own information through police reports and court hearings. Altogether, the man admitted to assaulting six women in the District of Columbia. He was sentenced to 10 days in jail — tailored to two-day stints that best fit his work schedule as a chef rising in prominence within Washington's vibrant restaurant scene."
Washington Post, January 31, 2019

Student convicted of sexually assaulting six-year-old girl told he faces no punishment
"A student found guilty of sexually assaulting a six-year-old girl for more than two years will face no punishment after being granted an absolute discharge. Christopher Daniel, an 18-year-old dental student from Glasgow, denied carrying out numerous assaults on the girl while he was aged 15 to 17 and she was between six and eight. He was granted the discharge by Sheriff Gerard Sinclair after being found guilty at Dumbarton sheriff court at the end of a three-day trial. This means the teenager will not be placed on the sex offenders' register and the guilty verdict was not recorded as a conviction."
The Independent (UK), January 31, 2019

After prosecutor's arrest, sex abuse case dropped against Iowa man who planned to plead guilty
"An Iowa man who was set to plead guilty in a sexual abuse case was released from jail Monday after the county attorney, who was arrested for public intoxication in October, missed the deadline to prosecute him. District Court Judge Martha Mertz ruled Monday that the charges against Dennis Michael Simmerman, 23, of Murray should be dropped. Simmerman had been charged with third-degree sexual abuse and disseminating obscene material to a minor by telephone."
Des Moines Register, December 18, 2018

Ex-Baylor frat leader accused of rape wins plea deal with no jail time
"A former Baylor University fraternity president accused of rape will serve no jail time after a Waco district judge Monday accepted a plea bargain that has ignited a public furor. In a packed courtroom, Judge Ralph Strother of the 19th District Court accepted a deal prosecutors offered to Jacob Walter Anderson in October, allowing him to plead no contest to the third-degree felony charge of unlawful restraint, and receive deferred probation. Under the deal, Anderson, who is no longer a Baylor student, will not have to register as a sex offender. He agrees to pay a $400 fine and get counseling."
Waco (TX) Tribune-Herald, December 10, 2018

He got probation for rape of 15-year-old in Ramsey County. Prosecutors protest, but appeals court OKs sentence.
"A Ramsey County District judge did not abuse his authority when he went against a prosecutor's protests and sentenced a man convicted of repeatedly raping a 15-year-old relative to probation, according to a higher court's findings. The Minnesota Court of Appeals cited the "broad discretion" the law affords district court judges in determining sentences as a key reason it ultimately affirmed the lower court's ruling, according to a recent opinion issued by the court. The finding was a blow to the Ramsey County Attorney's Office, which filed an appeal in the case this past summer in hopes of eventually securing a longer sentence for Michael John Hill's sex crime."
Pioneer Press (MN), December 8, 2018

Ex-NASA engineer who downloaded child pornography sentenced to probation
"NASA's Jet Propulsion laboratory was sentenced Monday to probation for using his government-issued computer to download child pornography videos which he organized by victim hair color and featured sex act, according to prosecutors. Carlos Carrion did so while at work at the renowned JPL campus in Pasadena, California. The 62-year-old defendant told a federal judge in Los Angeles that he accepted full responsibility for "the shame and pain I helped to create" and that "words are not adequate" to describe his remorse."
CNN, November 15, 2016

How a future Trump Cabinet member gave a serial sex abuser the deal of a lifetime Read more here: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/article220097825.html#storylink=cpy
"The eccentric hedge fund manager, whose friends included former President Bill Clinton, Donald Trump and Prince Andrew, was also suspected of trafficking minor girls, often from overseas, for sex parties at his other homes in Manhattan, New Mexico and the Caribbean, FBI and court records show. Facing a 53-page federal indictment, Epstein could have ended up in federal prison for the rest of his life. But on the morning of the breakfast meeting, a deal was struck — an extraordinary plea agreement that would conceal the full extent of Epstein's crimes and the number of people involved."
Miami Herald, November 28, 2018

Man who raped, murdered high school student gets 'slap on the wrist'
"The 20-year-old Washington state killer who drugged, raped and murdered a high school student, sending nude photos of her to the teen's friends during the attack, got less than three years in jail for the heinous crime, sparking outcry from the victim's family. "You might as well let him walk free with that kind of time," said Rachelle Palmer, the aunt of 18-year-old victim Alyssa Noceda, after a judge issued the wrist-slap sentence on Thursday. Brian Varela fed Noceda a fatal cocktail of painkillers and raped her as she lay dying from the overdose at a party in the Seattle suburb of Lynnwood in February. Instead of calling for help, he posted, "LOL, I think she od'd, still breathing," and took pictures of Noceda, texting them to her friends."
NY Post, November 17, 2018

First Nations fury over child killer McClintic: 'We have children in our community'
"Child killer Terri-Lynne McClintic isn't welcome at the healing lodge that sits on Nekaneet First Nation land, band members say. McClintic's transfer from a medium-security prison in Ontario to the Okimaw Ochi Healing Lodge in Saskatchewan has triggered national outrage. And local band members are furious as well that they were not consulted and only recently learned the child killer was nearby. There are no fences at the healing lodge and over the years, there have been a number of escapes."
Toronto Sun, October 4, 2018

State defends no jail time for attacker amid calls for judge's ouster
"Amid public outrage Friday, the Alaska Department of Law backed a controversial no-jail sentence for an Anchorage man who choked a woman until she passed out and then sexually assaulted her. The statement from the state's top prosecutor came in response to public concerns as a movement calling for Anchorage Superior Court Judge Michael Corey's ouster gained momentum. Corey on Wednesday sentenced 34-year-old former air-traffic controller Justin Scott Schneider to no immediate time behind bars after approving a plea deal that dismissed the most serious charge against him — kidnapping — and involved a conviction only on second-degree assault. Sexual assault advocates say the seemingly lenient sentence and the district attorney's lack of diligence including the victim — an Alaska Native woman – highlights a deeply flawed legal system. "
Anchorage Daily News, September 21, 2018

