Judge: 5-Foot-1 Child Molester Is Too Short for Prison

AP ^ | May 25, 2006

[ConservativeStatement]

SIDNEY, Neb. -- A judge said a 5-foot-1 man convicted of sexually assaulting a child was too small to survive in prison, and gave him 10 years of probation instead.

His crimes deserved a long sentence, District Judge Kristine Cecava said, but she worried that Richard W. Thompson, 50, would be especially imperiled by prison dangers.

"You are a sex offender, and you did it to a child," she said.

But, she said, "That doesn't make you a hunter. You do not fit in that category."

[ConservativeStatement]

Iggy Pop needs to update his song: "I'm only five foot one..."

[kinoxi]

this is disturbing

[rogue yam]

How tall would he be if they stretched his neck?

[july4thfreedomfoundation]

This silly broad is unfit to be a judge....she should be sent to prison herself for this absurd ruling.

[goodnesswins]

"but she (THE JUDGE) worried that Richard W. Thompson, 50, would be especially imperiled by prison dangers."

But, don't bother worrying about the neighborhood children.....they should really test judges for logic...this makes me sick.

[Godebert]

Unbelievable. The judge is just as much a menace to society as the child rapist she just pardoned. They both should be executed for their crimes.

[Fruitbat]

I wonder how tall the child was and what kind of a chance of avoiding molestation and abuse he/she had!

Of course lib lawyers don't have the brains to think beyond then end of their nose!

[Mr. Mojo]

"You are a sex offender, and you did it to a child," she said. But, she said, "That doesn't make you a hunter. You do not fit in that category."

And that catergory begins where, Katherine? 5'4 or '5'5"? Frightening idiocy.

[Mr. Mojo]

Katherine = Kristine

[ConservativeStatement]

Perfect segue from my original post. That is where Iggy Pop's song can be modified. The originally opening eords:

"I'm only five foot one
I got a pain in my NECK
I'm looking up in the city
What the hell what the heck"

[Spruce]

Hang him. Dis-Bar her.

[Enterprise]

I would have told him I have some good news and some bad news.

First the bad news: "Monster, I am sentencing you to prison."

Now the good news: "As soon as you get there, you will be a short timer."

[I Drive Too Fast]

You've got to be kidding me ping.

[rogue yam]

I'm only five foot one
Gotta rope 'round my neck
Looking down from this gallows
What the hell what the heck

[PizzaDriver]

Has this Judge EVER given a Harder sentence to a "Perp" that is "TOO Big" & using that Size Advantage "for criminal advantage"?

[Fruitbat]

I just wanna know what the hell this love affair our judges have for violent and child molesting criminals!

They care more about the damned offenders that ruin many other peoples' lives than they do about the victims and societal civility and safety!

[ConservativeStatement]

This can be merged with Zeppelin's "Gallow's Pole." It is all working out. Now we need a tune for the dopey judge.

[Tzimisce]

Hi kids! I'm an oompa loompa. Want some candy?

(/sick joke)

[Enterprise]

If it were just limited to judges we would have a chance to fight them. This love affair with predators extends to the political level also. It is there that the rules for the application of justice are written. When they give judges too much leeway, we have atrocious decisions like this one.

[KoRn]

That 'judge' should be thrown in prison, and the child molester slashed from head to toe and thrown into shark infested water.