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A California judge reduced the sentence of a child rapist, arguing that the pedophile meant no harm to the 3-year-old girl he sexually assaulted. in June 2014, Kevin Rojano raped a 3-year-old relative who wandered into the garage while he was playing video games. He kept the girl silent by placing his hand over her mouth while the girls mother tried to get into the locked garage door to look for her.
Rojano released the girl after violating her, but was arrested by police after the girl cried about the pain to her mother. In December, Rojano was supposed to be sentenced to a mandatory 25 years to life in prison, but now he has a new friend: Judge M. Marc Kelly of the Orange County Superior Court.
JUDGE Kelly disgustingly argued in his written decision that Rojano never meant to harm the girl and claimed Rojano isnt a pedophile. Kelly also seemed to blame the 3-year-old girl for causing her own rape.
In looking at the facts of Mr. Rojanos case, the manner in which this offense was committed is not typical of a predatory, violent brutal sodomy of a child case. Mr. Rojano did not seek out or stalk (the victim). He was playing video games and she wandered into the garage. He inexplicably became sexually aroused but did not appear to consciously intend to harm (the victim) when he sexually assaulted her. Although serious and despicable, this does not compare to a situation where a pedophilic child predator preys on an innocent child. There was no violence or callous disregard for (the victims) well-being.
here is story http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/04/07/creepy-judge-reduces-pedophiles-sentence-suggests-little-girl-caused-her-own-rape/
AND ....... Provide Justice for 3 Year Old Rape Victim
https://www.change.org/p/judge-says-child-rapist-didn-t-mean-to-hurt-the-3-year-old-toddler-he-sodomized
Kelvin Mace
(17,469 posts)I wish there was a Hell.
trueblue2007
(17,242 posts)I THINK THE JUDGE IS SICK. He cut the rapist "sentence by 15 years and actually sympathized with him instead of the little girl Rojano raped."
i wonder, would the sentence be different if the 3 year old child would have been a BOY ??
What does it take to PUT AWAY CRIMINALS in this country. I mean PUT THEM away so they won't harm anyone else.
justiceischeap
(14,040 posts)So, you know, do over. /sarcasm
niyad
(113,618 posts)Ken Burch
(50,254 posts)PeteSelman
(1,508 posts)Every day there's a new outrage in this country. It's unreal.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)Tom Ripley
(4,945 posts)He became aroused because he is a freakin' pedophile.
trueblue2007
(17,242 posts)i mean .... he had for-thought in committing this crime. he locked the garage door. the child's mom hearing baby cry, beat on the garage door!!!
VIOLENT!!
THROW THE JUDGE IN JAIL TOO.
AZ Mike
(468 posts)1) What license do you have as a man if you are to wake up with morning wood?
2) He raped a child. Is that not in and of itself violence?!?!?
Yo_Mama
(8,303 posts)One is awed by this. but not in a good way.
aikoaiko
(34,185 posts)AZ Progressive
(3,411 posts)as well as blame the victim in this case.
That judge should have his "human" membership revoked. He is not human.
Saphire
(2,437 posts)"understanding" of whats in this guys heart.
trueblue2007
(17,242 posts)LOOK AT WHAT THIS SLIMEBALL SAYS ...... "Kelly agreed that under most circumstances the sentence would be appropriate.
However, in looking at the facts of Mr. Rojano's case, the manner in which this offense was committed is not typical of a predatory, violent brutal sodomy of a child case, Kelly said. Mr. Roiano did not seek out or stalk (the victim). He was playing video games and she wandered into the garage. He inexplicably became sexually aroused but did not appear to consciously intend to harm (the victim) when he sexually assaulted her.
The defendant almost immediately stopped and realized the wrongfulness of his act, Kelly said.
Although serious and despicable, this does not compare to a situation where a pedophilic child predator preys on an innocent child, Kelly said. There was no violence or callous disregard for (the victim's) well-being.
The judge also noted the defendant has shown extreme remorse for his actions and has been willing to accept the consequences, Kelly said.
