VT Judge Changes Sentence

He upped the sentence, but still seems to be completely missing the point.

A judge who was widely vilified for giving a child molester a 60-day jail term imposed a new sentence Thursday, increasing the man's prison time to three to 10 years.

Judge Edward Cashman said he felt he could now impose the longer sentence because the state had agreed to provide treatment to the man while he is behind bars. The state had initially said such treatment would not come until after the man served his time.

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At the original sentencing, Cashman said the best way to ensure public safety was to get Hulett out of prison so he could receive sex offender treatment. Because the Corrections Department concluded that Hulett wasn't likely to reoffend, he wouldn't be eligible to receive sex-offender treatment until he reached the end of his jail term.

This guy is just broken. How can putting a convicted child molester back on the street ensure public safety? I also can't see how the Corrections Department could come to the conclusion that he wouldn't reoffend.

I would really love to know the logic involved on this one. Especially since child molestation has such high recidivism, I can't see the logic.