HARRISBURG — Attorney General Dave Sunday announced that David Balosa will serve two to four years in prison for using his standing as a member of a Jehovah’s Witnesses congregation in Philadelphia to befriend, then sexually assault, a young child in 1998...
PENNSYLVANIA SENTENCING OF JW CHILD SEXUAL ABUSER
by blondie 5 Replies latest jw friends
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Biahi
I’m surprised by the short sentence. 2-4 years? 😢
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blondie
Biahi, it many depend on the type of sexual assault, laws can differ on a sentence based on that, not a good I thing, but then I don't make the laws. But one can check their own area as to the sentences for crimes like that and let your local/state representative how you feel about that.
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WingCommander
I'm in Pennsylvania. This is but a drop in the bucket of what's been going on around here.
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blondie
WingCommander, it could set a precedent. Worked against the Catholic Church, starting in 2002 by a group called SNAP.
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Anony Mous
It is a 10 year suspended sentence, so he has to serve 2-4 years, the rest he is on probation. Provided he doesn’t pick up any other cases and complies with his bond, his bond conditions expire within 10y, he picks up anything, DUI, assault, drugs, he spends the remainder of the sentence in prison. Likely lifelong registered sex offender.
Given his apparent age, this will basically follow him until he dies, if he doesn’t have an ‘accident’ in prison - these people if they go in gen pop don’t survive very long, so they often end up in protected custody, where you basically get a 4x4 cell, alone, 23h/day, 2x30m in the yard, alone. For weak minded ones, as long term JW often are, this is a trip to the looney bin in weeks-months.
The prison system has a good way of taking care of these people, criminals are often victims themselves. Some of the things they do, the guards may even let them.
If he does survive his ordeal, I know JW will take him back in, may even make him the poster child of some reformation or persecution, although they’ll call him André when they tell his story.