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/girl-656753-bokosky-child.html
ACCEPT THE CONSEQUENCES YOU A-HOLE JUDGE???? fine, keep the 25 year mandatory sentence! And by the way..... give yourself a 25 year sentence in jail for "sort of" raping the child all over again.
arcane1
(38,613 posts)Avalux
(35,015 posts)cyberswede
(26,117 posts)trueblue2007
(17,242 posts)PADemD
(4,482 posts)Provide Justice for 3 Year Old Rape Victim
https://www.change.org/p/judge-says-child-rapist-didn-t-mean-to-hurt-the-3-year-old-toddler-he-sodomized
trueblue2007
(17,242 posts)Provide Justice for 3 Year Old Rape Victim
https://www.change.org/p/judge-says-child-rapist-didn-t-mean-to-hurt-the-3-year-old-toddler-he-sodomized
yardwork
(61,715 posts)niyad
(113,618 posts)840high
(17,196 posts)Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)steve2470
(37,457 posts)NM_Birder
(1,591 posts)There is no salvation for a creature that rapes a 3 year old........ regardless if he didn't "intend" harm her while sodomizing a 3 year old.
What the fuck / was he innocently playing video games when he was seduced and accidentally raped a 3 year old ?
there is no excuse for the owner of a penis, that was placed inside a child to be allowed to live. there is no excuse, no forgiveness and no chance of that animal evolving into a human being.
my opinion ? ........just toss his fucking corpse in a hole, good riddance.
tabasco
(22,974 posts)NM_Birder
(1,591 posts)I will never understand the "incentive" program for lighter sustenances for pedophiles to commit the crime of rape. I cannot buy the theory that negotiating a lighter sentence with a rapist is in the best interest of the victim.
If the punishment is not severe, what exactly is the "incentive" for a rapist to NOT rape ? rapist deserve nothing but a hole in the ground to be tossed into. just like a rabid dog, they need to be put down.
A rape victim should NEVER have to worry about running into the rapist at the grocery store. To me there is hardly a line between rape and murder, they both take a life. it's rapists that some seem to have compassion for, not me.
tabasco
(22,974 posts)A rational criminal justice system is established for the betterment of everybody, including victims and perpetrators.
Instituting an automatic death penalty for child rapists would result in more rape victims getting murdered. If you're okay with that, that's your business.
NM_Birder
(1,591 posts)it's a common mistake made around here. Your opinion is one I Disagree with.
Your "fact" regarding the execution of rapists is imaginary, your attempt at a little guilt shame there at the end to try and prove a point was adorable.
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)Delphinus
(11,842 posts)A-Schwarzenegger
(15,596 posts)Evil.
Evil defending evil.
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)Omaha Steve
(99,780 posts)lpbk2713
(42,769 posts)There should be no leniency for the sexual assault of a three year old.
The perp should receive the maximum sentence. And the judge should
be made to answer for this denial of justice to the victim and her family.
Tsiyu
(18,186 posts)Creepy is somebody who MIGHT be dangerous. CRIMINAL is someone who already is. Can you imagine how that child will feel as she grows up and learns that a judge said her rape is just great and to be expected since she wandered too close to a man with a penis?
It's difficult enough for survivors of childhood rape to get over the shame and guilt. Judge M. Marc Kelly is a goddamned beast, a fucking psychopath who just gave a red light to every toddler-raper in his jurisdiction.
I won't say what I hope happens to Judge M. Marc Kelly. From his words, I surmise he, himself MUST be a child rapist or is into child porn. THERE IS NO OTHER EXPLANATION. What the rapist he excused did is only abhorrent to NORMAL people, not to child rapists like Judg M. Marc Kelly must obviously be. I hope Judge M. Marc Kelly's victims, if he is a child rapist as I suspect, are encouraged to step forward and report him now that his community support will be all but destroyed.
Here is contact info for those who would like to call this beast what he is. He makes me long for the death penalty.
(657) 6225239
seabeyond
(110,159 posts)trueblue2007
(17,242 posts)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GET RID OF THAT JUDGE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
840high
(17,196 posts)Man from Pickens
(1,713 posts)Defended a child rapist using the argument that the (12-year-old) girl brought it on herself, then laughed about it in an interview years later.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2658801/I-never-trusted-polygraph-Hillary-Clinton-LAUGHS-recalls-helped-suspected-child-rapist-walk-free-prosecution-lost-crucial-evidence.html
and this is our leading prospective candidate for 2016
840high
(17,196 posts)truebrit71
(20,805 posts)...do you have another source that isn't so right-wing?
I'd not heard about this before, and it is certainly very unpleasant if true...
Man from Pickens
(1,713 posts)and a search of "Hillary laughs child rapist" or something similar will turn up a wealth of results, at least some of which are sure to be from sources to your liking
markpkessinger
(8,409 posts). . . comparing a lawyer defending a client charged with a crime -- even a heinous one -- to a judge undercutting the MINIMUM sentence for a convicted criminal, is REALLY inappropriate!
