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The case involved an 18-year-old man, Matthew R. Limon, who was found guilty in 2000 of performing a sex act on a 14-year-old boy and was sentenced to 17 years in prison. Had one of them been a girl, state law would have dictated a maximum sentence of 15 months.
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The problem here is that instead of lowering the sentence for this man, they should raise it for the others.
Giving this case a little more thought, I can see that a 14 year old girl is very likely to be physically mature - much more likely than a 14 year old boy. That leads me to believe that the perp might be more likely to be a pedophile.
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Limon and the other boy, identified only as M.A.R., lived at a group home for the developmentally disabled. Limon's attorneys described their relationship as consensual and suggested that they were adolescents experimenting with sex.
Kline's office described Limon as a predator with two previous such offenses on his record. Kline contended that such a behavior pattern warranted a tough sentence and that courts should leave sentencing policy to the Legislature.
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Well, now that they're letting him out, I guess we'll find out.
10-21-2005, 10:01 AM
Interest viewpoint from a Judge.
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