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>Oh, this is a light I've always seen. I have believed for many years that our judges are far too lenient in far too many cases. I love it when a judge says that this is one of the most heinous and horrible crimes he's ever seen, and gives the perp a couple of years less a day so it's not a federal offense. We have a number of cases of house arrest verdicts for rape. The latest I know of is in Saskatchewan where 3 men raped a 12 year old girl. They were give 2 years of house arrest because the judge accepted their contention that the fact that she accepted a ride and a beer meant the sex was consensual.
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>Whenever something like this happens, everybody gets up in arms, but still nothing much changes.

"Hope springs eternal." Gotta keep fighting the insanity.