No...9 years is no where long enough and it certainly isnt "a long time".
As First Lady points out....parole will most certainly be granted after just 6 years...the length of Dion Phaneufs contract. Think about that.
IMO this crime is among the most heinous humans can commit. This poor child will NEVER be free of what happened to her. It is a life long sentance of her own. Especially considering this stuff is now in the public domain because of the video taping and posting on the inter-net.
Rehabilitation is also very unlikely, meaning that this prick is very very likely to re-offend when he is released. Its what these monsters do and they apparently have no control to stop themselves.
Combine all that and 9 years really is nothing more than a slap on the wrist. If it is all the judge was allowed to hand down, then the whole " justice system is a joke" is very appropriate. If she was allowed to send him away longer but chose not to, then again the whole "system is a joke" applies.
What is an appropriate sentence? How about he goes to prison with no time limit attached and is only released when/if he is deemed to be re-habbed by qualified medical professionals? Should he never be deemed so...then he lives out his life behind the walls of isolation.
Some may think that is too harsh....but that would require me to have some compassion for guys like this...I dont. Nor should I. he made his choices knowing full well what sort of damage he was implementing on his own child.....that supercedes me having to be empathetic to him just because he is "human".
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