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As many of you know, there has been pleanty of backlash against the judge that sentenced the boy to 6 months in jail. Many journalists are jumping on the bandwagons, so it's always refreshing to see someone who doesn't jump on....
http://m.sfgate.com/opinion/saunders/article/Stanford-offender-s-life-sentence-8216559.php
http://m.sfgate.com/opinion/saunders/article/Stanford-offender-s-life-sentence-8216559.php
If Brock Turner lived in NV, (where FULL compliance with AWA was just implemented and everyone got their letters telling them their tier level had moved up and sense their 'supervision' had tightened and for most there adults there is now no provision in law for anyone to petition to get off the registry in their life time),
The Turner's son might get a 'light sentence' if his father had pull, but the kid would be required to serve 25 blameless years be on the Registry in NV before he could even petition to get off supervision and that 'provision' to petition years of 'blameless conduct' is only available to those So even a juvenile might be 50 something before he could hope to be free of the registry and in the meantime he would be a sex offender forever. That really is a life sentence.
"But did he get off lightly? His jail time is too short, but his harshest punishment is a lifetime on the sex offender registry."
Notice the word "punishment" in that statement.
Punishment?? I thought the sex offender registry was merely a civil regulatory scheme to protect the public and not any punitive measure???
The fact is that everyone knows the sex offender registry and all the restrictions flowing from the registry are punitive in nature. I just wish more judges and courts would recognize this fact.
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'If Sacramento allowed plea deals that would mean shorter time on the registry for first-time offenders, more guys like Turner might plead guilty — and spare their victims from having to testify in court. A smarter registry could set up the scenario Emily Doe suggested.
I wonder if Turner’s attorney would have cut a deal if not for the lifetime sex registry. Santa Clara County Chief Assistant District Attorney Jay Boyarsky says no. This case never was going to settle, he said; his office would not have agreed to a guilty plea for a lesser charge that would detour the registry. Besides, he added, defense attorneys tend to fight deals that land their clients behind bars. I asked Boyarsky if he thinks Turner should be on a registry for life. “I do,” Boyarsky answered, not to shame the offender, but to protect the public.'
The DA's don't care about what is best for the victim. They only want to punish and get the maximum sentence possible for every case. Had they tried to work out a plea deal with this boy that was fair, the victim would have been saved from the trauma of testifying, just like any other victim of sexual abuse.
Many victims of every crime just wants the case to be done and over with, instead of their lives on hold waiting for trial. If the defendant is able to plea guilty with sentences that are fair, the state would save a lot of money, and victims would see justice being served a lot sooner. My husband would have plead guilty, if the state was willing to entertain the idea of the justice our daughter asked for, instead they pushed for the maximum and stacked as many charges they could to ensure the got the most time they could throw at him.....
He means a more punitive registry. But wait a minute? I thought the registry wasn't supposed to be punitive.