RAPE: Sentencing is far too lenient

I have just read an article in the Press and I have to ask, “Am I missing something here?”

The article is about Jordan Vernon, 20, arrested for statutory rape with teens, plus one was posted on the internet — a 14-year-old having sex. Now I saw no charges for child pornography against Vernon, and I can only guess that Judge Mitchell does not have any daughters or granddaughters to say to this 20-year-old that you get six months in a correctional center, then if the guy is “flawless” in his rehabilitation Judge Mitchell will have him before him again!

Then what, he could be back on the streets? And what happened to Vernon facing several other charges?

I find it very disturbing about the seriousness of Vernon’s actions and the posting on the internet; there should have been maximum sentencing. Did we not learn anything from Duncan’s crimes? These girls are not any of mine, but as a mother, grandmother, and now a great grandmother of daughters, this laid back approach to a despicable act, and what these girls will have to remember for the rest of their lives, not to mention that it has altered their lives completely.

And for a pedophile to say, “I’d make better decisions” if given another chance! And to use a church as his hunting grounds. What is happening to our justice system? Can we not protect our children from these types of predators?

KATHY GARREN

Post Falls