I'm new so be easy on me.

[SOMD_guy]

What is the name of your state? Maryland
My daughter's SO was just sentenced for 2nd degree rape and a 3rd degree sexual assault. The judge gave him 20 years for the rape and 10 for the assault to be served consecutively after telling him that he was going to make an example out of him and send a message to other men that having sex with an underage girl won't be tolerated.

There is no question that the idiot had a sexual encounter with the girl when he was 20 (he is now 25) and he claims with the support of others that she had passed herself off as being 16 when in fact she was only 13. Like a fool he admitted to having sex with her when he was interviewed by the detective, though at the time he was not charged or advised of his rights by the officer.

To make it worse his lawyer claimed he would only get probation because of the girl’s deception, the inconsistency in her story and the lack of any physical evidence whatsoever. The lawyer recommended that he not take the stand in his own defense and should just have the judge hear the case and not take it before a jury.

I guess to get to my point I would like to know if there is a means to have this harsh sentence reviewed and possibly reduced because of the deception that made him think what he was doing was consensual. He deserves to be taught a lesson but this is overly extreme in my mind.

Thanks in advance for any input that might help me help my daughter's idiot out.

 

[I AM ALWAYS LIABLE]

What is the name of your state? Maryland
My daughter's SO was just sentenced for 2nd degree rape and a 3rd degree sexual assault. The judge gave him 20 years for the rape and 10 for the assault to be served consecutively after telling him that he was going to make an example out of him and send a message to other men that having sex with an underage girl won't be tolerated.

There is no question that the idiot had a sexual encounter with the girl when he was 20 (he is now 25) and he claims with the support of others that she had passed herself off as being 16 when in fact she was only 13. Like a fool he admitted to having sex with her when he was interviewed by the detective, though at the time he was not charged or advised of his rights by the officer.

To make it worse his lawyer claimed he would only get probation because of the girl’s deception, the inconsistency in her story and the lack of any physical evidence whatsoever. The lawyer recommended that he not take the stand in his own defense and should just have the judge hear the case and not take it before a jury.

I guess to get to my point I would like to know if there is a means to have this harsh sentence reviewed and possibly reduced because of the deception that made him think what he was doing was consensual. He deserves to be taught a lesson but this is overly extreme in my mind.

Thanks in advance for any input that might help me help my daughter's idiot out.

My response:

Despite the fact that this happened years ago, and there's nothing that can be done, you still want to help your daughter in this endeavor?

Is there something mentally wrong with you - - - and your daughter?

IAAL

 

[signat]

Doesn't look good.

Well, I would let him rot....it doesn't sound relevant that she decieved him. He would still be twenty and she would be sixteen, probably the same offense. Further, I'm sure the judge's "harsh" sentencing was within the statutory limits. So, no 8th amendment violation. I guess the last area I would look is to see if the guy's due process (14th amendment) was violated to find grounds for appeal. But, why do you care?

 

[AHA]

If it was my daughter I would do everything I could to KEEP a rapist away and out of my daugther's life. This might be the best thing for her future that could ever have happened.