Defendant took a Plea Deal.

I am disappointed in the judicial system. The Defendant should of been charged with Lewd and Lascivious, the State Attorneys said without DNA or another Witness it would be hard to prove. So they said they had to drop it to a Misdemeanor Battery. With the Plea he only received 90 days, 75 with good behavior. He also has mandatory Alcohol/Drug/Mental Rehab. When he is released and they feel he hasn't completed Rehab, he will have to by court order continue treatment after his jail time. I know this person did not get a lot of time but the way I look at it,he didn't get away with it. He will have Battery on a child under 16 on his record, so even without it being a sexual record it still doesn't look good showing Battery on a child. Also, my daughter has closure, she didn't have to go to trial. I don't know what I would have done if I put my daughter through trial and we lost. It would have been devastating to her.

Pretrial

Well, he pled Not-Guilty! So he has a pre-trial on February 11, 2009. Hopefully then he will take a plea deal, if not then trial we go. I have so little faith in the system. I just can foresee him getting away with it. Like most of them do!

Court Date

Finally, the court date for the person who crawled through a window and tried raping my daughter has his court date on January 6, 2009. About time, the incident happened November 2007 ! Hopefully he pleads gulity or no contest, so he can be sentenced then. If he pleads guilty we go to trial and unfortunately that could delay another year or so.