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livius drusus · #76 04-08-2015, 07:01 PM

Judge reduces child rapist's sentence because he didn't "intend" to harm 3-year-old he sodomized

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Rojano, who was convicted of lascivious acts with a child and of raping his toddler relative in early December, was accused of assaulting the young girl when she wandered into his garage while he was playing video games last June. According to prosecutors, the defendant became sexually aroused upon seeing the three-year-old child, pulled down her pants and sodomized her. The girl's mother found the garage door locked when she went to look for her daughter, and the district attorney's office claims Rojano covered the child's mouth to prevent her from screaming during the assault. He eventually let her out of the garage, but the girl's mother did not know of the assault until her child complained of pain.

But here's what Judge Kelly had to say about Rojano's actions:

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[In] looking at the facts of Mr. Rojano’s case, the manner in which this offense was committed is not typical of a predatory, violent brutal sodomy of a child case. Mr. Rojano did not seek out or stalk [the victim]. He was playing video games and she wandered into the garage. He inexplicably became sexually aroused but did not appear to consciously intend to harm [the victim] when he sexually assaulted her.

BrotherMan · #77 04-08-2015, 07:11 PM

SharonDee · #78 04-08-2015, 07:23 PM

The hell?! "Your honor, the little bitch was asking for it."

Bring back the Steve Martin defense when someone murders this guy. "I forgot that murder is illegal." That should fly, too.

ImGod · #79 04-08-2015, 07:39 PM

Stephen Maturin · #80 04-09-2015, 01:41 AM

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“There was no violence or callous disregard for [the victim’s] well-being.”

Christ. I would've thought judicial sentencing discretion fully sufficient to deal properly with sentence reduction requests like this one.

I guess not.

Do we really need legislation expressly stating that shoving one's erect crank up the ass of a THREE-YEAR-OLD qualifies as per se violence and callous disregard for the victim's well being? REALLY? Fuck this world.

LadyShea · #81 04-09-2015, 03:18 AM

I can't even imagine what level of horror that judge considers violence and callous disregard.

livius drusus · #82 04-09-2015, 03:29 AM

I think someone in authority needs to do a thorough investigation of Judge Kelly. The fact that he could even conceive of the notion that the anal rape of a toddler is not a violent act suggests something is very twisted in his psyche.

Ari · #83 04-09-2015, 04:06 AM

Whenever I see cases like this I wonder if the judge just happened to be projecting when he decided the rapist or abuser was just joking and should get a second chance.

JoeP · #84 04-09-2015, 08:43 AM

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Originally Posted by LadyShea

I can't even imagine what level of horror that judge considers violence and callous disregard.

Removing him from his job would probably qualify...