Former doctor who raped heavily sedated patient will serve no prison time
"A former Texas doctor who raped a heavily sedated patient won't serve prison time after he was found guilty of the crime Thursday. Shafeeq Sheikh, a former Baylor College of Medicine physician, was sentenced to 10 years' probation Friday, and he must now register as a sex offender. In 2013, a woman, identified in local media as Laura, checked into Ben Taub Hospital in Houston. She was being treated for shortness of breath and wheezing; she was kept overnight and sedated. Police said Dr. Shafeeq Sheikh went into her room several times through the night and sexually assaulted her. In the hospital, Laura tried calling for help, but the nurse's button was unplugged."
USA Today, August 18, 2018

SJ businessman pleads no contest to statutory rape of girl, now 7
"STOCKTON — A judge sentenced a longtime Stockton businessman Wednesday, accepting his negotiated plea of no contest to felony statutory rape of a girl who is now 7 years old. Lyle Burgess, 79, was sentenced by San Joaquin County Superior Court Judge Ron Northup to either 90 days in an alternative-work program or in-home detention plus five years of informal probation. He does not have to register as a sex offender. Burgess, who founded Rare Parts Inc. in Stockton in 1981 — an automotive parts manufacturer and distributor — will in all likelihood opt for in-home detention due to his frail physical and mental health, according to defense attorney Gregory Davenport. "My client maintains his innocence," Davenport said outside the courtroom."
RecordNet.com, May 23, 2018

Alleged ringleader in summer camp sodomy case gets 'shock time'
"The alleged ringleader of sexual assaults during what one prosecutor called a "night of terror" at a summer sports camp in Missouri has been convicted and will spend at least four months of "shock time" in prison. Joshua Brewer, 20, pleaded guilty on Monday to reduced felony assault charges in connection to the August 2014 attack at the Principia School in suburban St. Louis. Brewer, formerly of Town and Country, will now spend at least four months behind bars before a judge decides whether to release him on probation, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. Prosecutors said Brewer was the mastermind behind the sickening attacks, during which five football players pulled their sleeping teammates from their beds before holding them down and sexually assaulting them with different objects, like a pencil and their fingers."
NY Post, February 6, 2018

Rapist gets probation for attack on 13-year-old at Baptist church camp in Oklahoma
"SULPHUR — In an unusual plea deal, a Spencer man has been sentenced to 15 years on probation after pleading guilty to brutally raping and sodomizing a 13-year-old girl at Falls Creek church camp. Benjamin Lawrence Petty, 36, tied rope around the girl's wrists, raped her and then threatened her with physical harm if she told anyone, according to the criminal charge. He was at the camp as a cook at the time of the 2016 offense. Murray County Assistant District Attorney David Pyle, who negotiated the guilty plea, said Petty is "legally blind" and that was a major factor in his decision not to insist on prison time. Petty was given the suspended sentence by District Judge Wallace Coppedge on Jan. 19 after entering a negotiated guilty plea to first-degree rape, forcible sodomy and rape by instrumentation. All three are felonies."
The Oklahoman, January 30, 2018

Effort to recall Brock Turner judge Aaron Persky qualifies for June ballot
"SAN JOSE — The fate of embattled Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Aaron Persky now rests in the hands of voters. On Tuesday, the Registrar of Voters determined that organizers of a campaign to recall Persky had submitted more than enough valid signatures to qualify the recall for the June 5 ballot. The effort was spurred by the judge's decision to sentence former Stanford University swimmer Brock Turner to six months in jail for sexually assaulting an intoxicated, unconscious woman outside a campus fraternity party two years ago."
San Jose Mercury News, January 23, 2018

Outrage over delayed sentence for hockey player convicted of sex crime against child
"The sentencing of 21-year-old Connor Neurauter was supposed to be the end of a long and difficult road for a Kamloops girl and her mother. Neurauter, who pleaded guilty Jan. 4 in Kamloops provincial court to a single count of sexual interference with a person under 16, was sentenced to 90 days behind bars — a sentence that won't begin until May to avoid interfering with his studies at the University of Calgary. "
Calgary Sun (Canada), January 8, 2018

NYPD sergeant who raped 13-year-old girl gets just three years in prison
" AN NYPD sergeant who raped and sexually abused a 13-year-old girl scored a soft sentence Monday of only three years in prison — just a year for each attack. Vladimir Krull, a 12-year veteran of the department assigned to the Midtown North Precinct, had also served as a Marine in Iraq."
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, March 14, 2017

Sentencing delayed for former SF political consultant charged with possessing child porn
"Enrique Pearce, who was arrested and charged with six felony counts related to the possession and distribution of child pornography in May 2015 with possession and distribution of child pornography, appeared in a San Francisco Superior Court on Friday morning after pleading guilty to all the charges in December 2016. "
http://www.sfexaminer.com, March 10, 2017

How SF political consultant got a wrist slap for child porn
"In a move that went largely under the radar, retired Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Rene Navarro, who is on temporary assignment in San Francisco, signaled that he intends to sentence Pearce to just six months of home detention when he returns to court Wednesday."
http://www.sfchronicle.com, January 25, 2017

Girl, 5, returned to family after being found begging for food at Queens supermarket
" A 5-year-old girl was found hungry and alone at a Queens supermarket Wednesday night, after a day care worker failed to return her to a guardian, police said. After a mad scramble to locate the girl's family, police reunited little Essiah Miller Love with an aunt, police said."
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, March 9, 2017

Killer Bronx nanny sentenced for stomping 20-month-old baby to death
"Little Cardell Williamson was killed in August 2014 while under the care of Skeeter, 42, a state-licensed day-care provider. She arrived in court wearing prison beige prison garb for the hearing. In a strange twist, the suspect — who took a March 2 plea deal to a manslaughter count — could possibly walk out of prison in the very near future."
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, March 21, 2017

SF political consultant to be jailed 6 months for child porn
"High-profile San Francisco political consultant Enrique Pearce — who pleaded guilty to possessing more than 600 child pornography images, some portraying sexual sadism and masochism — was sentenced to six months in county jail Friday after the sheriff's office denied his request for house arrest. Pearce, 42, who once held lucrative contracts with Mayor Ed Lee and other San Francisco politicians, sat expressionless next to his lawyers as Judge Rene Navarro handed down his sentence in San Francisco Superior Court. "
http://m.sfgate.com, April 7, 2017

