Posted on 03/02/2006 9:23:01 PM PST by twippo
GOLD HILL, Ore. - A teen who pinched and twisted another boy's nipple while standing in line at a deli has been sentenced to four days in juvenile detention because he refused to write a letter that explained his actions.
David Thumler, 16, was convicted of offensive physical touching in July 2005, after the victim's parents complained to police. The Crater High School student paid a $67 fine and served three days of community service.
"I emptied trash cans, mowed lawns and shoveled gravel," Thumler said.
But Thumler's refusal to comply with the final piece of his sentence will cost him four days in detention. He was required to write the letter during four classes put on by Mediation Works, which operates the victim-offender program for Jackson County Community Justice. Mary Miller, executive director of Mediation Works, said the purpose of the letter is to prepare teens to be accountable for their offenses.
"They don't have to apologize," she said. "But they are required to be accountable."
The offender is required to describe the act in detail, explain "thinking errors," "express empathy" and describe any resultant life changes.
Miller said the program is "often a very, very healing experience between the victim and youth offender." Thumler said he presented a rough draft of his letter in the third session. He said he balked when told he must also describe his "criminal thought processes." He said that would imply malicious or criminal intent, and "none of that applied to my feelings or actions." Thumler said he had no criminal intent because he considered the victim to be a friend at the time of the incident _ which he deemed horseplay. Including the language sought by Mediation Works, he said, would turn his prior court statements into lies.
"It was a matter of conscience," Thumler said. "I figure the worst is already over."
Ken Chapman, a Community Justice juvenile probation supervisor, verified Thumler's sentence.
"The judge found a willful violation of the court order," Chapman said.
I'm a law and order guy and all, but turning a titty-twister into a criminal case in the first place is "just damn" material, as far as I'm concerned.
If I only had a nickel for every time my nipple got twisted.
Hey Judge...I'm a boy horsing around. OK?
Its called assault; thats our legal system.
Victicrats.
That's ok. When he's 80, I'll be 70, and then I'll try to remember to give paybacks.
Even if I have to go to lock-up for it.
This is just DUMB!
/johnny
Hey the only time I got my nipple twisted was by a girl.
But that's another story.
Bad A$$: What are you in for, kid?
Kid: Uh....failure to appologize for a purple nurple.
She looks sorta tough. Cute, but tough.
/johnny
And do you agree, or disagree with it?
Maybe it's okay for the guys to get 'em twisted, but try it on a girl and you'll be on the floor with your jewels in your hands!
oh please... doing time for a purple-nurple?
Do they execute kids for wedgies these days?
There isn't much that provokes me to instant rage, but I have decked more than a few people who have tried to grab my nipple. Flick my ears, give me a friendly head butt, and you can even slap me in the butt...but reach for my nipples and you get punched. There just isn't a good reason for any guy to grab another guy's nipple.
Consider the reaction if this was done to a girl's nipples.
And squashing a bug is animal cruelty.
Well what I think is irrelevant, the law is the law; but I will say this: in order for the statutes to be effective, assault an battery laws need to have a low threshold.
Now that's not true derllak. If you do it gently she'll buy you breakfast in the morning.
I'll have eggs Florentine if that's alright with you.
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