Do you still have faith in the American justice system?

Drug charges seem to garner a stiffer prison penalty than assaulting children.

My fourteen year old daughter was assaulted early this year and all the cops were willing to go after him for was a class C assault. Two years on his record, then he’s clean. Basically the equivalent of a traffic ticket.

The guy touched her breast and put his hand between her legs and cupped her, and that’s it?

They say it’s because a sexual assault charge requires penetration and indecency with a minor requires proof that it was with “intent to arouse or gratify.” Excuse me? Why else would a man grope a teenage girl? If you put your hand between my legs on purpose, without my consent, you have assaulted me, penetration or not.

Now, we have been waiting months for a court date. MONTHS. Why must my daughter have to wait this long to face her assailant in court?

And I’m not angry only because it’s my own daughter. I’m outraged on behalf of all other children and women who are assaulted, and the pervert gets away with it. I’m outraged because another pervert (with whom I had personal experience) was jailed for about two years (for diddling two little boys) and is living happily not too far from me.

Does this seem like complete bullshit to anyone else? The laws need to change. Pedophilia and rape have been consistently on the rise for years and it’s not going to stop, because our justice system doesn’t seem to care enough to stop it, and the criminals know it. We need tough, “we take no shit” laws when it comes to molestation and rape.

How can you have faith in a justice system when there are so many cases like this?