MicroWaveOct 4, 2023

Tulsa mom pleads guilty to allowing 12-year-old daughter to get pregnant by grown man

https://lemmy.world/post/6275945

Tulsa mom pleads guilty to allowing 12-year-old daughter to get pregnant by grown man - Lemmy.world

It was one of the most bizarre sex crimes in recent Tulsa history. Now it’s over, and both adults involved are headed to prison. The 12-year-old girl showed up a Hillcrest Hospital in midtown Tulsa in July 2021 in labor. The father-to-be apparently expected to walk out with the girl and their new bundle of joy. “They walked in just like any other couple would, excited to deliver their newborn child,” Tulsa Police Officer Danny Bean told FOX23 News in 2021. When the child, well below the age of consent, showed up to give birth, doctors immediately called Tulsa Police to report what was happening.

Show threadSCBOct 4, 2023

Everyone in this case is just stupid, and stupid people aren’t a threat to society, and putting these people in prison hurts the already-traumatized girl even further. She should be removed from the home and both adults should be liable for child support while also under a no-contact order until the child is 18 and can decide to continue it or not.

This probably doesn’t need to be said but Oklahoma is a shitty hellscape.

Show threadlolcatnipOct 4, 2023
Sure, let’s just ignore all the rape because the defendants are stupid.
Show threadSCBOct 4, 2023

As you can see by reading my post, I did not ignore the sexual assault.

However, no one gains from these people being imprisoned and people who want others “punished” should not be in the room when adult decisions are being made.

A vengeance-based prison system is immoral to the point of being evil, and a sign of barbarism in the person advocating for it.

Show threadlolcatnip
I’m all for abolishing the vengeance-based system we have, but deterrence is a thing. So is keeping dangerous people away from potential victims. Obviously it only works to a point, and some people won’t be deterred no matter what, so unreasonably harsh penalties don’t help, but if people are allowed to rape children right out in the open with no consequences, more people are definitely gonna do it, because wanting to rape children is such a common thing there’s a whole political party that wants to make it legal (and has succeeded in many cases).
Oct 4, 2023 at 10:35pmWeb
Show threadSCBOct 4, 2023

Hey thanks for at least not assuming I’m a pedophile because I have issues with the criminal justice system

I’m sure there’s a middle ground here wed find mutually acceptable

Show threadlolcatnipOct 5, 2023
Ugh, people who do that are the worst.