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In reply to the discussion: Oregon Supreme Court to consider: Is it 'cruel and unusual' to imprison public masturbator for life? [View all]brett_jv
(1,245 posts)To everybody that's reading these charges:
"felony Sexual Abuse I, Burglary I and Sodomy I"
and flipping the hell out?
Consider that this could mean anything from a truly 'worst case scenario' (which seems to be what everyone here seems convinced MUST have happened) ... to an instance where the guy lifted the purse or wallet from a 16 year old prostitute he mistakenly solicited and got oral pleasure from (which is 'sodomy' per many state laws) ... without knowing their age.
It doesn't necessarily 'take much' ... to get convicted of those three particular charges. I mean, maybe it WAS 'worst case', I dunno. But maybe it wasn't. And it was also a LONG time ago.
As an aside, I personally don't 'believe' in the general practice of continuing to punish people who've 'done their time' ... just because a crime was 'sexual in nature' ... when we DON'T do the same thing for crimes that are drug-related, robbery-related, even murder-related.