Posted on 03/17/2006 5:59:17 PM PST by cgk
The Most Dangerous States for American Kids |
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| By: Bill O'Reilly for BillOReilly.com Thursday, Mar 16, 2006 |
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| For those of you who still believe the justice system in America is working, consider the following. For three years, 46-year old Andrew Selva sexually brutalized two boys, ages 5 and 12, in a small town outside of Columbus, Ohio. In a plea bargain, Selva admitted to the court that he raped the boys in a variety of ways. By all accounts, it was savage criminal activity. But when Selva appeared for sentencing before Ohio Judge John Connor, he received no prison time at all. Instead, Connor placed him on probation, saying, "He's got a disease like I've got a disease. I don't know that prison would have helped, except for revenge, and revenge is not in the sentencing guidelines." What the sentencing guidelines did call for was a ten-year stretch in a state prison. But Connor believes he knows better, so it is probation for a child rapist. By the way, the "disease" Connor referenced in his own case is apparently alcohol-related; the judge has at least two DUI convictions on his sheet. This kind of sentencing insanity is increasing across the country because many states, like Ohio, have no mandatory minimum prison terms for child predators and, as we all know, there is no shortage of loony judges like Connor. While some states have passed Jessica's Law, which harshly punishes child molesters, other states simply will not do anything. The following are the most dangerous to a child's welfare. Vermont: Even after the national scandal of Judge Edward Cashman sentencing the rapist of an 8-year old girl to just 60 days in prison (under pressure, Cashman later revised the sentence to a paltry three years), the Vermont legislature failed to pass mandatory minimums for child sexual predators. The effort was blocked by Democrats, and Republican Governor Jim Douglas refused to get involved. New York: Despite overwhelming bipartisan support for Jessica's Law, Democratic Assemblyman Sheldon Silver continues to single-handedly block any vote. Governor Pataki vows to go around Silver. Maryland: No mandatory minimums for sexual crimes against children. The Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Democrat Joseph Vallario, has consistently blocked efforts to pass Jessica's Law. Massachusetts: Absolutely no mandated protection for kids who are brutalized sexually. The judge is free to bestow any sentence. Speaker of the House Sal Dimasi, a Democrat, has killed every piece of tough sex offender legislation that has been introduced. Wyoming: No minimum prison sentences and no GPS tracking for convicted sex offenders. Governor Dave Freudenthal, a Democrat, doesn't seem to care. Arkansas: No minimum prison sentences. Governor Mike Huckabee, a Republican, doesn't seem to care. Tennessee: No minimum prison terms for child sex crimes. Democratic Governor Phil Bredensen doesn't seem to care. Idaho: No minimum prison terms for child sex crimes. Republican Governor Dirk Kempthorne doesn't seem to care. North Dakota: No minimum prison sentences for any sexual acts with minors. Governor John Hoeven, a Republican, says he is "studying" ways to change that. Also, the states of Colorado, Wisconsin, Maine, Kansas, and Montana have weak laws protecting kids, but at least there are politicians in those states trying to change things. In the Ohio case where the child rapist received parole, and in the Vermont case where the man who raped the little girl initially got 60 days, the three victims were poor kids. Their parents had no money, no influence, and no hope of challenging the wicked judges. I submit those awful sentences would not have been handed down if the rapists had abused wealthy children. But be that as it may, any state that will not severely punish an adult who rapes a child is a disgraceful state. And everybody living there should know it. |
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I believe some of these states might not have sentencing standards because these sort of freaks are usually taken care of in other ways that might involve trees and rope.
We make fun of O'Blowhard here, and he is woefully ignorant on some issues (like, say, the basic tenets of Christianity), but he really does a service on issues such as this. Even if it is simply grandstanding, it is at least productive grandstanding.
Does this kind of stuff have to reach a pandemic stage for them to do something about it? Do the lib elites think they can't be effected and are just sadistic? It's getting to the point the pervs and the libs are running neck and neck to who is the most disgusting, the people who do it vs. the people who allow it to happen.
If the law/judges won't protect children then I believe society should be able to take care of these vermin ourselves. They don't deserve air.
Gee, we in California take a lot of cheap shots but at least we take care of our kids.
Don't bet on that.
I guess here in Ohio pedophilia is OK to a 'Rat if the RINO governor's approval ratings are below 50%.
Duct tape couldn't keep my head from exploding as I tried to wrap my head around that type of thinking.
The actions of Sheldon Silver and Joseph Vallario indicated that they might have a vested interest in protecting pedophiles. It is scary that there are perverted judges such as Cashman, Connor, McCann.
North Dakota Even though there may not be a minimum sentence, they do deal harshly with scumbags that hurt kids. The guy that was convicted of killing Jeanna North was put away for good even though no body or physical evidence was ever found. When I lived there, I remember it being said that these guys were safer in prison than out with the people that knew what he did.
I saw O'Reilly do a program on the Ohio judge and the one in Vermont. I hope he continues to expose these kinds of things.
So many Democrats are disgusting people. They can justify anything if it helps a leftie and/or hurts a conservative.
There are a LOT of cornfields in the Dakotas. I sometimes wonder how many perverts are fetilizing the corn ... 'cause if a pervert got a hold of my child/grandchild ...... I can't honestly say that I'd trust law enforcement to properly handle the situation. And I doubt I'm alone in this analysis, famers and neighbors in the Dakotas tend to stick together. At least they did when I grew up there.
Back in the day, alot of "farm accidents" cleared out the human trash.
and what burns me even more is that most all Americans have no idea or clue how these two Judges have perverted the law.
God forbid if the MSM would cover this.
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