Judge Says Jail 'Isn't Appropriate' For Man Who Sexually Assaulted Teens

[Jilly_in_VA]

A New York man who pleaded guilty in a sexual assault case involving multiple teenage girls has evaded jail time because a judge decided that incarcerating him “isn’t appropriate.” Instead, he will get eight years’ probation.

The man, 20-year-old Christopher Belter, stands accused of running a “party house” in a wealthy neighborhood in Lewiston, a town in upstate New York, where his mother, stepfather, and adult family friend would allegedly ply teen girls with alcohol, the Niagara-Gazette reported. Belter’s crimes took place at the house, after parties, according to the Buffalo News.

Belter, a former prep school student, could have been sentenced to up to eight years in prison after he pleaded guilty in 2019 to third-degree rape and attempted first-degree sexual abuse—both felonies—and two misdemeanor counts of second-degree sexual abuse.

“I agonized—I’m not ashamed to say that I actually prayed over what is the appropriate sentence in this case. Because there was great pain. There was great harm—there were multiple crimes committed in the case,” Judge Matthew J. Murphy III said at the sentencing on Tuesday, according to local news outlet WKBW. “It seems to me that a sentence that involves incarceration or partial incarceration isn’t appropriate, so I am going to sentence you to probation.”

https://www.vice.com/en/article/5dgbka/new-york-christopher-belter-rape-given-probation
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Y'all know what to do. Plaster this RAPIST'S picture everywhere, just like we did with Brock Turner.

[TheRealNorth]

1. Correction:

Jail is not appropriate for rich, white turds.

[Jilly_in_VA]

2. But public shaming is.....

[bearsfootball516]

3. "I actually prayed over what is the appropriate sentence in this case"

I think I found the problem!

[RussBLib]

7. no shit

this judge is obviously not grounded in rationality. Big red flag.

If such "grave crimes" were committed, why the fuck did you go with probation?

Oh yeah, the kid is white, and rich, and his daddy gonna come down on you if you send his precious to jail.

[Dorian Gray]

4. Castration

is appropriate.

[BlueTsunami2018]

5. He's lucky he even had a trial.

If was my kid he did that to, there would still be a search party out looking for him.

[Disaffected]

6. "There was great harm--there were multiple crimes committed in the case,.."

“It seems to me that a sentence that involves incarceration or partial incarceration isn’t appropriate, so I am going to sentence you to probation.”

Good grief - what possible thought process could have arrived at that conclusion??

[multigraincracker]

8. I wood suggest the

Lorena Bobbitt solution. Castration does not work due to testosterone replacement.