Wealthy child rapist given only probation

[MessiahDecoy123]

The judge reasoned that he would "not do well" in prison.

Robert H. Richards IV, one of the heirs to the du Pont fortune, admitted in June 2008 that he had raped his 3-year old daughter, Delaware Online reports. The girl told her grandmother about the 2005 alleged abuse, and said that her father had said it was “our little secret” but that she didn’t want “my daddy touching me anymore.” Richards was originally charged with two counts of second-degree rape, but accepted a last-minute plea deal on fourth-degree rape charges, a class C violent felony that usually comes with over two years of jail time. Prosecutors sought only probation, and Judge Jan Jurden agreed, sentencing him to an 8-year prison sentence but commuting all the prison time in favor of probation.

http://time.com/43626/wealthy-child-rapist-jail-delaware/

 

[Harry Dresden]

This sums up the exact problem with the world.

Rich wealthy people getting away with **** gleefully.

 

[Quasimod0]

He deserves more than jail. That's sick

 

[Nell2ThaIzzay]

I saw this earlier. Everything about this is sick, from the act to the "consequences"

 

[DarkSovereignty]

This judge has no business being a judge.

 

[Ant-manic]

no monstrous-pervert-uneligible-clause in the will?

 

[KevanG]

He knew what he was doing the whole time. Throw the ****er in jail and let it work itself out. Who cares if he'll get killed?

 

[Teelie]

DJ posted about this here but it's easy to miss... and one reason I wish there wasn't a moratorium on seperate threads for these stories.

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

This judge has no business being a judge.

What about the prosecutors?

They only demanded probation.

How obvious does corruption have to be before something can be done?

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

See now... I don't watch FOX/O'reilly ect... But isn't this the sort of thing to be *****ing and moaning about for 24 hrs a day, 7 days a week straight until that Judge is removed and disbarred? Maybe they are. Still, want to bet how much time is put on investigating and exploring this case is dwarfed by coverage of the supposed sins of people who don't think like Roger Ailes about everything?

 

[The Endless]

He should be castrated.

 

[Alex_Spider]

Raped his 3 year old girl?? This poor child's innocence is destroyed by the age of 3 from the person that brought her in life...Man, this is a sad world to live in

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

^Twas ever thus and it shall ever thus be. The paradox is that only by first accepting THAT can you ever start to actually change it for the better. Yes, I am aware that is not a 100%, absolute rational thought.

 

[Octoberist]

Who's above the judge? Can someone overturn this?

 

[chamber-music]

The courts seems to have zero problems throwing vulnerable poor people, ethnic minorities and the mentally ill and in prison but a rich white male seems to get a get out of jail free card. The 'Justice' system

 

[DeadPresident]

The courts seems to have zero problems throwing vulnerable poor people, ethnic minorities and the mentally ill and in prison but a rich white male seems to get a get out of jail free card. The 'Justice' system

If this was a guy working as a manager at Target he'd be in jail right now. Whether it was money or some sort of political favor, something changed hands so that this guy only got probation for something most perpetrators would get shanked in jail for.

 

[NickNitro]

This judge has no business being a judge.

This. Blame the judge more than the person. People are perverted and will do horrible things, but the fact this judge had time to sit, and contemplate this mans punishment and came up with this garbage!? He should be ashamed of himself.

 

[Duke]

This is sickening to my stomach. The privileges of being born with a silver spoon in your mouth.

 

[Pink Ranger]

WTF is "fourth-degree rape"? That sounds a lot like a big safety valve for rich men with good lawyers or men who rape women "who asked for it."

 

[Teelie]

It means he's too rich to fail jail.

 

[Hal_Jordan]

It means he's too rich to fail jail.

Pretty much.

I kind of have a feeling that when things like this happen they give them the lightest sentence. Because if it's too harsh, they'll just flee the country in their personal jet to who knows where and then they get nothing, and the judge and the law looks powerless. Which apparently it is if you're filthy rich.

 

[The Guard]

So this was an April Fool's joke, right?

 

[Ant-manic]

This is sickening to my stomach. The privileges of being born with a silver spoon in your mouth.

i agree with the sentiment. but keep in mind that the victims of this crime, in this particular case, were also using the same silver spoon.

 

[BestGirl]

So this dude comes from old money. Why didn't the rest of the family band together to pay off the judge to see to it that he got the maximum sentence possible?

 

[NickNitro]

There is a petition online to Fire Judge Jurden

Fire Judge Jurden for Letting Child Rapist Avoid Prison

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/873/572/063/fire-judge-jan-jurden/