Sexual assault of a minor, only serious if you aren't short.

[Dros]

He should be put in prison. I don't think wishes for more sexual violence by other prisoners is going to make anything better, though.

 

[FredAkbar]

If a judge knew that the guy would be very likely to face abuse (e.g. rape) in prison, and sent him there anyway, any chance that that would be a violation of the criminal's 8th amendment rights (cruel/unusual punishment)? Just throwing that out there.

 

[dogbone]

If a judge knew that the guy would be very likely to face abuse (e.g. rape) in prison, and sent him there anyway, any chance that that would be a violation of the criminal's 8th amendment rights (cruel/unusual punishment)? Just throwing that out there.

How could a judge "know" this? A judge surely would expect that prison services fulfill their duty of care. Similarly a commanding general would not "know" that soldiers under his command would deliberately slaughter innocent women and children in Iraq, even though the possibility would always exist.

 

[cait-sith]

I don't think there's much you can do to treat child molestors, short of chemically castrating them.

Everyone is concerned with the rights of the criminal, but never the rights of the victim.

Everyone runs the risk of getting beat up in jail. It's not supposed to be a fun place.

 

[dogbone]

What they could do is break both his legs stretch him out a bit and reset the bones. Then they could jail him with a clear conscience.

There was a young girl in the UK a few years ago who had this operation under the NHS as she was too short to be an airline hostess. But she had continual problems thereafter.