Local journalist Howie Hanson is the proprietor of HowieHanson.com, a Duluth news and opinion blog. In his Oct. 4 column, Howie raved about Community...
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I’ve been watching a lot of Louisiana parole hearings since COVID. It is really amazing how these cockroaches get off with light sentences. Then after victimizing another child they get their sentence executed, only to come up for parole in a few years. Once granted, they re-offend, creating another victim and all that entails. At least this roach confessed…I doubt he’ll confess again.
As a sexual abuse survivor, this enrages me. They never consider the lifelong consequences to survivors; it’s treated as if the offense is like a burglary, not a rape. That’s what it is, whether or not it’s his kids, it’s rape.
I’ve been watching a lot of Louisiana parole hearings since COVID. It is really amazing how these cockroaches get off with light sentences. Then after victimizing another child they get their sentence executed, only to come up for parole in a few years. Once granted, they re-offend, creating another victim and all that entails. At least this roach confessed…I doubt he’ll confess again.
At the very least the victims should have been interviewed. Two more human sacrifices. It breaks my heart.
As a sexual abuse survivor, this enrages me. They never consider the lifelong consequences to survivors; it’s treated as if the offense is like a burglary, not a rape. That’s what it is, whether or not it’s his kids, it’s rape.