Ex-NYPD sergeant gets 28 years for persuading women to sexually abuse infants and children
" A judge sentenced Alberto Randazzo Wednesday after he pleaded guilty in July to receiving child pornography and conspiring with at least five women — sometimes the children's own mothers — to sexually exploit the young victims. Federal guidelines recommended Randazzo serve upwards of 80 years."
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, April 19, 2017

Father can't stomach seeing baby son's killer strolling free in the Bronx after brief jail stint
" Walking past the red brick Bronx tenement where his baby boy was beaten to death was heartbreaking enough for Carlyle Williamson. Walking past the boy's recently freed killer on the street is just too much to bear. "I thought she was going to be in for another year and a half," said Williamson, who lives just down the street from the death building. "I try to stay away from her ... She walks through the neighborhood as if she's President.""
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, April 29, 2017

Bruder gets county jail time, probation, for rape by use of drugs
" Nolan Bruder, 20, of Crescent City was sentenced Wednesday to 240 days in county jail, three years' probation and $2,420 in fines for the crime of rape by use of drugs or intoxicating substances. While the prosecution asked for a maximum sentence of six years in prison, Del Norte Superior Court Judge William Follett said he did not feel prison would serve as a deterrent or as a method of rehabilitation. "
http://www.triplicate.com, May 18, 2017

Ala. teen opens up about allegations she was raped at house party
" Savannah, a 17-year-old former student at Spanish Fort High School outside of Mobile, said that she was raped at a party in October 2015 by one of her classmates, Cameron Harrison. Harrison was arrested for raping the teen, then 16, when she was unconscious from drinking."
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, June 2, 2017

Former Milwaukee inmate awarded $6.7M after she was raped by jail guard, shackled during childbirth
"The plaintiff, who is not named because she is the victim of a sexual crime, filed a lawsuit against the county and the guard, Xavier Thicklen, 28. The woman, who was pregnant when she was booked into jail in 2013, was also shackled during childbirth. The jury found no legitimate reason to shackle her, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported."
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, June 8, 2017

Ex-NYPD psychologist gets 3 1/2 years in prison for shooting husband as he slept
" The judge also sentenced Emily Dearden to 2 1/2 years of post-release supervision, sticking to a plea deal hammered out in February. Dearden, 48, initially faced 25 years on the attempted murder charge. As part of her plea, she admitted she tried to kill her husband, Kenneth, a wealthy real estate developer, in their Yonkers home at 4 a.m. on Nov. 13, 2013."
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, June 8, 2017

Luke Heimlich sex crime surfaces as Oregon State baseball nears College World Series
"A Benton County sheriff's sergeant, on a sweep to track down sex offenders who let their registrations lapse, located one at Gill Coliseum, the heart of Oregon State's bucolic campus. It was Luke Heimlich, the ace left-hander who statistically is the nation's best pitcher and is among the top prospects in next week's Major League Baseball draft."
http://www.oregonlive.com, Jun 16, 2017

Woman allegedly pimped by former NYPD detective at 13 years old gets OK to sue city
"Brooklyn Federal Judge Nina Gershon said the woman — now in her 20s and identified only as "H.H." — sufficiently showed a potential jury could reasonably buy the argument that police brass should've known former Detective Wayne Taylor was a problem before his 2008 conviction."
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, August 7, 2017

Du Pont heir convicted of raping daughter spared prison
"Richards is a great-grandson of the chemical magnate Irenee du Pont. He received an eight-year prison sentence in 2009 for raping his toddler daughter, but the sentencing order signed by a Delaware judge said "defendant will not fare well" in prison and the eight years were suspended. "
http://www.cnn.com, April 2, 2014

School Cop Gets No Jail Time After Receiving Oral Sex From A Child
"After admitting he had an "improper relationship" with a 14-year-old student at Cullen Middle School, a Houston Independent School District police officer will not be spending any time in jail. It apparently does not even matter that he received oral sex from the child in the girls bathroom at the school. Does this make you feel like your children are safe at school?"
http://countercurrentnews.info, May 28, 2017

"I'm not sorry for what I did": Jury hears Jace Crehan confession to slaying girlfriend's convicted molester
"A Walker man accused of murdering his girlfriend's convicted molester in 2015 did not testify in his own defense Wednesday, but a jury heard Jace Crehan tell a detective just days after the slaying that he strangled and stabbed Robert Noce Jr. because the criminal justice system had "failed" Brittany Monk and he didn't want her to suffer any longer. Noce, 47, was killed inside his Zachary trailer 13 days after he pleaded "no contest" to sexually molesting Monk when she was a child. Noce was put on probation for five years. He was a former boyfriend of Monk's mother and raised Monk for about 10 years."
The Baton Rouge Advocate, December 13, 2017

Fertility doctor who used his own sperm to secretly impregnate patients avoids jail time
"An Indiana fertility doctor who used his own sperm on dozens of patients without their consent won't face jail time as part of a plea deal. Dr. Donald Cline, 77, is accused of fathering at least eight children with different women who came to his office in the 1970s and '80s for fertility treatment. It's believed that he could have more than 20 children, Fox 59 reports. Cline, who is now retired, appeared in court on Thursday to plead guilty to lying to investigators. He wasn't charged with impregnating the women with his sperm because there is no state law against it."
NY Daily News, December 14, 2017

Father avoids prison in incest, forced abortion conviction
"HUNTINGTON - In a case that has been lingering in the Cabell County court system for years, a Huntington man has been placed on probation in a case alleging he impregnated a girl who was later forced to get an abortion. Cabell Circuit Judge Paul T. Farrell, honoring a plea deal reached between assistant prosecutor Kellie Neal and defense attorney Connor Robertson, placed Michael Joe Adkins, of Ona, on five years' probation and 50 years of supervision after his probation is completed. Adkins had entered a Kennedy plea in September 2015 to incest with a young girl. A Kennedy plea allows a conviction without the defendant admitting guilt or explaining his role in a crime. He will also have to register as a sex offender and take specialized classes and therapy as part of the deal."
Herald-Dispath.com (WV), November 16, 2017

