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No Other Story is more Worthy of Protest than this one

Not many stories will stroke the ire of my being and strongly test my ability to be reasonable but a story like this titled “ WTF?! CHILD MOLESTING COP GETS 30 DAYS, WON’T HAVE TO REGISTER AS SEX OFFENDER ” by Unknown Author for The Free Thought Project pushes that boundary.  I have heard of prosecutorial discretion and plea bargains but damn people, haven’t we allowed the criminal justice system to get a little too far out of hand.  Have we not allowed judges to wield too much power especially when the decision made within the confines of their chambers and their courtrooms does more damage to a society and the bedrock principals upon which this nation was built?  The story reports “Child molesters in Virginia don’t garner much sympathy from state judges. Maximum sentences are typical, and multiple offenders barely ever see the light of day when caught...  In one example, Donald Hausen, 35, was charged with aggravated sexual battery, manufacturing child pornogr...