SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Officials in Southern California are formally calling for a judge to resign after he gave a shorter-than-standard sentence to a man who sexually assaulted a 3-year-old girl.
The Orange County Register reports (http://bit.ly/1cZgjI5 ) that the Orange County Board of Supervisors voted 5-0 Tuesday to endorse a harsh rebuke of Superior Court Judge M. Marc Kelly’s decision, which outraged victims’ rights groups and sparked recall demands.
Kelly sentenced Kevin Rojano-Nieto to 10 years in prison on April 3, ruling the mandatory minimum sentence of 25 years to life was unconstitutional because it was cruel and unusual punishment. Kelly said a court-ordered examination concluded Rojano-Nieto wasn’t a sexual predator and acted on impulse when he attacked a relative.
The board has no power to remove judges because Kelly is an elected official.
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Information from: The Orange County Register, http://www.ocregister.com
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What kind of head is capable of believing that a person who rapes a three year old isn’t a pedophile, but, rather is just a guy who acted on a sudden impulse? Dude’s got a bigger problem than being a bad judge.
Gosh, when I have sexual impulses I always turn to the youngest person in the room. They all ‘want it’ you know. No matter what they say after… they WANTED it.
Judge and rapist need to be placed together and see what comes up.
An internet crowd determining sentences instead of a judge. What could go wrong?
What are you talking about?
Probably a better job than this judge did?