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Democrat Judge Sentences Confessed Rapist to 45 Days in Jail

Posted By Daniel Greenfield On May 6, 2014 @ 9:36 am In The Point | 10 Comments

While the Dallas County Democratic Party is pushing Wendy Davis for Governor under the War for Women banner, one of the Democrat judges whose election campaign it promoted is under fire for having an attitude toward rape that’s disgusting… even for a Democrat.

A Texas judge has sentenced a confessed rapist to just five years’ probation, implying his 14-year-old victim was promiscuous and “wasn’t the victim she claimed to be.”

Sir Young, 20, pleaded guilty to raping the girl at Booker T. Washington High School in Dallas when he was 18, even as she told him “no” and “stop,” according to the Dallas Morning News.

But State District Judge Jeanine Howard stunned many when she opted for probation, which will include 45 days in jail, and also exempted him from standard sex-offender restrictions, such as staying away from children.

“She wasn’t the victim she claimed to be,” Howard said. “He is not your typical sex offender.

“There are rape cases that deserve life. There are rape cases that deserve 20 years. Every now and then you have one of those that deserve probation. This is one of those and I stand by it.”

“She kept saying, ‘No and stop,’ but I just didn’t stop,” he wrote.

The victim, now 17, said the sentence made her regret coming forward.

“I did what I was supposed to do. I went to the law about this situation,” she said. “(But the sentence) says everything I went through was for nothing.”

Howard also came under fire for ordering Young to serve community service at a rape crisis center — a requirement that advocates for sexual assault victims said was unheard of.

Howard added that she thought she was “doing a good thing” with her sentence and said Young does not need to undergo polygraphs.

“There are rape cases that deserve life. There are rape cases that deserve 20 years,” Howard said. “Every now and then you have one of those that deserve probation. This is one of those and I stand by it.”

“My job is not to make people happy. My job is to follow the Constitution and do the right thing. I will always do the right thing.”

It must be that living constitution that liberals believe in. Apparently it now grants immunity to rapists too.

Howard, a Democrat who will be unopposed in November as she seeks a third term.

Maybe someone can finally oppose her.


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