Lake Geneva man receives four years prison for sexual assault on child
Alejandro Gonzalez
October 25, 2011 | 05:05 PM
A 23-year-old Lake Geneva man was sentenced to four years in a state prison after he was found guilty of having sex with child under the age of 16.
After Jose Alejandro Gonzalez, 108 W. Laurie St., is released from a state prison, he will spend four years on extended supervision.
A codefendant, Jamie A. Serna, 26, pleaded guilty Aug. 18 to a felony charge of sexual assault of a child under the age of 16. When Serna is sentenced Oct. 27, he faces up to 40 years in prison and $100,000 in fines.
According to the criminal complaints: On Feb. 23, two girls, ages 14 and 13, went to the Lake Geneva Police Department and reported being sexually assaulted by older men at a city residence.
Why is one could get 40 years in prison plus $100,000.00 fine and the other is getting 4 years in prison and 4 years supervision? What is the difference in what they both did other than the one girl is 13 and the other 14. Both should receive the same sentence.
The defendant who has already been sentenced faced up to 40 years imprisonment and $100,000 in fines, but the judge choose to impose the four year prison sentence. The other defendant hasn't been sentenced and the judge could choose to impose the maximum sentence, a harsher sentence, a lighter sentence or probation. It won't be known until the judge hands down his decision.
Your logic that the same punishment should be handed out for the same crime is solid. I agree. Unfortunately, consistency doesn't exist in the criminal justice system. Human variables play into these decisions.
Agree with you
Delavan
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