Shawn Jordan was sentenced Wednesday to 10 weekends in jail and 10 years probation. He pleaded guilty to raping the teen in 2022 in South Bristol.

Shawn Jordan also was sentenced to 10 years probation under an initial plea agreement. Jordan pleaded guilty earlier this year to raping the girl in 2022 in South Bristol.

  • TheRedSpade@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    I get not wanting the victim to have to testify at that age, but how does a plea offer of less than a month in jail even get made for something like this?

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      2 months ago

      I don’t know the details, maybe those are sealed. I don’t know anything and I’m not a lawyer. The defendant may have a legal advantage in that no victim will testify (victim is a child, we don’t force children to testify).

      It’s fug ing absurd ill give you that