Judge allows Alabama man who raped 14-year-old to avoid prison time

[eridani]

Is it my imagination, or does that asshole look like George Zimmerman?

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/11/15/1255802/-Judge-allows-Alabama-man-who-raped-14-year-old-to-avoid-prison-time

Austin Smith Clem raped Courtney Andrews twice when she was 14 and once when she was 18. A jury convicted him of one count of first-degree rape and two counts of second-degree rape, yet despite sentencing guidelines calling for decades in prison, Limestone County Circuit Judge James Woodroof gave Clem a sentence that will let him avoid prison time for the rapes. Woodroof theoretically sentenced Clem to 40 years, but:

... structured the sentence in such a way that Clem will only be hit with community corrections and probation. Clem will have to register as a sex offender and pay fines and restitution—a total of $2,381, according to the sentencing document provided to Mother Jones—but he will not serve jail time unless he violates the terms of his sentencing.

[Arcanetrance]

1. I have no fucking words

[pipoman]

2. It will be interesting to see how this one turns out..

Amanda Iles, Catholic School Religion Teacher, Charged With Rape Of 14-Year-Old Student

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/08/amanda-iles-catholic-school-rape_n_4239250.html

If history serves, the sentence/agreement will be light..

[sakabatou]

3. WTF?!

[LuvNewcastle]

4. So he rapes a girl 3 times and now he can't drink beer at a party

or buy a lottery ticket in Tenn. for 6 years? So that's 2 years of probation per rape? What if he rapes again, will he get another 2 years? This judge needs to go to prison right along with the rapist.