How anyone charged with these type of crimes can take a plea deal is despicable. 10 years ?? The poor child has a life sentence. This low life gets to start fresh when he get out, his victim does not. The justice system is broken.
@davidbamford1971
6 ай бұрын
The system would fail entirely if there were no plea deals. Not every case tried is a guilty verdict. It's better to keep him off the streets for a decade, than have him out and do the same again.
@TheZombaslaya
6 ай бұрын
Well it's not exactly a fresh start, he'll be both a felon and on the registry, most of society won't touch him with a 10 foot pole so good luck to him getting a decent job or even being able to find housing. Plus with recidivism as high as it is he might end up locked up gain too.
@Lori_L
6 ай бұрын
The advantage is that the child dies not have to testify or be cross-examined
@unforgivn81
6 ай бұрын
The deal was to protect the victim from having to testify.
@djjones7226
6 ай бұрын
@@unforgivn81 Exactly... Thank you! The pos defendant is also accepting a deal that requires s*x offender registry. He signed on the dotted line and will forever be held to chapter 62 conditions, thereof.
@jackieraulerson2005
6 ай бұрын
STOP REDUCING CHARGES!!!! Especially for these violent crimes! Hopefully there will be prison justice.
@dinglebat63
6 ай бұрын
The victim should have a say on whether the defendant can even take a plea deal.
@jjscalf
6 ай бұрын
They have the right to, but they often don't want to face the person who violated them.
@tilkanash
6 ай бұрын
He is a Monster and the Inmates will act accordinly
@taco8951
5 ай бұрын
If they find out at least. Pretty sure jails get in trouble if too many inmates hurt each other. Plus that's expensive to fix them up.
@Greeley.d
6 ай бұрын
Anybody that sexual assaults a child needs life in prison without the possibility of parole.
@kathleenmayhorne3183
6 ай бұрын
Amen.
@Tread1775
6 ай бұрын
Only 10 years is a miscarriage of justice.✌️
@jaxghost1968
6 ай бұрын
If that was the lesser offense, I'd hate to think what the other offense was 😮
@taco8951
5 ай бұрын
From what I gathered it's meaning that the offense was pled down to a lesser offense. I think initially it was continuous child sexual assault. At least that's what I was able to get from what they were saying at the beginning.
@TerracottaPie1987
6 ай бұрын
Hopefully a difficult 10 years.
@MommeeMadre1
6 ай бұрын
When i was a social worker, i concluded that it wasn't "really" illegal to abuse a child. If it were, people would be held accountable. People get more time for stealing a car than a child's innocence.
@lynnecamp3268
6 ай бұрын
Unbelievable! That's sick!
@MommeeMadre1
6 ай бұрын
@@lynnecamp3268 i had a girl underage, pregnant by the Defendant. Baby's DNA/age proves he was guilty and that the girl was below age of consent. He got 22 MONTHS. MONTHS!!!!!
@crossedwires2629
6 ай бұрын
@@MommeeMadre1 I am. not a conspiracy theorist, but i have read a few books lately about the extent of sadistic abuse children are subjected to and often it is organized - but not organized mafia style - just like ... almost like informal circles. So I wonder how many judges - old white men are in on this stuff. Not THIS judge, don't get me wrong, I don't think that, but a lot of powerful people abuse their power.
@djjones7226
6 ай бұрын
I really appreciate your commentary, LoneWolfUsul. You are always spot on. These cases, indeed, cause emotions of rage. The fact that this is the *lesser included charge* speaks volumes to the unspeakable damage this pos defendant caused to an innocent child!
@tearl5676
6 ай бұрын
In most prisons, child molesters don't usually have a easy life at the hands of other prisoners. I hope that Texas prisons are the same in this respect.
@Lori_L
6 ай бұрын
Too bad the sentence wasn't longer but at least the child won't have to testify & be cross-examined. As an adult, i was a victim of a drunk driver hit-and- run. Being cross- examined brought up my own CSA trauma emotionally (through the defendant's lawyer trying to gaslight me). I know i couldn't have handled trial as a kid.
@robertplocke
6 ай бұрын
Doesn't it seem like Judge Steven's has an awful lot of cases with extraordinarily despicable defendants? It makes me wonder what's going on over in Beaumont!
