Posted on 06/03/2010 1:17:43 PM PDT by george76
A 15-year-old Liberian refugee who pleaded guilty to participating in the gang rape of an 8-year-old girl was sentenced to probation.
Maricopa County Juvenile Court Judge Samuel Thumma Wednesday also sent the boy to a secure treatment center for at least a year for last summer's assault in Phoenix.
He was originally charged as an adult but later sent to juvenile court where he pleaded guilty to sexual assault, kidnapping, three counts of sexual conduct with a minor and one count of attempted sexual conduct with a minor.
Unless a judge rules otherwise, he will remain on probation until he is 18. If he had been convicted in adult court, he could have been sentences up to 21 years in prison.
The case prompted an international outcry after police reported the girl's father said she brought shame on the family and he didn't want her back
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He was just asserting his “sexual rights.”
In the past they would have been. That waas then, this is now. According to the social scientist we are more enlightened now.
Back when we were “uncivilized” it was the criminal that feared. As we become more “civilized” it is the law abider and innocent that fear.
But the m.o. of the Democrat Party that the idiots continue voting for and electing is protect the guilty and kill the innocent.
The girl is in foster care. Her parents were charged with child abuse but were released from jail last month because the court was unable to provide interpreters for court appearances.
That's just WRONG.
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