The Co-Knucklehead of the Day Part Two

This Knucklehead winner I just found. Hat tip- Michelle Malkin

Our Second Knucklehead winner of the day is Vermont Judge Edward Cashman. He gets the award for sentencing a child rapist to just 60 days in jail because 'The judge said he no longer believes in punishment and is more concerned about rehabilitation.'

There was outrage Wednesday when a Vermont judge handed out a 60-day jail sentence to a man who raped a little girl many,many times over a four-year span starting when she was seven.

The judge said he no longer believes in punishment and is more concerned about rehabilitation.

Prosecutors argued that confessed child-rapist Mark Hulett, 34, of Williston deserved at least eight years behind bars for repeatedly raping a littler girl countless times starting when she was seven.

But Judge Edward Cashman disagreed explaining that he no longer believes that punishment works.

"The one message I want to get through is that anger doesn't solve anything. It just corrodes your soul," said Judge Edward Cashman speaking to a packed Burlington courtroom. Most of the on-lookers were related to a young girl who was repeatedly raped by Mark Hulett who was in court to be sentenced.

The sex abuse started when the girl was seven and ended when she was ten. Prosecutors were seeking a sentence of eight to twenty years in prison, in part, as punishment.

"Punishment is a valid purpose," Chittenden Deputy Prosecutor Nicole Andreson argued to Judge Edward Cashman.

"The state recognizes that the court may not agree or subscribe to that method of sentencing but the state does. The state thinks that it is a very important factor for the court to consider," Andreson added.

But Judge Cashman explained that he is more concerned that Hulett receive sex offender treatment as rehabilitation. But under Department of Corrections classification, Hulett is considered a low-risk for re-offense so he does not qualify for in-prison treatment.So the judge sentenced him to just 60 days in prison and then Hulett must complete sex treatment when he gets out or face a possible life sentence.

Judge Cashman is nothing less than a sick man who has no business being on the bench anywhere. This is just one more sign of how warped our judicial system is. We put juror candidates in jail and let rapists go after 60 days. The people Vermont are outraged as should be any sensible in the country at this outrage. I will say it again, more judicial decisions like this and the American public will rise up in a revolution. For if our judges can't protect the children and innocents, they have no right to be on the bench.

For failing to protect the people of Vermont and the nation, Judge Edward Cashman is one of today's Co-Knuckleheads of the day.

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