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Judge Edward Cashman of Vermont has gotten the goofy notion that his job is to support criminals. He doesn't want to see them punished, since he believes punishment won't improve them:
Claiming he no longer believes in punishment, a Vermont judge issued a 60-day sentence to a man who confessed to repeatedly raping a girl over a four-year period, beginning when she was 7 years old.
..."The one message I want to get through is that anger doesn't solve anything. It just corrodes your soul," Cashman told a packed Burlington courtroom made up mostly of people related to the victim.
Perhaps the judge is speaking of himself. He may feel that serving as a judge and handing out punishment has 'corroded his soul.'
That's specific to him. If he feels like that, he should quit being a judge -- which essentially is what he's doing by refusing to protect society by punishing criminals.
The judge has forgotten that removing punishment for vicious crime, will encourage others to commit similar crimes.
Judge Cashman should resign.
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#2A ruling like this is EXACTLY why Oregon has Measure 11, which is a mandatory minumum sentence for certain crimes.
Can't he get punished or reprimended for this? There has to be something that can be done to not let this horrific crime, committed by the judge, to go unpunished. I mean, he may not believe in punishment, but about 10 billion other people do.
-OC