New Jersey priest claims he uploaded child porn to get back at God for making him lose at poker
" A prison-bound New Jersey priest contests he only uploaded child pornography to his computer to get back at God, who'd been making him lose at poker. Father Kevin Gugliotta will serve 11½ to 23½ months in prison and must register as a sex offender, according to reports. The priest, who previously worked in the Archdiocese of Newark, was busted last year when police found child porn on his computer at his Gouldsboro, Pa., apartment last year. Investigators found the 55-year-old priest uploaded the illegal material several times between July 9 and Aug. 29, 2016, the Pocono Record reports."
NY Daily News, August 25, 2017

DA: Gwinnett mom didn't report molester due to 'hectic' schedule
" A Gwinnett County mother didn't tell police that her boyfriend sexually abused her 6-year-old daughter because of her "hectic work schedule," the district attorney's office said. The boyfriend, Damylo Morrow, was convicted Thursday of sexual battery and acquitted of child molestation after a three-day trial. The mother pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree cruelty to children for failing to report the abuse and telling the child to lie about it, the district attorney's office said. She was sentenced to eight years probation under the First Offender Act and cannot have unsupervised contact with the child for the duration of her probation. The AJC is withholding the identity of mother in this case in order to protect the identity of the child, who is a victim of sexual abuse."
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, August 18, 2017

Montana judge defends decision to sentence child rapist to probation
"Glasgow - The judge who sparked public outrage for sentencing a Glasgow man on Wednesday to probation for raping a 12-year-old girl defended his decision on Friday. Valley County District Court Judge John McKeon cited the opinion of a sex offender treatment specialist, as well as testimony from witnesses, as reasons for sparing Martin Blake, 40, from prison. Blake was sentenced to 30 years to the Montana State Prison with all of the time suspended."
KTVQ (Montana), October 28, 2016

Account of Bridge and Tunnel cop's rough sex assault of his correction officer ex-girlfriend made public
" An off-duty Bridge and Tunnel officer slammed his ex-girlfriend to the floor, grabbed her neck and tried to rape her during a violent confrontation inside her Brooklyn apartment, according to prosecutors. Details of the July 26, 2015, assault, became public Wednesday after the city's Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings (OATH) published the case online. Lawrence Jones was charged with four felonies after the early morning attack that left his ex-girlfriend with a bruised neck and begging for help. He pleaded guilty to third-degree assault, a misdemeanor, on March 16, 2016."
NY Daily News, September 20, 2017

Judge takes teacher off list
"A Montgomery County judge that struck a child sex abuse conviction from a former high school teacher's criminal record, will also allow the teacher to remove his name from the state's sex offender registry. Circuit Court Judge David A. Boynton on Sept. 15 provided former Albert Einstein High School teacher Richard Shemer the written consent needed to legally remove his name. "Mr. Shemer is no longer required to register as a sex offender and shall be removed from the Sex Offender Registry list," Boynton's court order read. Montgomery County State's Attorney spokesman Ramon Korionoff said there is no avenue of appeal for the state prosecutor's office. "It is at the discretion of the judge," Korionoff said. "
Sun-Sentinel (Florida), September 25, 2017

Outrage after court decides girl, 11, 'consented' to sex with man, 28, who lured her from park
"A French court has ruled that an 11-year-old girl "consented" in a "sexual relationship" with a 28-year-old man after she was lured back to his apartment. The shock decision left the young girl's family devastated and drew immediate fury from children's rights groups. The court heard that the man lured the child back from a park in the northern Paris suburb of Montmagny before he allegedly sexually assaulted her. However, prosecutors said they could not justify charging the man with rape as there was no "violence" involved."
Yahoo News 7, September 28, 2017

Eton student who shared 'appalling' abuse photos from his dorm computer of children as young as two being raped is SPARED jail
"A former Eton College student avoided jail today despite making and distributing 'appalling' indecent images of children and bestiality film clips. Andrew Picard, from Westminster, London, was found with more than 2,000 pornographic images of children on his computer at the prestigious school near Windsor, Berkshire. The 18-year-old son of a top lawyer sat in his college dormitory sharing the pictures in chat rooms and was 17 when he was caught sharing material with an undercover police officer. Picard, who was arrested at Eton after his IP address was traced there, admitted ten counts of child pornography - and at Oxford Crown Court was today handed a ten-month prison term, suspended for 18 months. "
Daily Mail (UK), August 25, 2016

Four sexual assault victims say Cy Vance spared pervy Columbia doctor jail time due to campaign donations
" For over a year, four women struggled to understand why a demented Columbia University gynecologist was allowed to plead guilty to assaulting only some of them without serving any jail time. Now, following questions about Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance Jr.'s investigations into the Trump SoHo development and Harvey Weinstein, they think they know why: They believe the prosecutor was compromised by campaign donations. "I was under the impression they were going to fight for me and the other victims but they didn't do their part," a 35-year-old victim of the perverted gynecologist said."
NY Daily News, October 22, 2017

Former East Longmeadow High School athlete charged with sexually assaulting unconscious classmates sentenced to probation
"PALMER — A former East Longmeadow High School star athlete who was charged with sexually assaulting two unconscious classmates received two years probation in a decision out of Palmer District Court last week. "He can now look forward to a productive life without being burdened with the stigma of having to register as a sex offender," said attorney Thomas Rooke, who defended David Becker, 18, in court. "The goal of this sentence was not to impede this individual from graduating high school and to go onto the next step of his life, which is a college experience." On August 15, Palmer District Court Judge Thomas Estes ordered Becker's case continued without a finding for two years, during which time he must remain drug and alcohol-free, submit to an evaluation for sex offender treatment and stay away from the two 18-year old victims. "
MassLive.com, August 22, 2016

Man Who Sexually Assaulted 12-Year-Old Serves 17 Days in Jail
"During sentencing, Blake's Public Defender Casey Moore argued that his client would be a good candidate for a community-based treatment program, as he had the support of his mother and family, was employed and attended church, which makes him lower risk for repeat offenses. In a bit of a contradiction, Moore added, "I'm not asking that he be given a slap on the wrist...He did spend 17 days in jail, and he did lose his job." "
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, October 14, 2016.

Queens man gets 18 years for fatally beating 4-month-old son
"Jagsheer Singh, 30, of Bayside, pleaded guilty last month to manslaughter and assault charges for striking his infant son Nevin Jandu in the head with an object, the Queens District Attorney's office said."
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, November 15, 2016.

