cdwjava, is a police officer, he knows the law from that aspect, he unemotionally answered OP's question which is in reference to a state law in effect since sometime in the 1960's I even remember the events which caused it's inactment. There used to be billboards with the admonition, "USE A GUN, GO TO JAIL" in California, everyone knows this, especially the criminals. It will be one of the first things their criminal defense attorney's will tell them once they are arrested.FrustratedinWI said:Hi, I'm sorry to hear that your husband got a 6 year prison sentence, my fiance just got a 5 year sentence, and it's very hard to go through. There are alot of people on here that don't do much to help by saying some hurtful things. I can't give you any legal advice, but I know where you're coming from in trying to tell people that he was trying to help you, but we know how much the law sucks, and most of the time you can't get any justice. I'm doing the appeal process now, since he was just sentenced 2 and a half days ago. I wish you the best of luck.
Obviously you are frustrated that is even your name. However, you have chosen to make your bed with a convicted child rapist. Dont give me or anyone else you sorry excuse about 2nd degree sexual assult, it was STATUTORY RAPE anyway you cut it so quit lying to yourself or sugar coating it, that won't change reality and the sooner you get that the better for you and most of all your children. You are angry because he will have to spend only 5 years in prison when it could be much more and when he gets out you will have to choose betwen him and your 2 children. It looks as if you have chosen him already.
So you come over to this thread to stir up trouble and try to get more attention because you don't like the answers you are getting on your own thread. You have your own agenda and few if any is willing to support you because most here, we have a high respect for the law, but most of all for the right's and best welfare of children, something foreign to you. Believe it or not, it is to protect your children but it appears you care less for them than for your RAPIST boyfriend. Other posters have made comments about you lack of self esteem because your self esteem is so low that you only think you deserve a RAPIST for a mate. You are willing to give up your children for him, or is it your plan than when he gets out of prison to have them ready to interact with their father? Sure he was drunk, then once he is drunk, will your children be safe? You talk about how your boyfriends victim's mother should go to jail also because she failed to act to protect her child, well the same thing holds true for you, you should go to jail also for not acting to protect your children from a known convicted child RAPIST!
What is likely to happen in your case? Your boyfriend will go to jail and you will visit in the begining but soon you will hook up with some other criminal and you will get involved with them and the rest won't take much immagination will it. Hopefully someone close to you, who cares more about your children will report you to CPS, so they can at least have some chance for a future without exposure to a known and convicted child RAPIST!