Child sex sentence changed from up to life to 1 year

[steve2470]

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/03/20/judge-mistake-in-child-sex-case-sentencing/6643517/

RENO, Nev. — One week after sentencing a man to 10 years to life in prison for sex acts with a 6-year-old girl, Washoe District Judge Brent Adams cut the sentence to a year in jail and five years of probation.

Adams cited a "mistake" on a clerical error in filing after he verbally sentenced Isaac Onsurez, 69, and electronically filed it with his signature the following day.

Several attorneys in the Washoe County District Attorney's office expressed disbelief and disappointment in Adams' change of heart. So did the mother of the victim in the case.

"It was the harshest sentence he could impose, and that was the justice we were looking for," said the mother, whom the Reno Gazette-Journal is not identifying per a sex crimes policy. "... then two days later we get a phone call."

*video at link*

[giftedgirl77]

1. That's disturbing...

[steve2470]

2. to say the least nt

[giftedgirl77]

3. Yes, I'm somewhat speechless.

A clerical error doesn't generally cause someone to do a 180 on a sentence. Makes me curious as to what made him do something so drastic.

[steve2470]

4. a WAG here...

The lawyer for the defendant got to him afterwards and some corrupt BS went on.

I could easily be wrong.

[CBGLuthier]

6. He announced his plans to retire last year

Guess a little bump to the ole retirement fund can help that. Just like that idiot judge that let the guy walk after the girl killed herself and the idiot judge that took the affluenza case. All of them corrupt as fuck. Guaranteed.

[steve2470]

8. yep retirement funds got low

I mean....his decision looks so corrupt....no matter what his idiotic rationale is.

[giftedgirl77]

10. Hopefully the DA will follow up on this one.

[steve2470]

11. yes hopefully nt

[Cirque du So-What]

5. It gets worse

I feel ill after reading the entire article.

[riqster]

7. A license to molest. That judge...

I can't verbalize a sufficiently painful attitude adjustment for the "jurist". Here's hoping Hell exists, and that he gets his due there.

[In_The_Wind]

9. Wrong!

[Baitball Blogger]

12. Someone obviously got to that judge.

[pipi_k]

13. Well he still got

more than my child molesting BIL got.

He was given four months for molesting my daughter and two other little girls.

Probation...I have no idea. All I know is that as soon as he got out of jail he moved his family from Mass to Florida.


He got four goddamned months and the girls he molested (including two of his own daughters when they were living in Florida) got a lifetime of painful memories, shame, guilt, and whatever else that comes along with being the victim of a pedophile.


There's no sentence long enough for pedophiles, IMO. Maybe life in prison or, if released, banishment to special communities where these guys aren't exposed to children.

[steve2470]

14. wow that's really shocking

I agree with you about pedophiles.

On a side note, I'm really surprised this thread is so....slow. Everyone asleep or at work ?