The Most Dangerous States for American Kids

[Torog]

The Most Dangerous States for American Kids

By: Bill O'Reilly for BillOReilly.com http://billoreilly.com/

Thursday, Mar 16, 2006
For those of you who still believe the justice system in America is working, consider the following. For three years, 46-year old Andrew Selva sexually brutalized two boys, ages 5 and 12, in a small town outside of Columbus, Ohio. In a plea bargain, Selva admitted to the court that he raped the boys in a variety of ways. By all accounts, it was savage criminal activity.

But when Selva appeared for sentencing before Ohio Judge John Connor, he received no prison time at all. Instead, Connor placed him on probation, saying, "He's got a disease like I've got a disease. I don't know that prison would have helped, except for revenge, and revenge is not in the sentencing guidelines."

What the sentencing guidelines did call for was a ten-year stretch in a state prison. But Connor believes he knows better, so it is probation for a child rapist. By the way, the "disease" Connor referenced in his own case is apparently alcohol-related; the judge has at least two DUI convictions on his sheet.

This kind of sentencing insanity is increasing across the country because many states, like Ohio, have no mandatory minimum prison terms for child predators and, as we all know, there is no shortage of loony judges like Connor.

While some states have passed Jessica's Law, which harshly punishes child molesters, other states simply will not do anything. The following are the most dangerous to a child's welfare.

Vermont: Even after the national scandal of Judge Edward Cashman sentencing the rapist of an 8-year old girl to just 60 days in prison (under pressure, Cashman later revised the sentence to a paltry three years), the Vermont legislature failed to pass mandatory minimums for child sexual predators. The effort was blocked by Democrats, and Republican Governor Jim Douglas refused to get involved.

New York: Despite overwhelming bipartisan support for Jessica's Law, Democratic Assemblyman Sheldon Silver continues to single-handedly block any vote. Governor Pataki vows to go around Silver.

Maryland: No mandatory minimums for sexual crimes against children. The Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Democrat Joseph Vallario, has consistently blocked efforts to pass Jessica's Law.

Massachusetts: Absolutely no mandated protection for kids who are brutalized sexually. The judge is free to bestow any sentence. Speaker of the House Sal Dimasi, a Democrat, has killed every piece of tough sex offender legislation that has been introduced.

Wyoming: No minimum prison sentences and no GPS tracking for convicted sex offenders. Governor Dave Freudenthal, a Democrat, doesn't seem to care.

Arkansas: No minimum prison sentences. Governor Mike Huckabee, a Republican, doesn't seem to care.

Tennessee: No minimum prison terms for child sex crimes. Democratic Governor Phil Bredensen doesn't seem to care.

Idaho: No minimum prison terms for child sex crimes. Republican Governor Dirk Kempthorne doesn't seem to care.

North Dakota: No minimum prison sentences for any sexual acts with minors. Governor John Hoeven, a Republican, says he is "studying" ways to change that.

Also, the states of Colorado, Wisconsin, Maine, Kansas, and Montana have weak laws protecting kids, but at least there are politicians in those states trying to change things.

In the Ohio case where the child rapist received parole, and in the Vermont case where the man who raped the little girl initially got 60 days, the three victims were poor kids. Their parents had no money, no influence, and no hope of challenging the wicked judges. I submit those awful sentences would not have been handed down if the rapists had abused wealthy children.

But be that as it may, any state that will not severely punish an adult who rapes a child is a disgraceful state. And everybody living there should know it.

[mont974x4]

It is a sad state of affairs when we have such little protection for the weakest of our society.

[Torog]

It is a sad state of affairs when we have such little protection for the weakest of our society.

Howdy mont,

Yes..it is sad indeed :(

What drives me nuts,is that I'm facing more punishment for my mere possesion of 6 grams of pot,than some of the sick bastards mentioned in this article. How insane is that ? I'm thinking of using the discrepancy in punishment between my 'crime' and the punishment for the child molestors,as being indicative of an un-just law and grounds for jury nullification.

Have a good one ...

[mont974x4]

Yeah, things are certainly backwards. I live in an MM state, and I qualify, but it's still illegal to get my med's.

[mfactor420]

Howdy mont,

Yes..it is sad indeed :(

What drives me nuts,is that I'm facing more punishment for my mere possesion of 6 grams of pot,than some of the sick bastards mentioned in this article. How insane is that ? I'm thinking of using the discrepancy in punishment between my 'crime' and the punishment for the child molestors,as being indicative of an un-just law and grounds for jury nullification.

Have a good one ...

Howdy Torog,

Great post. I agree with you 100%. I was noticing another thread about some of the posters here posting on cop forums. If pot people are going to insist on posting on cop forums, maybe this is the kind of stuff we should be posting on cop forums instead of things like "fuck the cops".

Don't forget about the Alberta man who just recently received a 3 year sentence for child porn - because he was so cooperative with authorities and he helped them catch another 20 or so pedophiles. So, it doesn't just happen in the good ol' USA.

Kind of makes me wonder how many of those govt. officials and judges you named might also be child molestors/pedophiles, so of course they don't really want to do anything to their own kind.