@TStheDeplorable
6 ай бұрын
Often the evidence is weak, or contradictory, in these cases, which can explain the plea deal. The child may give different versions of what happened, or not be able to clearly tell what happened. Often there is no physical evidence. They would not have pled this so low if it was a strong case in terms of being able to prove to 12 people that he did it beyond any reasonable doubt. Life gets messy, and we do the best we can with what we have.
@phoenixlee7949
6 ай бұрын
They sometimes do plea deals for other reasons. Like offering a plea deal in exchange for no trial saves loads of money
@taco8951
5 ай бұрын
@@phoenixlee7949 You also don't have to make the child go through potential years of cross examining depending on how long they can keep delaying the trial
@mrsbutterkup3849
6 ай бұрын
If it was my daughter (and yes, I have 2), no judge would have this animal on their docket. I would take care of the situation myself.
@ronfullerton3162
6 ай бұрын
I agree that to think this is the lesser charge is definitely a cause to think it over. Maybe prison justice will kick in.
@traceynewman738
6 ай бұрын
He should have got 30 years and no early release. Equally, they should not be able to get a plea deal. It’s wrong and he is disgusting in my opinion
@dimechick
6 ай бұрын
I totally agree with you. This is infuriating. Poor child now has to suffer a lifetime of trauma.
@taco8951
5 ай бұрын
@@dimechick Realistically the child would still have to live through a lifetime of trauma. I'm doesn't just go away because the person is stuck in prison. It's still a terrible thing that it was pled so low but at least the child shouldn't have to relive it in a courtroom in a high stress environment for potentially years depending on how long they can drag out the trial
@mht525
6 ай бұрын
Bottom of the correctional food chain ⛓️ The inmate system ranks this as the lowest felony. Lifers will enforce the criminal correctional code and have him for 10 long, long yearz. Justice will be served slowly and surely. 🙏✌️🤘🏴🇦🇺
@scottmccrea1873
6 ай бұрын
Not likely. I'd guess he's going into Adminstrative Segregation or protective custody, whatever Texas calls it.
@RolandBullock-ej8wl
5 ай бұрын
Amazing the mass amount of these cases we hear about daily......These sickos seem to be all around us =(
@christinerobbins6426
6 ай бұрын
Imagine having to represent trash like this. I'm not particularly fond of defense attorneys but just reading the files and having to talk to the defendant about it is just...I dunno. I would want to cover myself in bleach after that. 😖
@bobmcdoggish9659
6 ай бұрын
One piece of garbage is now tucked away for a while.
@nohandleforme....
6 ай бұрын
Not long enough for what he repeatedly did to the poor child.
@Carol-D.1324
6 ай бұрын
So basically a lifetime of reliving a nightmare that he will never be able to get over until the day he dies, is only worth 10 years. When this monster gets out of prison, he will do the same thing again and again and again.
@bonniecreighton4163
5 ай бұрын
Deserves LWOP.....should never be free in society ever again. Should be denied a plea deal in cases like this !
@Spiderman-tg9ke
6 ай бұрын
He will have to do his time in protective custody 😮This monster’s time will seem like an eternity for him
@kinsley7777
6 ай бұрын
10 years is 40 too few 😡 he just hyper sexualized a young girl just stepping out of puberty … barely ! she’s gonna need decades of therapy 😢 thank YOU, ✨Wolfy
@otadashi1570
6 ай бұрын
Stevens follows the plea agreement over 95% of the time. The prosecutors in this county are pretty liberal. It is insane how this animal can get just 10 years and probably only serve half of that for aggravated sexual assault of a child under 14. Ends the sentence with "thank you". Disgusting.
@scottmccrea1873
6 ай бұрын
95% - where'd you get that figure? We've seen him in a number of cases reject plea deals he thought were too lenient. My guess is the complainant doesn't want to testify or, perhaps, would make a bad witness (perhaps the child has honesty issues?). I'd also speculate there was no violence or threats involved. But we really don't know since no details were provided - age, circumstances, perp's relationship. Stevens will have read all the paperwork. And if he's comfortable with a 10 year sentences, it's probably appropriate, imo.
@Sweetserendipity1
6 ай бұрын
How can you make that allegation? 95% my arse. You only see a small percentage of his cases.
