Judicial activism

I don't doubt the validity of the publication, but of note is that we were all commenting on it based not on a news article, but an opinion piece. We should as Christians properly discern between news and opinion. That's all I was getting at. Since my original post, folks have posted supporting links, for which I'm thankful, since I had not heard of this incident until stumbling upon this thread.

I'm trying to find out one detail, though. The defendant in this case did not qualify for sex-offender treatment. I'm cutious as to what the prerequisites are for sex-offender treatment. There seems to be some detail missing, and I'm guessing that it is that missing detail that qualified the defendant to serve 60 days instead of several years. </font>[/QUOTE]For the record, at the time that was all I had as I had read it in Monday's newspaper. When I spend $2 for a newspaper, I expect it to be accurate, and it is. No doubt it is a conservative Republican newspaper, but it was the judge who overthrew the law by saying that he did not think that punishment worked.

The proper reply to the judge is that punishment may not cause reform but it is still necessary for a monster who rapes a little girl. It is my guess that the judge is legally insane.