How about locking the judges up instead?
In the past I have harped on the fact that child molestors get sentences that are way too lenient, and thus, that's why we are always seeing them pop back up in the news.
Mark Belling, who hosts a very successful radio talk show in Milwaukee, WI, takes up this topic in his recent column in the Waukesha Freeman newspaper. Since it won't be online past today, I wanted to copy part of that article, since I think it highlights the problem very well.
Mark Belling's website is http://www.belling.com, and his weekly column can be found here . This is part of what he writes:
If you want to molest a child, Washington County [Wisconsin] is the place to do it. The district attorney and judges in that county are offering up sentences so soft that they are eye-popping. In the past three weeks, several cases from Washington County illustrate the weak-kneed attitude of Washington County District Attorney Todd Martens and two judges in that county.
Arthur Ankenbrant, 46, of West Bend [Wisconsin], was convicted of molesting a 9-year-old girl after telling her that he wanted to teach her how to protect herself from other molesters. Ankenbrant also faced molestation charges in Florida that led his ex-wife to terminate Ankenbrant’s parental rights (although the charges were then dropped). In the recent case, a jury unanimously convicted Ankenbrant.
The three counts on which he was convicted allowed a maximum sentence of 150 years. Instead, Martens’ office recommended eight. That’s less than 6 percent of what he was eligible for. The judge, Patrick Faragher, went even softer. He sentenced Ankenbrant to a mere seven years in prison. What’s weird about these sentences is that both the judge and the assistant district attorney stated they felt Ankenbrant’s crime was serious. Faragher even stated from the bench that Ankenbrant has a high chance of re-offending after release. Martens doesn’t even believe he owes the community an explanation for his weak approach, telling me that if I want to know his office’s opinion on the case to get a copy of the court transcript.
Despite their own purported beliefs in Ankenbrant’s guilt, the district attorney and judge came up with a sentence that will likely have Ankenbrant out of jail by the end of the decade.
I agree 100% with Mark Belling. It is time to start going after these ninny judges and DAs. The public overwhelmingly wants these creeps to stay locked up, forever and ever and ever, and the laws allow us to do that. Unfortunately we just can't get reasonable sentences out of these courts.
The time has come for an outcry! When is the American public going to stand up and say enough is enough?
I wonder...
peace nick
Mark Belling, who hosts a very successful radio talk show in Milwaukee, WI, takes up this topic in his recent column in the Waukesha Freeman newspaper. Since it won't be online past today, I wanted to copy part of that article, since I think it highlights the problem very well.
Mark Belling's website is http://www.belling.com, and his weekly column can be found here . This is part of what he writes:
If you want to molest a child, Washington County [Wisconsin] is the place to do it. The district attorney and judges in that county are offering up sentences so soft that they are eye-popping. In the past three weeks, several cases from Washington County illustrate the weak-kneed attitude of Washington County District Attorney Todd Martens and two judges in that county.
Arthur Ankenbrant, 46, of West Bend [Wisconsin], was convicted of molesting a 9-year-old girl after telling her that he wanted to teach her how to protect herself from other molesters. Ankenbrant also faced molestation charges in Florida that led his ex-wife to terminate Ankenbrant’s parental rights (although the charges were then dropped). In the recent case, a jury unanimously convicted Ankenbrant.
The three counts on which he was convicted allowed a maximum sentence of 150 years. Instead, Martens’ office recommended eight. That’s less than 6 percent of what he was eligible for. The judge, Patrick Faragher, went even softer. He sentenced Ankenbrant to a mere seven years in prison. What’s weird about these sentences is that both the judge and the assistant district attorney stated they felt Ankenbrant’s crime was serious. Faragher even stated from the bench that Ankenbrant has a high chance of re-offending after release. Martens doesn’t even believe he owes the community an explanation for his weak approach, telling me that if I want to know his office’s opinion on the case to get a copy of the court transcript.
Despite their own purported beliefs in Ankenbrant’s guilt, the district attorney and judge came up with a sentence that will likely have Ankenbrant out of jail by the end of the decade.
I agree 100% with Mark Belling. It is time to start going after these ninny judges and DAs. The public overwhelmingly wants these creeps to stay locked up, forever and ever and ever, and the laws allow us to do that. Unfortunately we just can't get reasonable sentences out of these courts.
The time has come for an outcry! When is the American public going to stand up and say enough is enough?
I wonder...
peace nick
posted by Nick at
11:56 AM
2 Comments:
Granted you and I have different political outlooks, but here I agree 1000%. We, as a country, need to decide if we want our kids to be man handled by any asshole, or let some adults do drugs. I personally find it insulting that drug dealers have MANDATORY sentences and molesters get a slap on the wrist. Let the dealers out to make room for the molester, is what I say.
I dont think we have to let anyone out to make room. We can always make more room for criminals.
We just need to give them the sentences they deserve.
peace nick
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