Wealthy Child Molester Gets Probation, Wouldn't Fare Well In Prison

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Originally Posted by Kevin

I just had a client "admit" to having control of meth, paraphernalia and a gun because the state offered a seven-year deferred sentence. She was looking at 20+ to do. I'll bet I'd have won that trial, but sometimes, when your client is looking at serious time, they'll admit to a lot in order to stay out of the pokey. Her real crime was hanging out with the wrong crowd and not inspecting her "friend's" backpack before letting him in her car.

With her sentence, assume she stays clean and sober and commits no serious crimes for 7 years, the whole thing comes off of her record.



I think you misread the article. He was looking at 10 years minimum on the original charge. And that may have been consecutive sentences, so he was looking at potentially 20 minimum (I'd have to read the guidelines to know for sure, but whatever it is, that's serious time).



I always take issue with CPS saying they "know" someone is guilty. I'm not sure what kind of training you have, but around here, you can be a CPS caseworker so long as you have any bachelor's degree from anywhere and can pass a background check. Limited language skills? Terrible personality? Tendency to lie under pressure? No problem, you're hired. On top of the lack of qualification, here they get a caseload no ordinary human could keep up with, have supervisors who are products of the Peter Principle, who have their own various agendas, a Supreme Court dumping new rules on them every so often, etc. So when they say they "know" something, my eyes can't help to roll back just a little.

I'm not assuming anything. I'm simply stating that no one knows that's not the case, and therefore to state they KNOW he's guilty... well, there's just not enough information here to really determine that except that as a legal fiction, yes, he's plead guilty and legally he's now guilty of 4th degree rape.

Mom does potentially have a HUGE financial motive here, but put yourself in this guy's shoes. Even if you're not a convicted sex offender, would you rather spend potentially 20 years as a convicted sex offender out in the world with a large trust fund or 20 years in the penitentiary?

Wow to all of this. Admitting to having a controlled substance such as meth is no where near child molestation charges. As someone who works in addictions, I'd be willing to bet that her real crime wasn't simply "hanging out with the wrong crowd." Come on! I don't care how many years you are looking at--when it comes to something seen as the most heinous of crimes, no one wants to admit to being a child molester. No one! As far as the CPS worker qualifications, I somewhat agree and somewhat disagree. Yes, there are many people who probably shouldn't be in that field because they are definitely not qualified. Couldn't we say that about any profession though? I know a few attorneys that should not be doing what they do. I hold multiple degrees and still would not assume that just because someone holds a particular degree, he or she must be qualified to do something. Having said that, I find it offensive that you would just "roll" your eyes at some of these people because you figure they are a bunch of uneducated or unqualified knuckle-dragging cavemen. I'm thinking you aren't too popular with people who work in social services, are you?