Maple Leaf Gardens predator Gordon Stuckless gets 6 years in prison
"Gordon Stuckless, who has also been convicted of two additional charges of gross indecency linked to two of the 18 victims, was given credit of six months for time served under house arrest, which means his sentence is reduced to six years."
https://www.thestar.com, June 9, 2016.

Queens lawyer gets 2 years in prison for paying 2 teen girls for oral sex
" Judge Barry Schwartz slapped Eyal Katzman, 58, of Kew Gardens with the penalty Wednesday.
Officials said Katzman lured two John Adams High School students to his home several times for sex acts between September and November 2012."
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, November 23, 2016.

Idaho teen football player walks free after sodomizing black disabled teammate with wire hanger
"The white ringleader of a horrific sexual assault of a mentally disabled black teen will avoid jail time and escape classification as a sex offender after pleading guilty to a lesser charge, the Daily Kos reports.
John R.K. Howard plead guilty Friday to one felony count of injury to a child after leading two football teammates to help him carry out a a violent sexual attack on a black teammate with mental disabilities."
http://www.rawstory.com, December 19, 2016.

Montana judge defends 60-day sentence in child incest case
"More than 30,000 people have signed a Change.org petition calling for the impeachment of District Judge John McKeon, whose sentence -- with credit for time served -- means the man could spend a total 43 days in jail for his crime.
"No one spoke on behalf of the 12-year-old child at trial," the petition says."
http://www.cnn.com, October 25, 2016.

Enrique Pearce continues to slither towards freedom
"Toss out what "may" happen and Pearce will likely receive a six-month sentence that could be whittled down further should any "time served" enter the equation. There is no mention of whether his access to the internet will be restricted in any way during or after his sentence. Home detention would take this deeper into the land of farce, since Pearce is friendly with Silicon Valley CEOs who own entire islands as residence; his worst-case home-detention scenerio would be a Silicon Valley mansion or compound better furnished and equipped than most homes or offices."
https://breadandcircusesreview.com, December 27, 2016.

How SF political consultant got a wrist slap for child porn
"In a move that went largely under the radar, retired Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Rene Navarro, who is on temporary assignment in San Francisco, signaled that he intends to sentence Pearce to just six months of home detention when he returns to court Wednesday."
http://www.sfchronicle.com, January 25, 2017.

Probation, but no jail time, for ex-correction officers in Rikers Island inmate beating case
" Before handing down the sentence, Bronx Supreme Court Justice Martin Marcus ripped the officers for disgracing their shields.
"It was a foolish and cowardly act, and you'll have to live with the consequences for the rest of your lives," Marcus told ex-Capt. Moises Simancas, 40, ex-Officer April Jackson, 36, and ex-Officer and Tyrone Wint, 31, in Bronx Supreme Court."
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, January 5, 2017.

Oklahoma man convicted of raping unconscious former classmate re-arrested for being too close to a school
"Tristen Killman-Hardin, now a 20-year-old registered sex offender who only served two of his 10-year sentence for the rape, was arrested Wednesday for lurking near Norman North High School, the Norman Transcript reported."
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, November 4, 2016.

Former Brooklyn math tutor gets just three years' probation in sexual assault of his 6-year-old pupil
" Moshe Friedman, 31, admitted in December to violating the little boy multiple times between September 2014 and June 2015 when he was supposed to be helping him with his homework.
Friedman, was originally charged with first-degree felony sexual conduct against a child — but pleaded guilty to endangering the welfare of a child, a misdemeanor."
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, February 2, 2017.

Eton student who owned toddler-rape videos allowed to use false name to protect wealthy family
"Eton college pupil, Andrew Picard, who owned 1,185 indecent images of children, as well as videos of a three-year-old being raped and children being forced to have sex with dogs, was allowed to use his Mother’s maiden name by the UK courts in order to protect his wealthy family’s reputation.
Picard, whose real name is Andrew Boeckman, was spared jail and handed an 18-month suspended sentence for ten counts of possessing child pornography."
evolvepolitics.com, March 2, 2016.

Prosecutors defend giving Indiana frat member accused of rape a plea deal that led to probation
" The prosecutors under fire for an alleged Indiana rapist’s lenient plea deal have defended their actions, saying that their case against the former fraternity brother was “frustrating.”
The Monroe County Prosecutor’s Office was criticized for the arrangement it offered John Enochs, a 22-year-old former Indiana University Bloomington student charged with raping two women."
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, June 28, 2016.

Indiana University frat member avoids prison in rape cases, sentenced instead to one-year probation
"John Enochs, from suburban Chicago, was charged last September with raping two women, with one alleged attack occurring at the Bloomington school's Delta Tau Delta fraternity house."
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, June 26, 2016.

Ohio husband who married, impregnated stepdaughter before she allegedly killed their three sons pleads guilty to sex charge, must register as sex offender
" The Ohio husband who married and impregnated his stepdaughter before she allegedly killed their three young children has pleaded guilty to a sex charge.
Joseph Pilkington, 44, must register as a sex offender for the next 15 years after pleading guilty Monday to sexual imposition."
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, July 12, 2016.

Montee Ball, former Broncos running back, gets 60 days in jail for two domestic violence incidents
"On Friday, according to TMZ, Ball was slapped with two 30-day jail sentences as punishment for for a pair of incidents: In February, shortly before the Super Bowl, the ex-Broncos running back allegedly hurled his then-girlfriend through a table in a hotel, and one month later, he was involved in an incident with another woman."
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, August 5, 2016.

Prosecutors: Sentence too lenient in N.J. child abuse case of Army major, wife
"Challenging the punishment meted out by a judge as far too lenient, federal prosecutors urged an appeals court Thursday to toss out the sentences of probation given to a former Army major and two years in prison for his wife for abusing their three foster children."
archive.northjersey.com, June 16, 2016.

Man sentenced for killing boy by putting vodka in IV line
"ST. JOHNSBURY, Vt. — A Vermont man who admitted to killing his girlfriend's severely disabled child by putting vodka in the boy's feeding tube has been sentenced to three years in prison.
Walter Richters of Hardwick received the sentence Tuesday in St. Johnsbury under a plea deal with prosecutors. He was given credit for one-and-a-half years."
www.wcvb.com, Jul 27, 2016.

