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Man Pleads Guilty in Molestation of 8-Year-Old (8 yo pregnant)
NewsDay ^
| 02-04-04
| Herbert Lowe
Posted on 02/05/2004 9:10:14 AM PST by Kennesaw
Edited on 02/05/2004 9:28:31 AM PST by Sidebar Moderator.
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A Queens sock vendor pleaded guilty yesterday to molesting and impregnating his girlfriend's 8-year-old daughter and faces 20 years in prison, prosecutors said.
Chancellor Drayton, 44, of 4-21 27th Ave. in Astoria, was charged with first-degree rape, police said, after the girl's grandmother found a "Dear Dad" love letter in which the child wrote that she enjoyed having sex with him and added, "I want to marry you." The girl's mother, a Fort Greene resident, contacted police, and tests showed that her daughter was 15 weeks pregnant.
At the mother's request, an abortion was performed and police arrested Drayton two weeks later. Prosecutors contended that he had sex with the girl at least four times between Dec. 2001 and Oct. 30, 2002 - usually while the mother, a student at Baruch College, was running errands.
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To: dwd1
No doubt. It is a fitting sentense for a less than human being!
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posted on
02/05/2004 9:49:11 AM PST
by
international american
(Support our troops..............................................revoke Hillary's visa!!)
To: cabbieguy
I would never think of questioning a rape victim if she aborted a rape induced pregnancy. I would. But not in this case. This child is not developed enough to grow and deliver a baby.
42
posted on
02/05/2004 9:49:44 AM PST
by
twigs
To: international american
I tend to be moderate on many issues but on this one, I really think I am so far to the right on this issue, Jerry Falwell is to the left of me...
As you stated, this is one of those crimes where the sentence is most appropriate...
43
posted on
02/05/2004 9:54:59 AM PST
by
dwd1
(M. h. D. (Master of Hate and Discontent))
To: hellinahandcart; All
Well, in a world where you can't pronounce half the stuff on the label of a soup can....
44
posted on
02/05/2004 9:56:21 AM PST
by
JoJo Gunn
(Gut and raze the NEA! ©)
To: Trueblackman
slime that is
45
posted on
02/05/2004 9:56:24 AM PST
by
Trueblackman
(It is enough to make you smile and gloat)
To: hellinahandcart
"And the onset of menstruation is happening earlier and earlier. Nobody really knows why."
That's true...
I've heard some explanations ranging from better nutrition/health care in the modern world, to the use of hormones in meat and poultry.
46
posted on
02/05/2004 10:00:55 AM PST
by
proud American in Canada
(Take back the First Amendment! Call today! U.S. Capitol Switchboard (202) 224-3121)
To: HELLRAISER II
"I don't mean to be naive, but don't you have to have a menustration period before you can get pregnant and isn't it unheard of for an 8 yr. old to have her period. I don't mean to be stupid, but as a man I didn't think that was possible that young."
Nope. Some girls start puberty that early.
47
posted on
02/05/2004 10:07:51 AM PST
by
MineralMan
(godless atheist)
To: HELLRAISER II
Wifes friend got hers at 7....of course everything else was progressing as well...got teased a lot in school too.
To: r9etb
begun menstruating at the age of 2most likely it was an endocrine disorder such as CPP-Central Precocious Puberty, or another hormonal issue vs "she just started early".
An 8-yr-old beginning menstruation is still within the "normal" range....a 2-yo, no way.
49
posted on
02/05/2004 10:15:37 AM PST
by
ZinGirl
To: twigs
That's exactly the problem. Death doesn't work in rape unless you want to further endanger the victim.This was one of the problems addressed by Scotland Yard during the 1850s. There were so many crimes with death penalty that perps found that "No Witness Left Behind" was the best policy. To quote Dr Murchinson, "The penalty for one murder is the same as that for two."
50
posted on
02/05/2004 10:21:40 AM PST
by
Doctor Stochastic
(Vegetabilisch = chaotisch is der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)
To: Paradox
Boy, I am sort of torn on that also.
51
posted on
02/05/2004 10:22:22 AM PST
by
Geritol
(Lord willing, there will be a later...)
To: HELLRAISER II
don't you have to have a menustration period before you can get pregnant and isn't it unheard of for an 8 yr. old to have her periodThe average age of puberty has been dropping steadily, I think it's about 10 years for girls now. It's not uncommon for black girls to enter puberty at 8 and white girls at 9.
52
posted on
02/05/2004 10:31:34 AM PST
by
Squawk 8888
(Earth first! We can mine the other planets later.)
To: hellinahandcart
>You can get pregnant before your first period, it's just >a matter of timing. And the onset of menstruation is >happening earlier and earlier. Nobody really knows why.
I started at 9.
I wonder if it doesn't have to do with all the growth hormones in food making menstruation begin earlier over all. Of course sometimes it's just genetics, everyone in my family started early.
53
posted on
02/05/2004 10:50:48 AM PST
by
sandbar
To: ikka
I don't believe posting facts is nice or not nice.
I am glad you pointed this out because I did not know this. I need to educate myself more on Islam.
thanks!!
54
posted on
02/05/2004 10:54:40 AM PST
by
Kennesaw
To: hellinahandcart
You can get pregnant before your first period, it's just a matter of timing. And the onset of menstruation is happening earlier and earlier. Nobody really knows why.I've heard a few theories on this... First off, better nutrition. It's a fact that improved nutrition in just the last few hundred years has led to Americans being taller than their colonial ancestors. It's thought by some that better nutrition allows girls to mature faster.
Antoher theory is due to eating more meat that has been treated with growth hormones, which causes faster maturation.
Mark
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posted on
02/05/2004 10:59:41 AM PST
by
MarkL
To: Clintons Are White Trash
There is no torture I can think of that would be cruel enough for this sub-human scum. No, but slow removal of certain body parts might be a good start...Sans anesthesia, of course.
56
posted on
02/05/2004 11:03:46 AM PST
by
opus86
To: johnb838
"moral decay"
moral decay = liberal outcomes
Another victim for the social liberal ideology.
57
posted on
02/05/2004 11:11:33 AM PST
by
BluSky
(“Don’t make me come down there.”)
To: Paradox
No one has yet to comment on the abortion. On first glance, I was sickened by it, but in this case, such a small, young girl, perhaps her health really would have been threatened?I thought about abortion as soon as I started reading the article. FWIW, I am against abortion, unless the mother's life is at risk. In the case of rape, I would hope that people would counsel the rape victim against getting an abortion, since the child, while tragic, is still going to by yet another victim of the rape. However, I would be against forcing the rape victim to carry the child... This is one case where I do agree 100% in the woman's right to "choose."
However, in the case of an 8 year old girl, I don't think that there's any way that the child could be brought to term. I'm pretty sure that the girl's skellatal structure wouldn't allow birth, and given the developing body and systems, it would probably be terribly dangerous to even try bringing the child to term.
So I feel that the rape victim's mother made the right decision. Sometimes you have to make terrible decisions.
Mark
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posted on
02/05/2004 11:14:50 AM PST
by
MarkL
To: Kennesaw
Instead of giving him 20 years, just shoot him 20 times and then put his body out into bear country.
59
posted on
02/05/2004 11:25:53 AM PST
by
Houmatt
(Where is the humanity in hacking someone to death with a knife?)
To: PaulaB
how is it we can't protect the children of this country? Because leftist criminal coddlers don't want you to.
60
posted on
02/05/2004 11:29:06 AM PST
by
Houmatt
(Where is the humanity in hacking someone to death with a knife?)
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