Val Posted January 29, 2013 Posted January 29, 2013 This popped up in my social media feed. This is from Protect Now https://www.facebook.com/protectnow A National Association to Protect Children If the link doesn't work for you let me copy the caption for the photo. "In December, we released the first report of our Transparency and Accountability project. The report focused on judicial sentencing of crimes against children among judges up for reappointment in Virginia. Following release of the report, the worst-performing judge, Isaac St. Clair Freeman, showed up at legislative hearings and announced he would retire. The others were reappointed, but our report sent shockwaves that are still reverberating back from around the state. Why weren't other judges removed from office? We believe there are two reasons. First, judicial accountability on crimes against children is a brand new concept in Virginia. Our report was ironclad, and clearly got lawmakers' full attention. But years of collegial and easy reappointment don't die overnight. Plus, there was another elephant in the room...Even the worst judges we reviewed were not that out of line with Virginia's sentencing guidelines. Those guidelines--which are based upon the *actual* sentences historically given by judges--are so weak they make even the weakest judges look "normal." This photo from a sentencing guidelines worksheet says it all: Rape a stranger under the age of 10 in Virginia, and you get a score of "4." Rape your own "relative" under 10, and you get a "0," making it more likely you'll get off easy." I don't know if this is true, they left no sources. If it is, it's an outrage. I feel 100% if left to a private company, one that had to serve and be accountable to it's customers was running the justice system, this shit wouldn't happen. You don't get LESS time if you are blood related to a child you rape. You get MORE, you NEVER see your children again. Your children end up in the loving arms of a community, or house like mine, an infertile woman who was abused. I can't help all the abused children in the world, but if every woman like me was supported, and encouraged to heal, and help heal the children of the world it could be a much better place. That's how anarchy is better in my mind.
empyblessing Posted January 31, 2013 Posted January 31, 2013 I believe in protecting children above all things but going to the state and expecting laws to do it will never work, not when the fundamentals of statehood is organized violence. Instead, I believe that a program of social ostracism is a more effective way to initiate social change. Scorn and shame the child abusers and those who support it just as we scorn the racists.
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