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Posted: Tue 16 Jun , 2009 3:25 pm
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This is a story from Oklahoma that simply has to be seen to be believed.

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestof ... ntence.cnn

A 64 year old man raped and sodomized a four year old girl and his punishment is one year in jail.

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Posted: Tue 16 Jun , 2009 11:13 pm
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Very sad but listening to the video it explains why the punishment was what it was.

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Posted: Tue 16 Jun , 2009 11:13 pm
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Sweet, we get three months of not being raped by David Earls.


I like that the experts interviewed explain how such a ruling could happen, and acknowledge what a sensational headline it makes when simplifying the case... to the degree it is in the thread title. Exclamation marks and all. :P

But yeah, sucks if he did worse things to her than he's being punished for right now. I'm not sure I'm ever more disappointed in court proceedings than when they involve children or sex crimes.




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Posted: Tue 16 Jun , 2009 11:52 pm
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For those of us that can't access the video, can we get a summary?

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Posted: Wed 17 Jun , 2009 12:08 am
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Jude, the prosecution was afraid that the little girl would freeze up on the stands, or not be able to accurately describe what had happened to her. They figured at least making the guy serve jail time and register as a sex offender was better than nothing at all. I think there was something about how she acted during the pre-trial, but basically this one-year thing was not decided on a whim.




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Thanks *E* :)

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Posted: Wed 17 Jun , 2009 12:58 am
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I was pretty horrified until I heard what the experts had to say. Apparently there were some ins and outs that made it hard to prosecute, so it was not enough or nothing and they chose not enough. He's plead guilty and he'll carry that sex offender tag for the rest of his life though, and now every crazy out there knows who he is. So, while it sucks that he won't be locked up long, he's not exactly getting his wrist slapped, know what I mean?

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