So I just had this come across my list of results at work. If you don't read my profile, (ggrr 
) I do criminal background research. I'm sort of like the quality control - I make sure no one is fucking records up, which happens all the time.
This person has been charged with carnal knowledge of a juvenile. This is a felony. This is the definition: A person who is seventeen years of age or older has sexual intercourse, with consent, with a person who is thirteen years of age or older but less than seventeen years of age, when the victim is not the spouse of the offender and when the difference between the age of the victim and the age of the offender is four years or greater.
Do you want to know what this person was sentenced with? You would think prison, long probation, massive fines, right? Well you would be wrong. They received a $100 fine, court costs totalling $122.75, must maintain employment, random drug testing, remain drug/alcohol free, have counseling about lifehood decisions, no contact with victim, 500 hours of community service at a ZOO, and speak with 8th grade students about drugs and staying in school. All of this could be suspended if this person gets a degree at a community college.
So, you tell me how flawed our justice system can be.
) I do criminal background research. I'm sort of like the quality control - I make sure no one is fucking records up, which happens all the time.This person has been charged with carnal knowledge of a juvenile. This is a felony. This is the definition: A person who is seventeen years of age or older has sexual intercourse, with consent, with a person who is thirteen years of age or older but less than seventeen years of age, when the victim is not the spouse of the offender and when the difference between the age of the victim and the age of the offender is four years or greater.
Do you want to know what this person was sentenced with? You would think prison, long probation, massive fines, right? Well you would be wrong. They received a $100 fine, court costs totalling $122.75, must maintain employment, random drug testing, remain drug/alcohol free, have counseling about lifehood decisions, no contact with victim, 500 hours of community service at a ZOO, and speak with 8th grade students about drugs and staying in school. All of this could be suspended if this person gets a degree at a community college.
So, you tell me how flawed our justice system can be.
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fallonn:
Offender is male, and I agree with you that females shouldn't have easier sentencing. I've seen a ton of cases of statutory rape where the docket details sex was consenting, but because it's between someone who is say 19 and 14 the offender is locked up for years and has to register as a sex offender. The punishment really caries from state to state. In this case the jurisdiction is a small parrish in Louisiana, and those courts are harder on drug offenders than sexual/assault offenders. It makes me crazy!
fallonn:
Hhmm could be!