CHILDRAPE NOT PRISON-WORTHY, JUST TAX CRIMES
Elderly Man Convicted of Rape on a Child Won’t Spend Time in Prison
CHICOPEE, MASSACHUSETTS (WWLP) - The 75-year old man was found guilty back in September, but he was sentenced this week in Hampden County Superior Court. It is that sentence that sent shock waves through the neighborhood in Chicopee where he lives. Norman Lapointe, neighbor of sex offender said, “I don’t feel justice has been served. The victims have not been protected.” Norman Lapointe has lived in this Chicopee neighborhood off Burnett Road for 30 years. He learned two years ago that a man who lives one street over accosted the 11-year-old girl next door and raped her. But that man won’t be spending any time in prison for the crime. “I would think that if a person raped a woman, whether it was an adult or a child, they'd be subject to going to jail and here it is it seems more serious doing that to a young child,” said Lapointe. Maximiliaan Van Ossenbruggen was convicted of indecent assault and statutory rape on a child under the age of 14 back in September. He was recently sentenced to ten years probation and two years of house arrest. In this small tight-knit neighborhood, the news that Ossenbruggen won't serve time in prison is not only shocking, but disheartening as well. Neighbors say they don't believe the sentence was fair. “Even after he's found guilty of something so serious on a young child, he's let out on parole walking around the neighborhood.” Van Ossenbruggen lives at 9 Downey Street. He's a familiar face in the neighborhood where some of the neighbors even describe him as friendly. But one neighbor told us that kids who lived nearby were often seen in his garage while he fixed their bicycles. Now many of the families here are wondering whether it's still safe to raise their kids. Many of those families, as we mentioned, are wondering why Van Ossenbruggen did not receive a tougher sentence. (WWLP.COM)
BRAVEHEART'S COMMENT: BY READING THIS ARTICLE ALONE, I CANNOT SAY WHETHER I BELIEVE THIS MAN IS TRULY INNOCENT OR GUILTY. IF HE IS GUILTY, HOWEVER, THAN THE WORLD'S CHILDREN WOULD BE SAFER PLACE WITHOUT HIM ON THE STREETS. AS DEMONSTRATED IN THIS LOCAL WESTERN, MA ARTICLE AND FROM A LEGAL PERSPECTIVE, CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN SUCH AS RAPE OR ASSAULT IN THE UNITED STATES ARE NOT CONSIDERED AS SERIOUS OR PUNISHABLE AS CRIMES AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT (MONEY CRIMES/DRUG CRIMES).
THE WAY THAT THE FEDERAL GUIDELINES ARE WRITTEN, JOHN FACED fup to 5 years imprisonment, to be followed by 3 years of supervised release and a $250,000 fine. HE ENDED UP RECEIVING A 3 YEAR AND 5 MONTH SENTENCE OF INCARCERATION PLUS AN ADDITIONAL 3 YEARS OF FEDERAL PROBATION AFTER ALREADY SERVING 18 MONTHS OF ELECTRONIC MONITORING FOR A 1ST TIME, NONVIOLENT TAX OFFENSE THAT HE WAS ACTUALLY INNOCENT OF. CONTRARY TO POPULAR BELIEF AND THAT OF MAINSTREAM TELEVISION SHOWS, THE PUNISHMENT RARELY FITS THE CRIME IN THE US JUDICIAL SYSTEM.
CHICOPEE, MASSACHUSETTS (WWLP) - The 75-year old man was found guilty back in September, but he was sentenced this week in Hampden County Superior Court. It is that sentence that sent shock waves through the neighborhood in Chicopee where he lives. Norman Lapointe, neighbor of sex offender said, “I don’t feel justice has been served. The victims have not been protected.” Norman Lapointe has lived in this Chicopee neighborhood off Burnett Road for 30 years. He learned two years ago that a man who lives one street over accosted the 11-year-old girl next door and raped her. But that man won’t be spending any time in prison for the crime. “I would think that if a person raped a woman, whether it was an adult or a child, they'd be subject to going to jail and here it is it seems more serious doing that to a young child,” said Lapointe. Maximiliaan Van Ossenbruggen was convicted of indecent assault and statutory rape on a child under the age of 14 back in September. He was recently sentenced to ten years probation and two years of house arrest. In this small tight-knit neighborhood, the news that Ossenbruggen won't serve time in prison is not only shocking, but disheartening as well. Neighbors say they don't believe the sentence was fair. “Even after he's found guilty of something so serious on a young child, he's let out on parole walking around the neighborhood.” Van Ossenbruggen lives at 9 Downey Street. He's a familiar face in the neighborhood where some of the neighbors even describe him as friendly. But one neighbor told us that kids who lived nearby were often seen in his garage while he fixed their bicycles. Now many of the families here are wondering whether it's still safe to raise their kids. Many of those families, as we mentioned, are wondering why Van Ossenbruggen did not receive a tougher sentence. (WWLP.COM)
BRAVEHEART'S COMMENT: BY READING THIS ARTICLE ALONE, I CANNOT SAY WHETHER I BELIEVE THIS MAN IS TRULY INNOCENT OR GUILTY. IF HE IS GUILTY, HOWEVER, THAN THE WORLD'S CHILDREN WOULD BE SAFER PLACE WITHOUT HIM ON THE STREETS. AS DEMONSTRATED IN THIS LOCAL WESTERN, MA ARTICLE AND FROM A LEGAL PERSPECTIVE, CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN SUCH AS RAPE OR ASSAULT IN THE UNITED STATES ARE NOT CONSIDERED AS SERIOUS OR PUNISHABLE AS CRIMES AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT (MONEY CRIMES/DRUG CRIMES).
THE WAY THAT THE FEDERAL GUIDELINES ARE WRITTEN, JOHN FACED fup to 5 years imprisonment, to be followed by 3 years of supervised release and a $250,000 fine. HE ENDED UP RECEIVING A 3 YEAR AND 5 MONTH SENTENCE OF INCARCERATION PLUS AN ADDITIONAL 3 YEARS OF FEDERAL PROBATION AFTER ALREADY SERVING 18 MONTHS OF ELECTRONIC MONITORING FOR A 1ST TIME, NONVIOLENT TAX OFFENSE THAT HE WAS ACTUALLY INNOCENT OF. CONTRARY TO POPULAR BELIEF AND THAT OF MAINSTREAM TELEVISION SHOWS, THE PUNISHMENT RARELY FITS THE CRIME IN THE US JUDICIAL SYSTEM.
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