Judge dismisses case of cop sexually assaulting 4 year old girl

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I don't know what to say really. I know it's his job to enforce the rules. But I just feel like we've lost our sympathy.

I completely agree with you, with two caveats: I am not against the father in any way. If he was in contempt of court, so be it. A couple of hours in the courtroom lockup remedies that. Also, we don't know what he said. The news piece only says that he admitted to saying something inflammatory, was given six months in jail for contempt of court, and then started screaming at and insulting the judge, who then doubled the sentence.

None of this is good for the victim, which should be the sole focus for our court system in this case. Sending her father away for a year whilst simultaneously dropping two of the more serious felonies against her attacker---not good for the girl. At least the man will be tried for lewd molestation of a child under 12.

You know what in my opinion it doesn't really matter what he said. He could have said whatever the fuck he wanted, but all that should have happened is that he was thrown out of court. It should have not affected the case, and most certainly he shouldn't be in jail for a year. Have we forgot what the purpose of jail is? I thought I was living in the america where Jailing people was in an effort to preserve safety, and isolate people who posed a potential threat to the general public. What threat is a single instance of cursing, or even making direct attacks, one instance is not enough to warrant jail, unless we are locking him up on the grounds of speech, to which freedom plays no role.

And for god sakes, even if he's to be put in jail, handle it AFTER, not during the god damn fucking case.