Cashman the Criminal

If you missed it on Fox last night, a man pled guilty to raping a six-year-old girl. The judge sentenced him to 60 days. Today, I learn part of the judge's rationale:

[The judge] said . . . his intent was to ensure that Hulett gets treatment [which isn't available while Hulett is in prison].

"The court maximized the long-term public safety protection at the cost of what now appears as being `soft' on child molesters," he said. "At sentencing the court viewed the defendant as a dangerous man likely to engage in future crime unless he has proper and timely treatment."

Link.

So, if I understand correctly, this child molester is too dangerous to be behind Vermont bars. The public is better protected by getting this man treatment instead of locking him up for twenty years. Apparently Cashman didn't learn much from the Catholic priest scandal a few years back: child molesters don't change. And even if they do, that doesn't mean a judge should ignore elementary justice.

Simply an outrage.