No jail for child rapist

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Kimberley - A 19-year-old man who was found guilty of raping a 10-year-old family member, has skipped jail time and was on Tuesday sentenced in the Kimberley Magistrate’s Court to correctional supervision for a period of three years in terms of the Criminal Procedure Act.

Magistrate Jesse Clarke on Tuesday also handed Abel Abrahams a further five-year sentence, suspended on condition that he (Abrahams) is not found guilty of a sexual offence.

Clarke, however, warned Abrahams that the sentence should not be taken lightly and that he has to undergo the rehabilitation programmes stipulated.

“Many interpret correctional supervision as a light sentence or that an accused can just walk away free … this is not true. Correctional supervision is harsher that direct imprisonment because you are curbed from doing everyday things. Your sentence would entail that you do undergo certain programmes and you will have to do community service during that period,” said Clarke.

Abraham was convicted of raping a 10-year-old family member with whom he was sharing a house....
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Full Article here....
http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/no-jail-for-child-rapist-1.1902211
 
“Many interpret correctional supervision as a light sentence or that an accused can just walk away free … this is not true. Correctional supervision is harsher that direct imprisonment because you are curbed from doing everyday things. Your sentence would entail that you do undergo certain programmes and you will have to do community service during that period,” said Clarke.
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erm no....it does not sound like light sentence to me.....it sounds like a absolute joyride compared to being locked up in jail. :mad:
 
just sentence him to a year, on condition that on placing him in a cell block it is known that he is a child rapist...
 
And people wonder why sometimes we take the law into our own hands ! Rapist goes free almost everyday, Murderers spends 10 months in Jail and are released and they the unlucky ones. Some get away with it openly.

Sickening
 
wtf is happening to our justice system? moer him and the judge. repeatedly maybe.
 
My penis has never made me want to rape to satisfy it. It was a conscious decision from this guy to do this. He should get jail time.
 
Correctional supervision is harsher that direct imprisonment because you are curbed from doing everyday things.
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Say what!?

I'll take CS over jail time - the only thing that might suck is that you need your own (or friends/family members( resources to sustain you (although, you could still technically make money from home).
 
Ockie said:
erm no....it does not sound like light sentence to me.....it sounds like a absolute joyride compared to being locked up in jail. :mad:
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Maybe the judge knows something that we don't. Maybe the community will be taking things in to their own hands....
 
You should read the merits of the case before raising objections. Rape can mean many things, and it doesn't necessarily mean penetration with a penis against the vagina.
 
rza said:
You should read the merits of the case before raising objections. Rape can mean many things, and it doesn't necessarily mean penetration with a penis against the vagina.
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you should read the case and read the definition of rape.
 
rza said:
You should read the merits of the case before raising objections. Rape can mean many things, and it doesn't necessarily mean penetration with a penis against the vagina.
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Penetration is when the penis goes INTO the vagina. Not against the vagina.
 
“This offence was committed when the accused was just 17 years old. He was just a mere child when he did this. One cannot speculate on the reasons he did it, but it is clear that he acted out of immaturity and did not know any better at the time,” said Bergh.
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So apparently 17 year olds don't know enough not to rape people....
 
Cray said:
So apparently 17 year olds don't know enough not to rape people....
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Indeed. Having been a 17 year old myself I find that statement offensive to 17 year olds. Unless this man is retarded in some way or brain damaged, this excuse does not fly...not by a long shot.
 
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