@scottmccrea1873
6 ай бұрын
@@Sweetserendipity1 agreed. A statement like that requires a citation.
@EyeofRa41081
6 ай бұрын
I'm all for life in prison for these types of crimes.
@angiecalderon2078
6 ай бұрын
With these crimes the plea make no difference. PRISON JUSTICE is swift and as brutal as the crime.
@gailrowland1672
5 ай бұрын
He should get life without parole.
@leahw2124
6 ай бұрын
The man who did this to me from 7-14 plead guilty to the same charge. He was facing more charged but plead down the day I was supposed to testify so the judge was lenient on him to spare me that. He received 4 years suspended after 18 months (ge spent 18 months in prison) but he slipped over in prison and sued the aus goverment for 300k. And i can't publicly name him because he was meant to be my gaurdian at the time.
@scottmccrea1873
6 ай бұрын
See this is bullshit. You wanted to testify. So it's ridiculous imo for the DA not to move forward to trial on your case. If you weren't able to testify or there were other issues (some kids are liars, that's just a fact; my brother was (still is) a pathological liar; a defense attorney would've shredded him on the stand). So I can understand why, sometimes, a relatively light sentence is handed down. But in your case, and others, where the victim _is_ willing to testify, there's no reason for such a sweetheart deal.
@Lori_L
6 ай бұрын
@scottmccrea1873 just because a child is willing, doesn't mean he/she would be a good witness or that the process wouldn't be grueling.
@leahw2124
6 ай бұрын
@scottmccrea1873 I agreed not to testify but we didn't know the actual sentence until sentencing. This was in Australia but I was young and wish someone would have advocated for me. Ironically enough we had a group called PACT (protect all children today) come sit with me throughout the trial to take my mind off things but they were a volunteer group more aimed at little ones. An older lady bought me crayons amd colouring in books and as a 14 year old I was like o.O. what I think would have been better was actual proper legal advice. The crown prosecutor in my case was a cranky pregnant woman who got angry at me for being at the court house while my mother testified. It was like I was a disease tbh. The whole experience was equally as horrible as the abuse in many ways. I'm I my 30's now but the Grace Tame case here in Australia dredged up alot. I cannot legally say his name at all. My story was in the paper but no names because i was underage and they called me a mentally ill teenager even though the abuse started when I was 7. It's such a messed up system here. It took me years to recover. This man has threatened to sue me for talking about it on Facebook too.
@leahw2124
6 ай бұрын
@scottmccrea1873 he plead guilty on the day I was to testify but I got the privilege of watching my friends and family coming out of court each day. I had to be put on heavy psych medication and was hospitalised in an adolescent mental health unit the whole trial. It felt like a relief not to have to testify. Until the sentencing. We weren't given the actual dates or anything or what he was pleading to. I thought he was pleading guilty to everything but the prosecutor accepted 3 incidences, beginning, middle and last assault. I wish I could go back and testify. It might not have changed anything. Then he profited off his crime (which I could have sued him for as it was classed as proceeds of crime). Our system here is ROYALLY effed.
@scottmccrea1873
6 ай бұрын
@leahw2124 I'm so sorry to hear this. Our system has its flaws - God knows - but Australia sounds so much worse. I can't believe you aren't allowed to mention his name. No free speech in Oz apparently. He's a pervert who abused you. His name should be known. Again very sorry you had to go through this. 18 months for what he did is an obscenity. No wonder so many victims don't report.
@JBCCT01
6 ай бұрын
These laws are written to favor these pedos. No there reason for such light sentences for the most evil of crimes.
@leese.23
6 ай бұрын
There needs to be a much harsher set of laws and punishment when children are involved. They have to deal with the trauma the Rest. Of. Their. Lives!
@Mickey435
6 ай бұрын
There should never be a plea deal with those who, do unspeakable acts to children
@Oi....
6 ай бұрын
At least we know his stay in jail will be traumatic, and well deserved. The Prisoners get to offer him alternate "punishments" and the Staff look the other way.
@AnthonyWilliams-ew3wp
6 ай бұрын
Absolutely. Ten years as a chomo is like 100 years for anyone else. He may not make it out.
@Oi....
