Rhino
12-19-2006, 01:39 PM
Appeals Court: 10-Year Sentence Too Light for Woman Who Rented Daughter to Pedophile
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
ST. LOUIS, Mo. — A federal appeals court tossed out the 10-year prison sentence of a St. Louis, Mo., woman who rented her 9-year-old daughter out to a pedophile more than 200 times at $20 a session.
The court said the woman's punishment was too lenient. But until a court decides otherwise, the woman still faces a 10-year prison term.
The woman, whose name is being withheld to protect her daughter's identity, often held the girl down in their home while Joe J. Champion of Granite City, Ill., molested her, according to court documents. The daughter testified the molestation occurred about twice a week, either in the bathroom or her mother's bedroom.
The woman was typically paid $20 by Champion each time she allowed her daughter to be abused by him.
The abuse began when the daughter was nine and continued for two years, both the daughter and Champion testified, according to court documents.
The mother also often threatened to send her daughter to foster care if she didn't cooperate, reported by the St. Louis-Post Dispatch.
"The factors of this case are no less than horrifying," Judge William Jay Riley wrote in the unanimous opinion released Monday by a three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Court of Appeals.
Champion pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 15 years in prison......http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,237558,00.html
Still too light.
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
ST. LOUIS, Mo. — A federal appeals court tossed out the 10-year prison sentence of a St. Louis, Mo., woman who rented her 9-year-old daughter out to a pedophile more than 200 times at $20 a session.
The court said the woman's punishment was too lenient. But until a court decides otherwise, the woman still faces a 10-year prison term.
The woman, whose name is being withheld to protect her daughter's identity, often held the girl down in their home while Joe J. Champion of Granite City, Ill., molested her, according to court documents. The daughter testified the molestation occurred about twice a week, either in the bathroom or her mother's bedroom.
The woman was typically paid $20 by Champion each time she allowed her daughter to be abused by him.
The abuse began when the daughter was nine and continued for two years, both the daughter and Champion testified, according to court documents.
The mother also often threatened to send her daughter to foster care if she didn't cooperate, reported by the St. Louis-Post Dispatch.
"The factors of this case are no less than horrifying," Judge William Jay Riley wrote in the unanimous opinion released Monday by a three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Court of Appeals.
Champion pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 15 years in prison......http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,237558,00.html
Still too light.