Improved Clinch

Drop the Charges, Bradley Berry

I noted the story regarding a couple of seventh grade Oregonian horse playing boys with the spector of jail and sex offender registration hanging over their heads yesterday in this post, and many other individuals did also.

Today I read the DA responsible for this ridiculousness, Bradley Berry, is backing off a bit. Not because he’s come to his senses, but because the story has made it across national and international wires and he has been revealed for being the fool he is in the spotlight of the media.

Two McMinnville middle-schoolers facing sex abuse charges for spanking girls in the hallway probably will not do jail time or be required to register as sex offenders, the Yamhill County district attorney said Monday as the case against the boys grew into a media sensation.

Let’s look at what tune Berry is singing now.

Until now, Berry has declined to discuss specifics of the case or explain why it merits criminal charges. After spending most of Monday fielding complaints, however, he elaborated for the first time.

“From our perspective and the perspective of the victims, this was not just horseplay,” Berry told The Oregonian. “People may disagree, and I understand that.”

Based on his experience in similar cases, Berry said it’s unlikely the boys, if convicted, would be sentenced for the maximum jail time for each of the counts. “That type of sentence has never been imposed in my county or in any county that I know of for these types of offenses,” he said…

Berry said a judge could lift the (sex offender - ed.) registration requirement after it was imposed. “These youths can petition the court relatively quickly for relief from that,” he said.

All Berry is stating in the above is that he is not going to go whole hog in prosecuting these two seventh grade boys, rather than admitting that this whole incident should have never come to law enforcement’s attention.

This butt slapping incident should been handled between teachers, parents and the students involved. Unfortunately, the lack of common sense inherent in individuals today, seems to preclude this from happening.

DA, spanking case stir outrage

Via The Obscure Store.

Posted by on 07/24 at 01:48 PM