THIS IS SICK, INSANE, AND APALLING

The Opinion Journal reports on a story out of Vermont (you know, Howard Dean's home state) on a case in which the man of the accused crimes was convicted. His crime? Raping a little girl, who was seven years old at the start of what turned out to be a series of rapes, many times, over a four year period. Prosecutors had asked for what I think was an almost laughably light sentence of eight to 20 years.

The judge, the SOB, gave Mark Hulett of Williston, Vt. 60 bleeping days!!!! Yes, folks. 60 freakin' days!!!!

The judge, according to the Opinion Journal article, said he no longer believes that punishment works. What a moron! Of course it works. Punishment works because, well .... it punishes. That is what it is supposed to do. This crazy liberal idea that everyone and everything is fixable and must be fixed, and that punishment is just too damn mean and demeaning must end.

As the editorial pointed out, sending someone away for 20 years keeps the little girls of the community safe from this despicable piece of trash for, by golly, 20 years. Sounds like punishment works to me. The imbecillic judge went on to say that anger does not solve anything. Can you believe that?

"I discovered it accomplishes nothing of value; it doesn't make anything better; it costs us a lot of money; we create a lot of expectation, and we feed on anger,"Cashman explained to the people in the court.

The Opinion Journal's last paragraph:

"Cashman explained that he is more concerned that Hulett receive sex offender treatment"--whatever that is--"as rehabilitation," according to the report. Bizarrely, "under Department of Corrections classification, Hulett is considered a low-risk for re-offense so he does not qualify for in-prison treatment." You almost have to wonder if the people who run Vermont are insane.

Read the op-ed piece here.
Read the news story Rapist's Prison Sentence Triggers Outrage here.