Alabama Man Won't Serve Prison Time for Raping 14-Year-Old

[johnlucas]

24. I'm aware of this. I don't like vigilantism but the courts gotta do better by victims than this

There's an arrogance with people who work within the "Justice System".
They don't seem to understand that their decisions affect how citizens view their government.
If things get too Banana Republic for the citizens, after awhile the citizens reject that "Justice System" & concoct a Justice System of their own.
And yes this will lead into more abuses because of the judge, jury, & executioner aspect.
That's EXACTLY why judges should NEVER be so trivial with verdicts & sentences like this.

The truth of the matter is that laws are just words on paper.
They mean nothing if there's no action behind them.
When someone rapes a child, that rapist should not get off virtually unscathed.
This is NOT a victimless crime.
Prisons are needed to keep this guy from raping some other girl.
What's the point of a prison if not to quarantine violators like this away from other people.
Rape laws can't prevent rapes from happening but they CAN prevent FUTURE rapes from happening.
The message sent by this judge says "Rape my little girls. It's all good."

Natural law takes over when written law becomes inadequate.
So those upholding written law had better take extreme caution when they deliver their verdicts & sentences.

Remember. This country was founded by people who saw laws that didn't benefit their society.
They told King George to stuff his laws & fought a Revolution.
Just because it's law doesn't mean it's sacrosanct.
The purpose of law is to uphold what is sacrosanct or it means nothing.
John Lucas