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Originally posted by James
We aren't arguing that something was wrong. We are arguing with the sentence. I think getting the shit kicked out of him might have been a lot more educational than probation or even incarceration.
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I think the fact that he is a registered sex offender, which will follow him around for the rest of his life--he will not even be able to move into an area without his future neighbors' knowlegde, is a very reasonable punishment.
Had the girl been a little older, you could use the argument that it wasn't completely black and white. A 15 year old he had been dating for a while, who was about to turn 16--yes, I would be a little wary of giving him any major punishment. But, this was a 12 year old. Wrong wrong wrong.