Scscsc89 Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBug708 Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 Wonder how long he sits until someone signs him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orange Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 I have no clue how a young man rehabilitates himself in the eyes of the public for something like this. He was 13-15 when he committed this crime. As serious as it was, if he has indeed been successfully counseled and is no longer a threat to public safety, he deserves a life. And yes, the victim does, too. And she deserves more resources to help her get there. She doesn't deserve to be ostracized by her family. What I've read, however, is that her mother states that she doesn't remember much of the abuse. I realize that doesn't mitigate the crime, but it does inform the circumstances. Would it be something that she's suppressed, and could affect her, long term? Maybe. I'm not a child psychologist. What I've read is that the reactions from abuse range from "meh, I'll move on" to the child's ability to form normal relationships being irreparably damaged. Seems like the kind of thing that needs more attention and needs to be de-stigmatized on BOTH sides: the victim, and the offender. Both will still be sharing society with us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btlincec Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 If anything things are going in the opposite direction of being destigmatized. I agree with you, but I don't think many others will. Tough break for both of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mano Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 Don't they normally seal the records for offenses committed as a minor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orange Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 1 hour ago, btlincec said: If anything things are going in the opposite direction of being destigmatized. I agree with you, but I don't think many others will. Tough break for both of them. Well anything with the current government is headed exactly backwards. They have no respect for science/innovation/forward thinking policies of any kind, and that includes crime and punishment and criminal psychology. Hopefully, after this atrocity of a presidency outrages enough people, our country will invest more in preventing crime through science, reason, compassion and critical thinking, rather than just upping the budget for private prisons and pitchforks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orange Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 1 hour ago, Mano said: Don't they normally seal the records for offenses committed as a minor? I believe he was charged as an adult in Washington. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btlincec Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 6 hours ago, Orange said: Well anything with the current government is headed exactly backwards. They have no respect for science/innovation/forward thinking policies of any kind, and that includes crime and punishment and criminal psychology. Hopefully, after this atrocity of a presidency outrages enough people, our country will invest more in preventing crime through science, reason, compassion and critical thinking, rather than just upping the budget for private prisons and pitchforks. One can hope that he's the dying and desperate breathes of the Christian right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PapaG Posted June 25, 2017 Author Share Posted June 25, 2017 Heimlich's child molesting aside, and OS handled that about as well as the could, why didn't Pat Casey ask for replay on that double by Kwan yesterday? Just a bonehead choke by him. Clearly a fair ball in a game where runs were going to be hard to get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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