6 ай бұрын
Chomo, is that the American version of a Nonce (a ceggs offender in prison)@@AnthonyWilliams-ew3wp
@lindahardy3083
6 ай бұрын
Thank you Judge for putting this spineless abuser in jail.
@jesseparker5669
4 ай бұрын
His true sentence will begin when he gets to the jail, & other inmates will surely let him know in no uncertain terms what they think of these monsters who do this to children.
@JimmyMac717
6 ай бұрын
Maybe his fellow inmates will deliver justice.
@LynnnnnnnnnN
Ай бұрын
Bubba will teach him proper manners 💀
@user-rl1nk8wj3c
4 ай бұрын
when you go to jail there is no justice there is just us and were waiting for you
@johnsteward132
5 ай бұрын
10 years is not enough.
@peterlitwinczuk5403
6 ай бұрын
Hope he gets the justice he really deserves in prison....
@dustinprewitt
6 ай бұрын
All of sudden, all those anti-death penalty people are so silent.....
@timdoyon1964
6 ай бұрын
I was severely molested by my uncle in 1974. I was ten years old. I’m 60 now, and still in therapy. I suffer with dysthymia (double depression), severe anxiety and PTSD. I have had only a couple good male friends in my life because I learned as a child not to trust men. I have been admitted into mental hospitals more than once on suicide watch. My Uncle? He was convicted of molesting over 80 young boys and will die in prison. And this guy got 10 years?!?! 🤬 I like this judge, but in this case I think he was wrong to accept a plea. I just don’t get it… 10 years for giving a child a lifetime of suffering. It’s not right.
@Heylo12345
4 ай бұрын
5 years to life is WAYYYY too broad! If something is serious enough to get life 5 years shouldn’t even be an option.
@ronnieerwin4585
Ай бұрын
Life
@marieconnor8391
6 ай бұрын
There should be a way for them to be questioned without being seen like wtf
@trufix72
6 ай бұрын
Law should be NO plea deals when children are involved.
@LoneWolfUsul
6 ай бұрын
I don't think you realize what that means. These plea deals are appeal proof, and they do not require the young victims to relive the incidents on the stand. There are a lot of good reasons for them. It would break you to realize how many childa abuse cases that go to trial, end differently than you expect once in front of a jury who has to consider "reasonable doubt"... Reasonable doubt can be a real fickle thing when you have 12 people recalling all the times their kids made something up because they don't understand the consequences of lying, and have a defense attorney reminding them about it over and over again.
@trufix72
6 ай бұрын
Yeah I thought about that. The law would have to totally gone over to figure away from that. The child is already scared for life whats sad. Maybe the Mother or Father can be the one on the stand telling what happened. Anything is possible. Thanks for the response back.@@LoneWolfUsul
@user-wx2ph8jo8v
5 ай бұрын
Maybe
@hanshans8612
5 ай бұрын
Me thinks he will not fare well in jail.
@BobBlumenfeld
6 ай бұрын
Any word about what the greater charges were?
@brendasidmore2731
6 ай бұрын
In the past women who committed adultery had to wear the letter A on their clothing so everyone would know what she did. I think sex offenders who are found guilty should be made to publicly confess to their crime and forever be made to wear the word pervert on their clothing. This seems absurd I know but the sex offender registry does not work for the general public.
@miscellaneousetc.4280
3 ай бұрын
He couldn't have gotten 25 in a plea deal?
@michaelhaiden6718
6 ай бұрын
Judge Stevens who did you make a deal with 10 years ?? Something fishy here
@kevinfullwood8022
6 ай бұрын
They will have fun with him in prison.
@user-lz1pn8ih8k
6 ай бұрын
How can all of these deals be made without the judge this is what’s the most grievous crime of all do you stupid deals that the state makes ridiculous no more deals they’re stupid
@pmtpmt7740
5 ай бұрын
Judge Stevens is a terrible Judge, 10 Freaking Years for aggravated sexual assault of a child, the Judge cares more about collecting restitution than this charge, you need to retire Judge you a a disgrace to the bench
@isntthatspecial3316
6 ай бұрын
Prision? NO it's prison. Please learn to spell
@michaelbyrnee9584
3 ай бұрын
Bubba is not going to like the beard: all his girls have to be...girly.
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