Stanford trial judge handed down a four-day sentence in child abuse image case
"The judge in the Stanford sexual assault trial is facing renewed calls for his removal over his decision to sentence a man to less than a week in jail for possessing child abuse images, an offense that typically results in much harsher consequences, records show."
www.theguardian.com, August 9, 2016.

Massachusetts student accused of raping two 18-year-old women only receives probation
" David Becker was sentenced to two years of probation by a judge in Palmer who said that his case would be continued without a finding until August 2018.
The 18-year-old will not have to register as a sex offender, but will receive an evaluation for sex offender treatment, according to MassLive.com"
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, August 22, 2016.

Pervy ex-cop gets three years behind bars in 'disgusting' sex assault of girl
"A sobbing former NYPD officer was sentenced to three years in prison on Wednesday for repeatedly sexually molesting a friend's young daughter — but he won’t be heading behind bars anytime soon.
Jacob Sabbagh pleaded for mercy from Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Alan Marrus, insisting he hadn’t done anything wrong — despite the secretly recorded phone conversations that helped put him away."
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, September 7, 2016.

Ex-Morgan Stanley wealth manager accused of secretly taping women during sex gets off with 10 days of community service
"John Kelly, 35, a former wealth manager at Morgan Stanley, was sentenced to 10 days of community service after pleading guilty to two counts of misdemeanor attempted unlawful surveillance."
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, August 30, 2016.

High school tennis star in Iowa gets plea deal for sexual assault of mentally ill woman from group home
"Nicholas Fifield, an 18-year-old graduate of Valley High School, was charged with third-degree sex abuse of a person "suffering from a mental defect or incapacity, which precludes giving consent." Under Iowa law, he faced 10 years in prison. His trial was set to start Wednesday."
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, August 15, 2016.

Convicted University of Colorado rapist won't serve prison time after 2014 assault of incapacitated student he claimed to be helping home
"Austin James Wilkerson, then a 20-year-old University of Colorado student, told an intoxicated woman's friends he would escort her home safely from a St. Patrick's Day party in 2014. Instead, Wilkerson raped the incapacitated woman, and was convicted of the crime in May of this year. "
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, August 11, 2016.

Christopher Butt sentenced to 5 years for raping 11-year-old
"A St. John's man has been sentenced to five years' prison time for brutally raping an 11-year-old girl, leaving her injured and unable to walk, sit or wash herself for days afterward.
Christopher Ford Butt, 41, pleaded guilty in June to one count of sexual assault and one count of uttering threats."
www.cbc.ca, October 5, 2016.

British pedophile busted with 137,000 pornographic images of children avoids jail because of 'hopes to start a family'
" Richard Arrowsmith, of Derbyshire, was facing up to five years in prison after investigators found he had downloaded a staggering 137,000 images and 4,336 videos of child abuse.
But a judge gave him a suspended sentence Wednesday, referencing his clean record and "good character.""
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, October 7, 2016.

Queens man accused of brutalizing, raping woman at knifepoint in his home
" A Queens man accused last year of raping a prostitute at knifepoint is now charged with the brutal rape of a 43-year-old woman — again at the end of a blade — in his home.
The victim visited George Cacavas, 42, at his Jamaica Estates home on Avon Rd. near Chevy Chase St. about 3 a.m. on Saturday, cops said. For the next hour, Cacavas brutalized his victim, according to the criminal complaint."
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, August 15, 2016.

Former Auschwitz guard gets 5 years in prison for helping kill 1.1 million in Holocaust
" DETMOLD, Germany — A 94-year-old former SS sergeant who served as a guard at Auschwitz has been found guilty of more than 170,000 counts of accessory to murder for helping kill 1.1 million Jews and others at the Nazi death camp.
The Detmold state court sentenced Reinhold Hanning to five years in prison, though he will remain free while any appeals are heard."
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, June 17, 2016.

Aerosmith 'Crazy' video model charged with trying to hire hitman while behind bars to kill judge, prosecutor, victim he raped
"A male model-turned-rapist concocted a crazy murder plot behind bars and tried to hire a hit man to kill the judge and prosecutor who sent him to prison, plus his own attorney and one of his victims, officials said — but the convict's mom insisted it was all part of a purely fictional screenplay."
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, March 8, 2016.

Indiana dad who admitted molesting his cancer-stricken 6-year-old daughter avoids jail
"Jeremy Schwer, 41, pleaded guilty Tuesday to felony child molesting after he sexually abused his young daughter while she was recovering from a brain tumor in 2013."
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, March 2, 2016.

Texas Man Who Sexually Assaulted A 2-Year-Old Given Probation
"Thomas Boden of San Angelo, Texas, who allegedly sexually assaulted a 2-year-old girl to the point that she bled profusely, has accepted a plea deal that will not require him to serve any jail time.
Boden was charged with one count of aggravated sexual assault of a child and one count of indecency with a child sexual contact in April, Inquisitr reports."
www.americanews.com, September 3, 2015.

Upper West Side gynecologist who admitted to sexually assaulting pregnant patients loses license, dodges jail time
" Sicko Dr. Robert Hadden, who had been charged with attacks on six pregnant females in his care, shyly admitted to the perverted acts that served "no valid medical purpose."
He copped to criminal sex act in the third degree and forcible touching &mdsah; the first a low-level felony, the second a misdemeanor— in a deal that will resolve his career-ending criminal case."
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, February 24, 2016.

Former Manhattan prep school teacher admits to sex with 16-year-old student in nightclub bathroom
" David Azurmendi, 34, will get 10 years probation in exchange for his guilty plea to third-degree rape, for having sex with a minor, criminal sex act and endangering the welfare of a child.
He will also have to register as a sex offender, the level of which will be determined at his sentencing."
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, February 10, 2016.

Queens men sentenced after forcing 14-year-old girl into prostitution for months
"Stephen Garrison, of Jamaica, pleaded guilty and was sentenced Monday to three to six years for keeping the teen at two houses where the 27-year-old and his partners made the Bronx girl have sex "with numerous men" starting in late 2013."
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, March 22, 2016.

Four Seasons co-owner, accused perv Julian Niccolini avoids felony rap and jail time by pleading to lesser charges
" The notoriously naughty restaurateur had been charged with felony sexual abuse after he was accused of forcing himself upon a 28-year-old woman at a private party last May.
Prosecutors had said Niccolini, 63, "sexually attacked" the women "with such force that he ripped her bra open and caused significant scratch marks on her back and bruising on her hip." "
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, March 24, 2016.

