Re: Matt Deatherage (was Very Sad, but...)

[schultp@aa.wl.com (Paul Schultz)]

W. Scott Gentry (wsgentry@nedata.reston.ingr.com) wrote:

: Auri,

: This is not a question of informed consent.  It is a question of right
: and wrong with respect to the law.  Matt allegedly broke the law.  
: No amount of pleading from the child is going to get Matt off the hook.

: His plea of no contest means that he is going to accept what ever the
: court decides.  You're probably too young to remember a vice president
: named Agnew who pleaded no contest to a variety of charges with regard
: to taxes.  Regardless, it appears that Matt made one hell of a mistake
: and he'll have to face the consequenses for the rest of his life.  Sex
: offenders - unlike other felons - have the hardest time getting their
: lives together because of the stigma sexual crime carries.  My compassion
: is not for Matt, though.  My compassion is for the child and his family. 
: Regardless of how that child might feel today, these things have a profound
: affect on not only the child but the whole family.  These feelings do not
: simply go away with a no contest plea, remorse, or tears.

: Even though I have met Matt several times over the years and through that
: time he provided support above and beyond the norm, I have no sympathy 
: for him at all in this matter.  He is an adult.  If found guilty, he
: will have taken advantage of a child.  If it were my child, I'd be out
: for his head.  He made his bed, let him lay in it.


Very well said! I couldn't agree with you more!
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