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20-Year Prison Term for Free Clinic Doctor Sentenced to 1 Year
An East County free clinic doctor who admitted he sexually assaulted female patients in his exam room and took photos of their naked bodies will serve one year on house arrest and five years’ probation, a stark contrast to a pre-sentencing report that recommended a 20 year, 8 month state prison sentence. Jeffrey Joel Abrams, 68, was sentenced to one year in jail to be served as house arrest and five years formal probation.
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Why do the courts seem to be so lenient on sexual assault and rape cases?
No jailtime
No jailtime
9 months
No jailtime
The average prison rate for rape is 5 years
2% of reported rapists go to jail
These are a few cases where the assailant either got little time to no time, for raping someone. They essentially got a slap on the wrist (if that) for ruining someone's life (1/3 of rape victims suffer from ptsd), and many more have issues from it. They may have gotten on a sex offender list, but that doesn't physically stop them from claiming another victim. Really, do you check the sex offender list for every person that you meet? They can still go out in public, and find someone else. They can still lie about their offense and exploit the trust of someone to take them, or someone close to them.
It's absolutely disgusting how many people get light sentences for atrocious acts. This guy raped 8 people. He violated the trust of them, as well as many other victims that walked through the door of his medical practice. He even violated a child, yet he's walking away with only 1 year house arrest, probation, and a entry on the sex offender list. You can say that the prison system is supposed to rehabilitate someone, but in America it doesn't; and even if he went to jail for that year, he'd still leave a fucked up excuse for a human being.
This guy probably went to bed that night, knowing that he pretty much got away with rape.
I can't speak for the other cases. However in this instance, the sentence was reduced because of his medical condition. If I recall correctly, dude has kidney cancer as well as other problems. It would cost the state more in free healthcare to incarcerate him than it would be to do it this way. The judge is saving the state millions in treatment costs.