Friday, July 20, 2012

Big crime, little time

Steven Hirsch
NYS Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman

Not even the sickening sight of a child molester professing his love for one of his tormented victims was enough to undo a sweetheart plea deal.

So, despite the pleas of the victim and prosecutors, acting Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Martin Murphy stuck to the two-year sentence he’d offered a serial pedophile.

Andrew Goodman pleaded guilty last month to 48 felonies — “even more than Jerry Sandusky,” as his victim pointed out.

And prosecutors were prepared to seek a seven-year sentence on each count.

But Murphy last month dangled the bare minimum in front of Goodman — who quickly snatched what even his own lawyer called “an amazing deal.”

With time already served, Goodman could be back on the street by September.

In court yesterday, the 27-year-old predator declared an undying love for his victim, who — along with his brother — was molested for “a torturous four years.”

“Every second of every day, all that I think about is [the victim],” Goodman declared. Then he turned to the youth, now 17, and said: “I love you.”

More @ New York Post

2 comments:

  1. That judge should hang right along with the molester.
    Miss Violet

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  2. Don't know where these dingbats come from. Hopefully, the culprit will get his in prison.

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