Sicko gynecologist who sexually abused two patients avoids jail time
" A perverted gynecologist got a slap on the wrist Tuesday for sexually abusing two patients on the exam table.
Dr. Robert Hadden was sentenced to time served for charges of committing a perverted sexual act and forcible touching — though at least 20 women have charged they endured similar abuse from the former New York-Presbyterian Columbia Hospital doctor. "
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, March 29, 2016.

Eton pupil Andrew Picard spared jail after creating and sharing thousands of 'appalling' child abuse images
"ndrew Picard, 18, was found to have more than 2,000 pornographic images of children as young as two years old, including rape and bestiality. The images were found on his computer at the prestigious boarding school after Picard, then 17-years-old, shared the illegal material in an online chat room with an undercover police officer"
www.independent.co.uk, February 26, 2016.

Woman Who Recorded Herself Raping 1-Year-Old Son Will Not Go To Jail
"New Zealand woman Krystal Harvey is now being threatened after she filmed the rape of her 1-year-old son.
Harvey admitted to filming herself as she performed sexual acts on her 1-year-old son and selling the tape to a pedophile for $300, the New Zealand Herald reports. She then used the money to buy herself a laptop."
www.opposingviews.com, January 27, 2016.

Palmer man faces more child sex charges in N.J.
"Prosecutors in New Jersey are accusing a 66-year-old Palmer Township man, who already faces charges of child abuse filed last month, of molesting a child 30 years ago."
www.mcall.com, September 16, 2015.

Jail ordered for sexual assault
"McCOOK, Neb. -- A McCook man charged with sexually assaulting two young children, with alleged offenses dating back to 2003 and as recent as 2012, will serve less than two years in county jail following his sentencing earlier this week.
The offender, 66-year-old Benito Garcia of 906 E. Fifth Street, was convicted on two misdemeanor offenses and ordered to serve 300 days in jail stemming from a Red Willow County assault and a consecutive 300 days stemming from an assault occurring in Frontier County. "
www.mccookgazette.com, October 8, 2015.

'Beauty Queen Killer' and race car driver Christopher Bernard Wilder takes a bloody ride through the states, kidnapping, raping and murdering 8 women in short 1984 span
" Christopher Bernard Wilder was a race car driver who put his skills behind the wheel to use for other pastimes — kidnapping, rape, torture and murder.
In a month and a half in 1984, he careened from Florida to California, then up to New York, snatching at least a dozen women and killing eight of them, before police in New Hampshire put an end to his bloody road trip."
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, September 19, 2015.

Two men who hospitalized gay couple in homophobic beatdown in Philadelphia avoid jail time
" Two men who viciously attacked a gay couple in Philadelphia are getting a slap on the wrist for their homophobic beatdown, critics said.
Philip Williams, 24, Kevin Harrigan, 26, along with a Pennsylvania police chief's daughter, Kathryn Knott, were arrested after a brutal attack on a gay couple in Sept. 2014. The vicious assault on the victims, Zachary Hesse and Andy Haught, in Philadelphia left one victim with a broken face and his jaw wired shut. The two pleaded guilty to assault and conspiracy charges, but denied that it was a hate crime."
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, October 15, 2015.

Man convicted of child porn in Brooklyn set free after five days in jail
" A Brooklyn judge allowed a convicted child pornographer facing up to eight years behind bars to go free after spending only five days in jail.
Eastern District Judge Jack Weinstein released a 98-page decision describing why he went easy on Raul Vasquez, a 52-year-old married father of five.
"Removing R.V. from his family will not further the interests of justice," Weinstein wrote in the Jan. 21 decision, which was first reported by the New York Law Journal."
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, January 30, 2016.

Former Manhattan prep school teacher admits to sex with 16-year-old student in nightclub bathroom
" A former Manhattan prep school teacher admitted Tuesday to having sex with a 16-year-old student in the bathroom of a nightclub.
David Azurmendi, 34, will get 10 years probation in exchange for his guilty plea to third-degree rape, for having sex with a minor, criminal sex act and endangering the welfare of a child."
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, February 10, 2016.

Ex-NYCHA worker gets 10 years in prison for sexually molesting kids at Williamsburg after-school program
" A Brooklyn judge sent a former NYCHA worker to prison for up to a decade Monday for sexually molesting three kids he cared for at a Williamsburg after-school program.
Nicholas Rodriguez pleaded guilty in July to first-degree criminal sex act and other charges for sexually assaulting children under the age of 10 between 2009 and 2011."
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, October 5,2015.

Du Pont heir dodged prison for raping 3-year-old daughter after judge ruled he 'would not fare well' behind bars
"Robert H. Richards IV, 47 — whose great-grandfather was du Pont family patriarch Irenee du Pont — was given just eight years probation after pleading guilty to raping his 3-year-old daughter. But now his ex-wife, Tracy Richards, is suing him for sexually abusing the girl and their young son."
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, March 31, 2014.

Former JCPS teacher convicted of raping a student gets 15-year prison sentence
"On Monday, Scott Quisenberry was sentenced to serve 15 years in prison. He must serve at least 20 percent of his sentence before he is eligible for parole. He is also required to register as a sex offender for life."
www.wdrb.com, September 14, 2015.

Convicted child pornographers call for judge to reject 'ludicrous' plea deal in Jared Fogle case
"The judge decided Jared Fogle's sentence received calls to throw out the plea deal from an unexpected source: convicted felons already behind bars for child pornography.
In a letter to Federal Magistrate Judge Mark Dinsmore, who presided over Fogle's initial hearing, inmate Thomas Ford asks the judge to reject the "ludicrous" plea agreement between Fogle and prosecutors."
www.theindychannel.com, September 14, 2015.

Molly Shattuck sentenced to 48 weekends in community corrections center in Del. rape case
"A Delaware judge sentenced former Ravens cheerleader and fitness author Molly Shattuck on Friday to 48 weekends in a community corrections center for the sexual assault of a 15-year-old boy.
Shattuck, who pleaded guilty in June to a count of fourth-degree rape as part of an agreement with prosecutors, is to spend alternating weekends in a facility in Delaware for the next two years. She is required to register as a sex offender in Maryland and Delaware, and forbidden to be around anyone under the age of 18 other than her children."
www.baltimoresun.com, August 21, 2015.