Man from Pickens
(1,713 posts)1) defending a client to the best of one's ability, and laughing about getting him off when she knew he was guilty, are two very different things.
2) her defense argument in that case was almost the exact same reasoning the judge here is putting forth
3) she repeated the behavior many years later with no legal obligation when she led the world's still-to-date biggest slut-shaming operation in history
She's earned these comparisons. I have no need to invent anything new in order to show that she is a vile, evil, vicious person that has no place wearing a (D) tag on a ballot.
Hekate
(90,865 posts)...sources known for not making things up about our side.
Thank you.
Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)Staggering. Simply fucking staggering
Initech
(100,108 posts)Anyone who would do that to a 3 year old deserves their life to be a living, breathing hell. Fuck them both.
Kablooie
(18,641 posts)This is bizarre.
There must be something going on other than what he stated at play here.
chervilant
(8,267 posts)so that this "judge" is removed from the bench and prevented from further victimizing children who've been raped.
Please sign the petition (link herein above).
Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)Judge Michael Marc Kelly, Orange County Superior Court, Central Justice Center, 10th Floor, Dept. C39,700 Civic Center Drive West, Santa Ana, CA 92701 ... Phone: 657-622-5239
Presiding Judge, 4050 Main Street, Riverside, CA 92501
The Commission on Judicial Performance, 455 Golden Gate Ave., Suite 14400, San Francisco, CA 94102-3660, (Phone: 415-557-1200)
Kamala Harris, Attorney General, California Department of Justice, P.O. Box 944255, Sacramento, CA 94244-2550
Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)One Orange County judge signals his philosophy to jurors by hanging a poster of a shoot-first-ask-questions-later Clint Eastwood character in his courtroom. Judge M. Marc Kelly is more subtle. The wall to Kellys leftthe one that faces jurors who sit in his 10th-floor courtroomis loaded with Notre Dame paraphernalia, including a headshot of the universitys loudmouth former football coach, Lou Holtz. Its odd artwork in a criminal-justice setting for several reasons, including that Holtz famously uttered about a player, He had shoulder surgery on his elbow.
In the Orange County district attorneys office, many believe Kelly recently made his own gaffe. He ignored prosecution and probation department requests of stern punishment for a condom-carrying, 51-year-old police officer who attempted to have sex with a 13-year-old Laguna Beach girl after she revealed her parents had left home for the evening. Prosecutor Robert Mestman wanted Stephen Robert Deck sent to prison because Deck had loudly proclaimed his innocence, lost a lewd-conduct jury trial in 2009, isnt remorseful and continues to be a danger to society.
During the March 19 sentencing, a weepy, trembling Deckwho was a California Highway Patrol (CHP) lieutenant in OC when he was arrested in February 2006pleaded for mercy. Reading from a handwritten note, he told Kelly that he had no excuses, he wasnt a pedophile, and hes tackled the issues.
Jim Rugg
Im asking for the opportunity to be on probation, said Deck, who was handcuffed to his chair and wearing an orange OC Jail jump suit. I will do well. Im truly sorry for my actions.
Decks acts were despicable. He used the Internet to search for underage sex partners in the sixth, seventh and eighth gradesor younger. For example, according to law-enforcement records, the CHP officer told Kristin, his 13-year-old Costa Mesa online-chatting partner, to turn off the Yahoo Messenger archiving feature on her computer so her mother couldnt discover their relationship. Then he tried to lure the girl to a hotel room near South Coast Plaza. He hoped to get her pregnant there, according to a later-recovered chat log.
http://www.ocweekly.com/2010-03-25/news/moxley-confidential-chp-stephen-deck/
Quackers
(2,256 posts)Initech
(100,108 posts)So I'll express it this way:
Ken Burch
(50,254 posts)This is a consummate disgrace.
niyad
(113,618 posts)Ken Burch
(50,254 posts)If so, I'll donate to the campaign. Hell, I might come down and doorbell for it.
markpkessinger
(8,409 posts)Good Lord! So the judge is saying, in essence, that a hard-on is a license to rape, and not just to rape, but to rape a child, should that child have the misfortune of coming near the guy? Jesus fucking Christ!
Yo_Mama
(8,303 posts)Words fail me.
Jefferson23
(30,099 posts)2naSalit
(86,842 posts)blaming an under-aged rape victim? We need to come up with a better system for vetting and putting into positions of authority for legislators and judges.
And I mean
sheshe2
(83,954 posts)signed.
mythology
(9,527 posts)This is disgusting all around.
I hope the child and her mom can get the appropriate help.
