Anonymous asked this question on 3/5/2000:

How can a man, that was caught exposing himself and with a record for being a pedophile get off with just paying fines. After he exposed himself on several occassions to 2 little girls.?

Fr_Chuck gave this response on 3/5/2000:

our court system is too over burdened with what they consider more serious cases, the prisions have no more room in many cases, the federal courts have put limits on how many men can be in many of the prisions, too many is cruel and unusual punishment, so too many courts take the easy way out.

also too many social services look on this as an ilness that needs treatment more than a crime, so the criminal is looked on as someone needing help not punishment

Now I personly think they need to be locked up and the key threw out, but this is some of the many reasons they are not

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