Man accused of molesting 7-year-old S.I. girl remains free because cops initially just charged him with trespassing: officials
" They should have never let him go.
Cops hunting a sicko accused of molesting and trying to rape a 7-year-old Staten Island girl would have had their man if they had initially charged him with burglary instead of misdemeanor trespassing, a high-ranking police source said Tuesday."
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, August 19, 2015.

Staten Island man kept downloading child porn despite probation, cops say
"STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — He just can't stop downloading child pornography, prosecutors say.
A Port Richmond man on probation for child porn charges was caught with more illegal images of children -- on a cell phone linked to an e-mail address he "forgot" to mention on his Sex Offender Registration forms, according to a law enforcement source."
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, August 13, 2015.

Sicko who raped tourist, sexually abused 12-year-old girl sentenced to 16 years under plea deal
"A sicko who raped a tourist and sexually abused his 12-year-old neighbor in separate incidents was sentenced to 16 years behind bars on Friday.
The girl, now 13, bravely confronted her attacker in the courtroom as he was handcuffed, shackled and surrounded by a large group of court officers."
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, July 24, 2015.

"Trooper of the Year" Good Cop Sexually Assaults a 4-Yr-Old Girl Multiple Times, "Cries" When He is Sentenced
"He was a so-called good cop. Police supporters trusted him.
He received the "Trooper of the Year" award twice.
He was one of the most highly "decorated" police officers in Maine's history. He was a model of what faithful police wives have in mind when they say "Yeah but some cops are GOOD!"
This "good cop" has been sentenced to prison for only four years — and may get out sooner because of his statist privilege — for sexually assaulting an innocent child."
filmingcops.com

Ex-Ala. trooper whose killing of protester sparked 1965 civil rights marches dies at 81; family friend says 'may the scumbag rot in hell'
" The former Alabama state trooper whose killing of a black protester 50 years ago galvanized the civil rights movement has died, the Daily News has learned.
James Bonard Fowler, 81, died Sunday after a long, painful battle with pancreatic cancer, according to sources and a rep for the Geneva County Sheriff's Office."
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, July 07, 2015.

Judge Believes Raping a 3 Year Old 'IS NOT' Intent to Harm Child — Seriously?
"This California judge just reduced a child rapist's mandatory 25-year sentence down to only 10 years — said anything more would be 'cruel and unusual punishment.'
Superior Court Judge M. Marc Kelly told California 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."
www.tpnn.com, June 03, 2015.

Judge who sentenced rapist to 30 days faces suspension
"BILLINGS, Mont. - A Montana judge who said a 14-year-old rape victim appeared "older than her chronological age" will be publicly censured and given a 31-day suspension without pay for his misconduct in the case, the Montana Supreme Court said in a Wednesday order."
www.cbsnews.com, June 05, 2015.

6-Year-Old Invited Sexual Abuse, Says Judge
"(TFC) Buenos Aires, Argentina — Judges Horacio Piombo and Ramón Sal Llargués of the Chamber of Criminal Cassation of Buenos Aires stunned the world when they reduced the sentence of a child molester because the child 'displayed a homosexual orientation and was accustomed to being sexually abused.'"
theantimedia.org, June 04, 2015.

Former Google worker pleads guilty to raping woman inside his East Village home
Justin Chan, 29, copped to third-degree rape in exchange for 10 years' probation in Manhattan Supreme Court on May 12, records show. He will have to register as a sex offender as a result of his plea, prosecutors said.
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, July 02, 2015

Lemont man gets probation for child porn charges
A Lemont man charged in August with child pornography was sentenced by Centre County President Judge Thomas King Kistler to six years probation on May 29.
Alexander Park, 25, pleaded guilty to 10 felony counts of possessing child pornography before Kistler in January. Fifteen other counts of the same charge as well as a felony charge of criminal use of a communications facility were dropped, according to court documents.
www.centredaily.com, June 4, 2015

Sex offender from Solvay charged with having sexual contact with child
SOLVAY, N.Y. -- A registered sex offender was arrested Monday after deputies say he had repeated sexual contact with a young child.
www.syracuse.com, June 16, 2015

Judge who sentenced rapist to 30 days faces suspension
BILLINGS, Mont. – A Montana judge who said a 14–year–old rape victim appeared "older than her chronological age" will be publicly censured and given a 31–day suspension without pay for his misconduct in the case, the Montana Supreme Court said in a Wednesday order.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, June 5, 2014

Former Jets Player Gets Probation in 'Revenge Porn' Case
Jermaine Cunningham, an NFL free agent, pleaded guilty last month to charges including invasion of privacy and admitted to posting revealing photos of a woman online without her consent. Prosecutors said the woman was Cunningham's estranged girlfriend.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, June 19, 2015

Sicko L.I. Santeria store owner sentenced to nine years in jail for attempted hit on teen employee he sexually abused: D.A.
"A Long Island man who pleaded guilty to plotting to kill a teenage boy he sexually abused on the teen's first day of work in his Santeria shop was sentenced to nine years in jail Tuesday."
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, June 17, 2015.

Former Chicago firefighter gets 2 years of probation for molesting children
"(CHICAGO) A former Chicago firefighter was sentenced to two years of probation Wednesday after he pleaded guilty to molesting five children he had baby–sat in his Little Village apartment."
www.wlsam.com, May 14, 2015.

Former tennis champ Bob Hewitt sentenced to six years in prison for rape, sexual assault
"Judge Bert Bam on Monday sentenced Hewitt to eight years in jail for two counts of rape, with two years suspended. He also sentenced Hewitt to two years in prison for a third charge of sexual assault."
ASSOCIATED PRESS, May 18, 2015.


Wisconsin billionaire pleads guilty to sexual assault charge
"Wisconsin billionaire Samuel Curtis Johnson III pleaded guilty on Friday to misdemeanor sexual assault of his stepdaughter and was sentenced to four months in jail, according to court records.
Johnson, heir to the SC Johnson & Son family fortune, also pleaded guilty in Racine County Circuit Court to disorderly conduct in the case involving the girl."
Reuters, June 07, 2014.

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