Posted on 11/16/2013 6:01:14 AM PST by moonshinner_09
Married man who raped girl three times starting when she was only 14-years-old WILL NOT go to prison despite convictions
An Alabama man will not go to prison despite being convicted of three counts of rape dating back to when his victim was only 14-years-old. Austin Clem, 25, raped the young girl three times between the ages of 14 and 18-years-old and will spend two years in a reform program and three years on probation instead of being locked up. Mr Clem will also have to register as a sex offender, but the slap on the wrist outraged many in the courtroom. ‘This isn't legal. It's not a legal sentence,’ Ms Andrews, now 20, told AL.com DA Jim Ayers jumped up in court and said. Mr Clem was convicted of one count of first-degree rape for the most recent incident two years ago, and two counts of second-degree rape for the two encounters when she was just 14-years-old. Sentencing guidelines provide for sentences anywhere from 10 to 99 years in prison, but Mr Clem will never see the inside of a cell. ‘My family was very relieved to hear the three guilty verdicts,’ Courtney’s father Richard Andrews told AL.com. ‘We were floored to hear the judge hand down such a light sentence.’ The convicted rapist will instead spend two years in a reform program administered by the county jail, but intended to keep non-violent offenders out of prison.
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Hardly.
Planned Parenthood can abort a 14 year old's baby with no rape investigation.
A 14 year old can even have sex legally with someone "near" his/her age (that doesn't work for buying cigarettes or alcohol, 2 days shy "of age" you are still in full violation).
I agree
So what is the judge to do.
Damn any man that would tap his daughter to death?
Gosh, FRiend, I don’t know how to explain it better than that cartoon does.
Societal acceptance of “gay marriage” has accelerated societal acceptance of additional depravities.
The judge in this case has essentially forgiven this man’s sexual violation of a child.
Decent people derided Whoopi Goldberg for her “wasn’t rape-rape” view, but unfortunately turns out she was just ahead of the curve.
and this story isn’t about any of those things....
quit trying to find straw men to argue about
Huh!? Okay, there has to be a payoff somewhere.
5.56mm
When I saw his name was “Austin Clem” I just knew.
The picture at the link confirmed my suspicion.
I think the judge is correct in this, they were only 5 years apart in age and this gal is a pill.
Clem will bear the brunt of this, and I hope he learns a lesson.
This gal better wise up.
She is on record.
She accuses Clem of molesting his daughters?
BAH!
Planned Parenthood was busted repeatedly on tape coaching young girls to LIE about their adult partners.
You said that the law is clear on this matter. Not so.
Well my FRiend, teens have been screwing since the dawn of time.
I think this judge recognizes that it takes two to tango.
I think he let the gal off light and Clem will bear that burden, but she had better not push the issue.
I can see that she is a vindictive nasty thing, accusing him of raping his children with no proof.
Jeez
There is a reason I am celibate.
“The Judge thinks rapists are non-violent offende”
If it wee in my power, I would house this rapist next door to his grandhildren.
I guarentee you're pretty much a jerk.....
Yeah, I’m a real asshole.
I expect there is more to this than we will ever know.
Anyone notice how the article stated ages?
Nowhere does it point out his age (19) at the time of the first episode when she was 14. It says, he *is* 25 and she *was* 14. The average numbnuts reader can’t do the math and sees 25 yo rapes 14 yo. This wording is not accidental, nor is it insignificant.
By deliberately making the age difference appear greater, the paper is doing a disservice to the truth (whatever it is in this case).
I’m not minimizing the potential offense here, but this piece is a sketchy and poorly written tabloid story. It refers to him in bold type as “the pervert”. With what little we know here, “pervert” is pushing it.
Note that a big deal is made about the safety of his 3 female children. Curiously, none of their ages are mentioned. Now there is a real leap. Idiot 19 yo male boinks 14 yo girl (whom we know nothing about at that time) and this magically translates into a 25 yo man wanting to sexually assault his own daughters who are probably under the age of 5?
All I am saying is Courtney is no angel.
She had better be careful with this statutory crap.
She is 20 now and making accusations.
Is she seriously bandying about the notion that because Clem boofed her when she was 14 and he was 18 or whatever, that ergo he is raping his 2 or 3 year old daughters?
Seriously?
Courtney is NO ANGEL
Before you flame me for my post #34, realize my comments are not about rape & underage sex, but this article, its deficiencies and prejudices as well as the lack of background information.
This is very poor “journalism”. Are we not allowed to point that out because of the nature of the story?
Thank you for seeing through the hype.
Still I am not excusing Clem.
recognition that you have a problem is the first to a cure.
“such pathetic BS.......typical behavior of some like you...blame the victim first!..”
Get your head out of your back side, this was a statutory rape case between a 19 and 14 year old. Legally she may not have given consent but you can bet this was consensual. The mans life has been destroyed by this, there is no need to fill the jails up with people that are no danger to anyone. Try to get a little perspective on life rather than start spouting feminists slogans like “blame the victim” which has been used to justify all sorts of injustices against men.
Garsh I stand humbly before you hat in hand...
Bless your heart.
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