Rapist ordered to preform community service... at a Rape Crisis Center.
[quote]A Texas judge who ordered a rapist to serve community service at a rape crisis center has been forced to reconsider the sentence.
In a police interview, Sir Young admitted that he had raped a 14-year-old girl in 2011 at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts when he was 18.
“I hate to have that on my plate. But that’s rape,” he told police.
According to The Dallas Observer, Young could have served 20 years in jail, but Dallas County District Judge Jeanine Howard showed him leniency during last week’s sentencing.
Howard ruled that Young would only have to spend 45 days in jail, but it was the “250 hours of community service at a rape crisis center” that shocked victim advocates.
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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/05/01/rape-crisis-center-scolds-texas-judge-after-she-sentences-rapist-to-work-with-victims-there/
It's a somewhat common rehabilitation idea - Make the convicted work with people who have suffered from tee same actions, so they may see just how far reaching their actions are. Some cases, it's a good idea that works reletively well. In this case, well... Not that bright of a idea.
So, for those of you screaming "REHAB, NOT PRISON!!!"... Be careful what you wish for, because you just might get it.
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