Well this is more than a little awkward for Republican Attorney General candidate Brad Schimel, considering how hard his campaign and its right-wing allies have worked to paint Democratic AG candidate Susan Happ as “soft on crime.”
Robert R. Turk, 37, a juvenile counselor at an adolescent center, originally was charged with five felony counts of possession of child pornography, each carrying a mandatory minimum prison term of three years and a maximum of 25 years. He could have been sentenced to 125 years in prison and $500,000 in fines. Instead, Schimel agreed to a plea bargain that let Turk off with no jail time but three years of probation with nine months of work release. The deal also allowed him to avoid registering as a sex offender and to continue working at the center and have “incidental” contact with minors.
After the deal was made allowing Turk to avoid any prison time for his possession of child pornography, in the understatement of the century Turk’s defense attorney called the sweetheart deal “very favorable to my client.”
Schimel should be arrested !!!
If he harms any children in the future, then the county that allowed this injustice should be held accountable for his actions.
This one is easy Zach, glad you noticed and bought it here. Walk-de-dog’s DA’s office is setting precedent for next week’s handling of another type of odious sex offender in the person of, still on the state payroll, former Assembly Majority Leader Bill Kramer.
Clearly the offender must not be a minority but I also wonder who he knows?
How very moral these repubs are…