Seattle, WA

A 17 year old was sentenced this week to more than three years in juvenile custody for the gang rape of a Bellevue, Wa girl in November of 2007.

The three year sentence is considered “exceptional” and was doled out by the judge because he felt the boy exhibited a lack of remorse for his actions. The boy denied his actions, calling the girl a liar. His only remorse seems to have come at the tail end of his sentencing and had nothing to do with concern for the girl. If he’d cooperated and pleaded guilty he could have gotten off with a mere 30-40 weeks of juvenile custody.

Let me let that sink in for a moment.

Four boys picked up the girl at her home. They took her to a park. They got her drunk. They each raped her in the backseat of the car. Then, as if that were not bad enough, they bragged about in on the internet.

They gang-raped her. They bragged about in online. One of them got her pregnant. All that and the worst sentence any of them are likely to get is three years of juvie and that’s only because the boy showed a lack of remorse. In fact, one of the four is going to serve 15-36 weeks because he cooperated. Want to bet he serves just 15? Even if he does serve the full 36 weeks, that’s what, a whole 9 months for participating in gang raping a girl? Oh yeah, and did I mention that in the emails recovered from their MySpace accounts they’d discussed killing the girl to keep her from testifying against them? How proud the parents must be of these boys.

I find that completely outrageous. I personally believe they should have tried these boys as adults. Let them go to big-boy prison and find out first hand what it’s like to be gang-raped. What kind of message are we sending with this kind of sentence? I’ll tell you. We’re saying, “Hey boys, go out and rape now while you’re young. In the worst case scenario you’ll spend three years in juvenile custody.”

As I mentioned earlier, the girl became pregnant. It’s not surprising that she opted for an abortion. What is surprising is that the mother of Exceptional Boy said he was quite angry that the girl had aborted the baby because abortion is apparently against his religion.

WTF?!?!?

“And rape doesn’t?” asked Judge Hayden, getting no response.”

Furthermore the family discussed the issue and had agreed that the boy should marry the girl and raise the child.

I repeat, WTF?!?!?

I’m sure it’s every young girl’s dream to marry the man who raped her.

The boy’s mother is Russian and was speaking through a Russian interpreter. This makes me wonder if he immigrated or was born in the US because if he immigrated I say when his three years is done, ship him back to Russia and never allow him entry back into the US. Is that wrong of me?

I don’t know about you, but this just pisses me right off.