Originally Posted By Elderp <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/11/15/sexparty.mom.ap/" target="_blank">http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/11 /15/sexparty.mom.ap/</a> I work in law enforcement and I am personally all for putting criminals behind bars but 30 years for this crime seems a bit stiff. Not to mention it will be expensive for the state to keep her in that long. She did plead guilty. Murder in this state is 25-life (then again this was Colorado). Don't get me wrong I don't condone what she did in the slightest but it does seem to be a bit of a harsh sentence to me. What do you think?
Originally Posted By gadzuux I think some people are afraid of human sexuality. Thirty years is waaay over the top.
Originally Posted By tiggertoo It wasn't the weight of each account but the number of counts to which they found her guilty. If I counted correctly there were 14 charges. They just added up to A LOT. However, I think it will be reduced in appeals and she will be out on parole in 5 or 10 years.
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 Two questions. How old were the kids at these parties? And did she have sex with any minors? Because if she did then thirty years is fine by me. We need to make an example of people like this.
Originally Posted By DlandDug <a href="http://www.mugshots.com/Current-Events/Silvia+Johnson.htm" target="_blank">http://www.mugshots.com/Curren t-Events/Silvia+Johnson.htm</a>
Originally Posted By planodisney I think we need to charge the boys with something after looking at that picture. So gadzuux, in your world it is O.K. for adults to have sex with kids, after giving them drugs and alcohol?
Originally Posted By DlandDug >>I think some people are afraid of human sexuality.<< I think what people objected to here was a woman getting teenagers high and then taking sexual advantage of them. <a href="http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0124051partymom1.html" target="_blank">http://www.thesmokinggun.com/a rchive/0124051partymom1.html</a>
Originally Posted By retlawfan Just to get everyone thinking... What if it was an adult male and a group of underage girls? Would everyone feel the same way?
Originally Posted By retlawfan At the same time, I understand Elderp's thought here. Why 25 years for murder and 30 years for this? Strange system we have here sometimes...
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 <<What if it was an adult male and a group of underage girls? Would everyone feel the same way?>> Absolutely, I have a zero tolerance policy when it comes to this.
Originally Posted By iluvdisneyland Where at the kids' parents hiding in all this? Seriously... your kid goes to a friend's house and either a) comes home smelling like alcohol, is intoxiated and high or b) does not come home until late the next day and even then there is tell-tale signs. I don't get this...
Originally Posted By gadzuux I know too many people who started having sex before eighteen. (Not me, ironically.) Not everybody is going to wait. Many people are going to have sex before they turn eighteen, and sometimes it's going to be with people older. Are the older ones taking advantage of the younger ones? Probably - so what? More relevent is how old the boys were when this happened. Sixteen? Seventeen? Is this a "crime"? It's debatable. Thirty years? That's a lot. Summer of `42. Would you send jennifer o'neil to prison for thirty years?
Originally Posted By retlawfan I think they were 15. I could be wrong, but that's what I remember hearing.
Originally Posted By retlawfan So let's recap. She is 41. Bunch of boys are 15. <Are the older ones taking advantage of the younger ones? Probably - so what?> So What? Are you kidding?
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 Post 14 is simply astounding. So gadzuux you're okay with this? That says a lot to me.
Originally Posted By Beaumandy I remember posting this story last year. Never dreamed this person would get 30 years. But hey, when you look like that your going to get the book thrown at you.
Originally Posted By StillThePassHolder "At the same time, I understand Elderp's thought here. Why 25 years for murder and 30 years for this? Strange system we have here sometimes..." it's an accumulation of the counts. Each one has a minimum sentence, and when you add them all up, apparently it's 30 years. Had this woman restricted herself to just a couple of instances (rather than the socially acceptable none), her sentence wouldn't be all that severe. Taken in its entirety, I don't think many can argue she's a danger to underage kids around her and needs to go away for a while. As the "adult", she's supposed to know better than to do any of this stuff. By way of comparison, my old boss in private practice, whom I wrote about here not too long ago, just got 14 years for the unauthorized practice of law. 28 separate counts, each carrying a minimum of 6 months. As the judge said to the prosecutor when the prosecutor recommended 4-6 years, which of these victims would you like for me to tell they don't count?
Originally Posted By Dabob2 <<a href="http://www.mugshots.com/Curren" target="_blank">http://www.mugshots.com/Curren</a> t-Events/Silvia+Johnson.htm> Who knew Nick Nolte had a sister?
