Quote Originally Posted by Irving View Post
How in the world are any of those things mitigating factors?
Obvious you're rhetorical, but it's just excuses to justify the plea-deal factory which would happen regardless.

It often takes the system quite awhile to realize that convicted serial sex offenders are "serial" because of this, much less how hard it is to catch them in the first place. Even rapes get pled down to assault, DV, etc. When looking at background in convictions, it's not telling.

Most telling is the guy threw out his P.C. - no doubt child crap on there and esp targeting that young, of a serious pedo nature. It's a travesty that he's not required to register as a sex offender. More than anything, that's what I would have pushed for.