Sick Sick Sick!!!!!

Good luck on your jury nullification. I think you have a solid case there.:thumbsup:

[Psycho4Bud]

Howdy Torog!!!

GREAT post!!! But tell me, why ain't I supprised at this:

Massachusetts: Absolutely no mandated protection for kids who are brutalized sexually. The judge is free to bestow any sentence. Speaker of the House Sal Dimasi, a Democrat, has killed every piece of tough sex offender legislation that has been introduced.

Sure you know what I'm talkin' about!
As alway, have a good one!!!:thumbsup:

[eg420ne]

there goes psy blaming democrats, damn we need to get out of this left-right bullshit...and bring back america to its right state

[Psycho4Bud]

there goes psy blaming democrats, damn we need to get out of this left-right bullshit...and bring back america to its right state

Not blaming dems as much as the Kennedy/Kerry klans. I don't give a rats ass what party these ass wipes belonged to, just says a lot for Mass.:thumbsup:

Kind of ironic though that they are both dems.......:D

[Torog]

Howdy Torog!!!

GREAT post!!! But tell me, why ain't I supprised at this:

Massachusetts: Absolutely no mandated protection for kids who are brutalized sexually. The judge is free to bestow any sentence. Speaker of the House Sal Dimasi, a Democrat, has killed every piece of tough sex offender legislation that has been introduced.

Sure you know what I'm talkin' about!
As alway, have a good one!!!:thumbsup:

Howdy Psycho4Bud,

Yes sir...I do know what yer talkin about..in order for the Left to pursue it's social engineering goal of normalizing homosexuality,they tend to be soft on sexual offenders that prey on young children,because being hard on them,stymies the goal of the NAMBLA lobbiers who are paying out large sums of money to dhimmicrats who're sympathetic to lowering the age of consent with minors. It also makes the case more difficult, for allowing mutual erotic bonding to be made between adults and children,that the APA is currently trying to convince us of.

Now y'all don't git me wrong-I ain't equatiing homosexuality with child molestation..it's just that currently,homosexuals are not reproducible..therefore..a certain amount of recruitment must occur from the ranks of young men and women.

Have a good one ....:stoned:

[WhiskeyGirl]

Get a load of the Bush press Conference today. Why did we all vote him in??:mad:

[mfactor420]

Get a load of the Bush press Conference today. Why did we all vote him in??:mad:

Ya didn't vote him in. He cheated his way there through vote manipulation, tampering and plain cheating. :mad:

[eg420ne]

heres some republican sex offenders since people seem to want to make it a demcocorat issue...

