In New York, statutory rape gets you probation.
The former Watertown City School District bus driver who admitted in a plea deal in February to raping a 14-year-old girl was sentenced Thursday in Jefferson County Court.
Shane M. Piche, 26, was sentenced by Judge James P. McClusky to 10 years’ probation, as expected, and will be registered as a Level 1 sex offender as a result of his guilty plea Feb. 21 to third-degree rape.
While the district attorney’s office had requested a Level 2 designation, Judge McClusky said because Piche had no prior arrests and there was only one victim in this plea, Level 1 was more appropriate.
A Level 1 sex offender is considered to be at low risk of committing the crime again and is not included in online sex offender databases.
Give me my preference and I'm skinning and gutting fat boy. But that's just me.
The former Watertown City School District bus driver who admitted in a plea deal in February to raping a 14-year-old girl was sentenced Thursday in Jefferson County Court.
Shane M. Piche, 26, was sentenced by Judge James P. McClusky to 10 years’ probation, as expected, and will be registered as a Level 1 sex offender as a result of his guilty plea Feb. 21 to third-degree rape.
While the district attorney’s office had requested a Level 2 designation, Judge McClusky said because Piche had no prior arrests and there was only one victim in this plea, Level 1 was more appropriate.
A Level 1 sex offender is considered to be at low risk of committing the crime again and is not included in online sex offender databases.
Give me my preference and I'm skinning and gutting fat boy. But that's just me.
2 comments:
There's a reason state legislatures strip judges and sundry boards of discretion in these matters. A large fraction of the legal profession dislikes punishment and prefers social-work wheel-spinning.
A 26 year-old bus driver met a 14-year-old girl on the bus, got her to his house, plied her with liquor, and raped her. And for this, he gets probation, and is considered not very likely to re-offend? Sick.
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