It's a very sad day when supporters of a 14-year-old, who pled true to sexually assaulting a 4-year-old, claim he is making amends by volunteering, getting good grades and receiving counseling. How in the world can volunteering and getting good grades make up for what he did and in any way help the victim and his/her family? What a fantastic example of minimizing the seriousness of the crime.
It comes as no surprise then, that the 14-year-old's family is portraying the offender as the victim, because the whole town of Conrad knows what he did. And since the whole town knows, why should he still have to register as a sex offender? According to his attorney, the kid has "already paid a heavy price". Welcome to the real world.
I also found it unsettling that none of his supporters testified that he has shown any remorse or that he understands what he did was wrong. One would think that if that were the case, it would have been brought up. But, then again, maybe it doesn't matter. After all, he's getting good grades and is doing volunteer work.
Disgusting.
It comes as no surprise then, that the 14-year-old's family is portraying the offender as the victim, because the whole town of Conrad knows what he did. And since the whole town knows, why should he still have to register as a sex offender? According to his attorney, the kid has "already paid a heavy price". Welcome to the real world.
I also found it unsettling that none of his supporters testified that he has shown any remorse or that he understands what he did was wrong. One would think that if that were the case, it would have been brought up. But, then again, maybe it doesn't matter. After all, he's getting good grades and is doing volunteer work.
Disgusting.
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