What's worse about this case is apparently the prosecutor made a plea deal with the guy which included the stipulation that he would not be registered as a sex offender. The guy took the deal. Then, the prosecutor violated the plea deal by asking the judge to rule that the guy be registered as a sex offender anyway. I believe the family are trying to withdraw the plea.
Hopefully they'll manage to get the case review by a different judge as well, because the judge said when sentencing:
"You went online, to use a fisherman's expression, trolling for women to meet and have sex with. That seems to be part of our culture now: meet, hook up, have sex, sayonara. Totally inappropriate behavior. There is no excuse for this whatsoever."
In other words, the judge sentenced him based on his own personal moral view, rather than what the law is (since it's not illegal to go online to meet women and have sex).
Hopefully they'll manage to get the case review by a different judge as well, because the judge said when sentencing:
"You went online, to use a fisherman's expression, trolling for women to meet and have sex with. That seems to be part of our culture now: meet, hook up, have sex, sayonara. Totally inappropriate behavior. There is no excuse for this whatsoever."
In other words, the judge sentenced him based on his own personal moral view, rather than what the law is (since it's not illegal to go online to meet women and have sex).
