On Aug 6, 2005, at 4:40 AM, Gary Nunn wrote:
This is very sad, even more so because I live in this town (Delaware
Ohio).
I look at this stuff and wonder WTF was this judge thinking?
Well, clearly he wasn't.
In my most sarcastic tone of voice - But I guess this is ok because
the
girl, who is technically a minor, supposedly gave consent, and the
guard is
"very, very remorseful" about what he did.
Ahh, no -- he's almost surely, however, very very remorseful that he
got caught. The presence of photographs *really* makes this mess hard
to fathom. Particularly the lenience.
I wonder how much of this ties in to the general tolerance the US seems
to have for prison rape.
Some comments on the actual article content:
Cardinal Paige was the first to be sentenced in a series of
allegations of
abuse at the state's only girls' prison in nearby Delaware.
That's why they went easy on him; they thought they were dealing with a
Cardinal.
Prosecutor David Yost said he wouldn't question the sentence but
disagreed
that the girl gave consent. "I don't think in this situation a juvenile
prisoner can give consent or facilitate the offense, ever, because
you're in
an inherently coercive environment," Yost said. "I don't think she
bears any
responsibility for what happened to her."
That's a significant point and one clearly overlooked by the judge, who
should have had a little more latitude than he's apparently claiming to
have in his sentencing. By definition inmates in any prison are in a
position of inferior authority and power to the guards. Consent is not
an option in those situations.
"Guards cannot touch these kids, there's no question. He should not be
a
guard," Whitney said. "In my opinion the victim encouraged it. It
doesn't
make it right, no way. It cannot be tolerated, but it makes a big
difference
as to whether someone goes to prison."
Oh, I see. "She was asking for it!" How is it possible that shit still
flies in 2005?
Whitney said he frequently orders jail time on weekends so defendants
don't
lose their jobs and go on public assistance.
Seems to me this guy *needs* to lose his job…
--
Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books
http://books.nightwares.com/
Current work in progress "The Seven-Year Mirror"
http://www.nightwares.com/books/ockrassa/Flat_Out.pdf
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