* Republican anti-abortion activist Howard Scott Heldreth is a convicted child rapist in Florida.
* Republican County Commissioner David Swartz pleaded guilty to molesting two girls under the age of 11 and was sentenced to 8 years in prison.
* Republican judge Mark Pazuhanich pleaded no contest to fondling a 10-year old girl and was sentenced to 10 years probation.
* Republican anti-abortion activist Nicholas Morency pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography on his computer and offering a bounty to anybody who murders an abortion doctor.
* Republican legislator Edison Misla Aldarondo was sentenced to 10 years in prison for raping his daughter between the ages of 9 and 17.
* Republican Mayor Philip Giordano is serving a 37-year sentence in federal prison for sexually abusing 8- and 10-year old girls.
* Republican campaign consultant Tom Shortridge was sentenced to three years probation for taking nude photographs of a 15-year old girl.
* Republican racist pedophile and United States Senator Strom Thurmond had sex with a 15-year old black girl which produced a child.
* Republican pastor Mike Hintz, whom George W. Bush commended during the 2004 presidential campaign, surrendered to police after admitting to a sexual affair with a female juvenile.
* Republican legislator Peter Dibble pleaded no contest to having an inappropriate relationship with a 13-year-old girl.
* Republican activist Lawrence E. King, Jr. organized child sex parties at the White House during the 1980s.
* Republican lobbyist Craig J. Spence organized child sex parties at the White House during the 1980s.
* Republican Congressman Donald "Buz" Lukens was found guilty of having sex with a female minor and sentenced to one month in jail.
* Republican fundraiser Richard A. Delgaudio was found guilty of child porn charges and paying two teenage girls to pose for sexual photos.
* Republican activist Mark A. Grethen convicted on six counts of sex crimes involving children.
* Republican activist Randal David Ankeney pleaded guilty to attempted sexual assault on a child.
* Republican Congressman Dan Crane had sex with a female minor working as a congressional page.
* Republican activist and Christian Coalition leader Beverly Russell admitted to an incestuous relationship with his step daughter.
* Republican governor Arnold Schwarzenegger allegedly had sex with a 16 year old girl when he was 28.
* Republican congressman and anti-gay activist Robert Bauman was charged with having sex with a 16-year-old boy he picked up at a gay bar.
* Republican Committee Chairman Jeffrey Patti was arrested for distributing a video clip of a 5-year-old girl being raped.
* Republican activist Marty Glickman (a.k.a. "Republican Marty"), was taken into custody by Florida police on four counts of unlawful sexual activity with an underage girl and one count of delivering the drug LSD.
* Republican legislative aide Howard L. Brooks was charged with molesting a 12-year old boy and possession of child pornography.
* Republican Senate candidate John Hathaway was accused of having sex with his 12-year old baby sitter and withdrew his candidacy after the allegations were reported in the media.
* Republican preacher Stephen White, who demanded a return to traditional values, was sentenced to jail after offering $20 to a 14-year-old boy for permission to perform oral sex on him.
* Republican talk show host Jon Matthews pleaded guilty to exposing his genitals to an 11 year old girl.
* Republican anti-gay activist Earl "Butch" Kimmerling was sentenced to 40 years in prison for molesting an 8-year old girl after he attempted to stop a gay couple from adopting her.
* Republican Party leader Paul Ingram pleaded guilty to six counts of raping his daughters and served 14 years in federal prison.
* Republican election board official Kevin Coan was sentenced to two years probation for soliciting sex over the internet from a 14-year old girl.
* Republican politician Andrew Buhr was charged with two counts of first degree sodomy with a 13-year old boy.
* Republican politician Keith Westmoreland was arrested on seven felony counts of lewd and lascivious exhibition to girls under the age of 16 (i.e. exposing himself to children).
* Republican anti-abortion activist John Allen Burt was charged with sexual misconduct involving a 15-year old girl.
* Republican County Councilman Keola Childs pleaded guilty to molesting a male child.
* Republican activist John Butler was charged with criminal sexual assault on a teenage girl.
* Republican candidate Richard Gardner admitted to molesting his two daughters.
* Republican Councilman and former Marine Jack W. Gardner was convicted of molesting a 13-year old girl.
* Republican County Commissioner Merrill Robert Barter pleaded guilty to unlawful sexual contact and assault on a teenage boy.
* Republican City Councilman Fred C. Smeltzer, Jr. pleaded no contest to raping a 15 year-old girl and served 6-months in prison.
* Republican activist Parker J. Bena pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography on his home computer and was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison and fined $18,000.
* Republican parole board officer and former Colorado state representative, Larry Jack Schwarz, was fired after child pornography was found in his possession.
* Republican strategist and Citadel Military College graduate Robin Vanderwall was convicted in Virginia on five counts of soliciting sex from boys and girls over the internet.
* Republican city councilman Mark Harris, who is described as a "good military man" and "church goer," was convicted of repeatedly having sex with an 11-year-old girl and sentenced to 12 years in prison.
* Republican businessman Jon Grunseth withdrew his candidacy for Minnesota governor after allegations surfaced that he went swimming in the nude with four underage girls, including his daughter.
* Republican director of the "Young Republican Federation" Nicholas Elizondo molested his 6-year old daughter and was sentenced to six years in prison.
* Republican benefactor of conservative Christian groups, Richard A. Dasen Sr., was charged with rape for allegedly paying a 15-year old girl for sex. Dasen, 62, who is married with grown children and several grandchildren, has allegedly told police that over the past decade he paid more than $1 million to have sex with a large number of young women.
*PENDING - Republican Mayor John Gosek, 58, of 275 West 7th Street, Oswego, was arrested for the federal offense of "using a facility in interstate commerce (a telephone) to knowingly attempt to persuade, induce, entice, and coerce an individual under the age of 18 years to engage in sexual activity for which he could be charged with criminal offenses, that is, rape in the third degree and criminal sexual act in the third degree" in violation of the New York State Penal Code.

[mont974x4]

It isn't the party affiliation of those commiting the crimes it's the party affiliation of the judges and other elected officials that refuse to hold criminals accountable. I don't care what party you belong to, you should be punished justly. If you are public servant then you should demand justice for the victims...regardless of what party you are.

[lemonboy]

Now y'all don't git me wrong-I ain't equatiing homosexuality with child molestation..it's just that currently,homosexuals are not reproducible..therefore..a certain amount of recruitment must occur from the ranks of young men and women.Child abuse as a gay recruitment strategy? Bullshit.

Child abuse is a disease that transcends any stereotype you're willing to throw at it. Only after you can get your head around that can any real change take place. By making it out to be something else you marginalize the recovery of those victims.

[Miss Green]

Yeah that is totally shocking I don't understand why you torog would get punished more for 6grams than a child fucking molester for christ sake it's bullshit and I just don't get it It always puzzled me.I think the legislation needs to be changed and make it so the punishment fits the crime it's bullshit.And what was that judge implying when he said oh he has a disease just like I have a disease what the fuck is that all about?He sounds twisted

[Libertarian Toker]

I will come here too if your to chicken shit to face me there.

Toker

[Psycho4Bud]

I will come here too if your to chicken shit to face me there.

Toker

TOROG......I think it's Angel Eyes!!!:smokin:

[pisshead]

let's use gun control as the example for dangerous states for kids...

kids shouldn't live in the capitol of the country that's supposedly spreading peace and de'mock'racy around the world...no 2nd amendment in the country's capitol.

neo-con gun grabber george dubya ain't gon' do nothin' 'bout it neither.

that's sad.