I hope the sentence is overturned and the judge removed from the ability to do harm.
iwillalwayswonderwhy
(2,603 posts)As if an erection means it's not possible to know right from wrong. I'm completely sickened.
truebluegreen
(9,033 posts)Hekate
(90,865 posts)No violence? How much blood and ripping does he want to demonstrate violence against a child?
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)Kalidurga
(14,177 posts)The judge is a criminal at the very least he has aided and abetted two criminals. There are probably more cases who knows. I would start interviewing every man, woman, and child he knows to uncover whatever is out there. Someone knows something unsavory about him because this kind of sympathy is only shown between fellow pedophiles. What a sick disgusting pair of human beings. The judge should be disbarred and jailed.
romanic
(2,841 posts)To sympathize with a fucked up monster who did that to that child, he has to be anything but. Disbarr him and check his records and computers for good measure. Then throw him in the slammer to rot with the creep he tried to protect.
Quackers
(2,256 posts)Please sign the petition. I don't want this slip between the cracks and forgotten.
Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)Kinda like saying the guy who murdered a pedestrian "..became inexplicably angry". Or, a bank robber "....became inexplicably greedy".
sub.theory
(652 posts)This asshole must be disbarred. He clearly lacks the judgement or even basic human decency to be a judge. There is no way out for him. There is no excusing this crap. He is a rape enabler and he must go. Unbelievable.
Quackers
(2,256 posts)We're over 60,000 signatures and CNN has picked up the story. Please sign and rec!
Yo_Mama
(8,303 posts)Note that the rapist is the brother of the three year-old, and the judge was influenced by the mother pleading for her son.
Most CA persons incarcerated serve about half of their sentences. Before this girl is ten, she is going to have to deal with her rapist brother back in her life.
LisaL
(44,974 posts)is half-sister and it sounds like they are both living in the same home. So the perp didn't have to seek out the victim, she was right there already. However, I can't understand how the judge can use that as an excuse for leniency.
Like you pointed out, 10 year sentence means this guy would come out of prison while the victim is still a minor child.
And then what?
Yo_Mama
(8,303 posts)Yes, the mother testified for the perp, but that's because he is her son. You can get a three year-old to say anything.
The theory that no real harm was done to the girl is hardly NEUTRAL or objective. Her flesh was torn up. Of course the child was both traumatized and injured, and the fact that it was her brother who did it is hardly going lessen the psychological harm.
This girl will be faced with her rapist again before she is 10. She won't even have hit puberty. This appears to be a conspiracy of delusion among the family, but the judge's job is to be an objective person rather than a co-conspirator in lunatic wishful thinking.
This was a violent attack. The girl was probably convulsing in agony. She would have been bleeding when he withdrew (and at that point, the child may have been struggling to breathe). Instead of seeking help, he clamps his hand over the girl's mouth to muffle her cries and forces her to participate as he masturbates to release. Following that, he pulls up her pants and frees her, but it is not until she is wailing about the pain she is in that her mother realizes she's bleeding from the ass. This is not caring.
One strongly suspects that this isn't the first time he had sexually molested the girl. The idea that he was just sitting in the garage playing video games, suddenly became aroused by seeing his sister toddle in, and thought "gee, why not?", got up, closed the door and locked it, and then grabbed his sister and sodomized her is crazy.
Child molesters aren't, strictly speaking, necessarily pedophiles:
http://www.crisisconnectioninc.org/sexualassault/pedophilia_and_molestation.htm
But they do get off on molesting children. Quite a few child molesters are capable of otherwise normal adult sexual relationships. So it may be true that the perp is not a pedophile - but he does get off on children. Nor does that change the probability of re-offense for the better:
Pedophiles are master rationalizers, while child molesters are master liars and manipulators.
Pedophiles may believe that they have not harmed the child (ego-syntonic) and may convince themselves that they truly "love" the child with no acceptance that they have used their power and influence to overpower their victim. Child molesters do not engage in a "relationship" with their victim, their interest is strictly overpowering the victim by means of sexual degradation and control.
Pedophilic behavior/fantasy rarely varies. If the Pedophile prefers 8 year-old boys, he will be "grooming" 6 or 7 year-olds to replace his current 8-year-old victims when they "age-out" of his preference parameters. Child molesters may continue victimizing the same child or children for years; convenience and accessibility are paramount to the molester.
Both Pedophiles and child molesters are primarily heterosexual males. Active pedophilic behavior generally starts slowing down around age 35; the child molester generally continues his victimization until he is no longer physically able due to age, illness, injury, or incarceration.