Judge refuses to reschedule sentencing despite labor of witness in child rape case

[Ethereal]

Back when, there wouldn't have been a trial, most likely, and the point would have been moot.

You do have to wonder what kind of a society we have when someone who kidnaps and rapes a child is still walking around breathing...

[DGUtley]

Back when, there wouldn't have been a trial, most likely, and the point would have been moot. You do have to wonder what kind of a society we have when someone who kidnaps and rapes a child is still walking around breathing...

A society of laws?

[Devil'sAdvocate]

Back when, there wouldn't have been a trial, most likely, and the point would have been moot.

You do have to wonder what kind of a society we have when someone who kidnaps and rapes a child is still walking around breathing...

He most likely would have gotten LWOP if they had had a trial; the victim family accepted a plea deal because they didn't want their daughter to have to testify. In prison though he'll be known to the general population as a child rapist.