A former Rochester police officer in upstate New York has been given a shockingly light sentence of just ten weekends in jail after pleading guilty to raping a 13-year-old girl.
Shawn Jordan, 40, reached a plea deal regarding the 2022 rape of a South Bristol teen, leading to this lenient sentence.
In addition to the weekends in jail, he will also be on probation for ten years and registered as a sex offender.
The victim’s mother pleaded with Ontario County Judge Kristina Karle to send her daughter’s rapist to prison, but the judge refused.
Ontario County Assistant District Attorney Kelly Wolford acknowledged that the sentence is weak but justified it by pointing out that the girl will not have to testify in court and relive the trauma.
“I’m not entirely satisfied with the sentence … but, ultimately, as a prosecutor, I have to weigh things like the impact of actually having to testify on the victim of this crime,” Wolford said.
“And she’s a child, and she was going to have to face her accuser in the courtroom. And when I was given the opportunity to consider whether or not we’d take a guilty plea — absolutely, all day, in a circumstance like this.”
“I’m thankful that it’s over for the victim and her family, who were here today in court. It’s been a long process to get to this point but, ultimately, just thankful they can move on and start to heal,” the prosecutor added, according to the local outlet.
Jordan has reportedly been bragging about receiving such a lenient punishment for his heinous crime.
“We had heard from members of the community that he had indicated that he had ‘gotten off’ on these charges, and that is not unusual for us to hear,” Wolford said. “Unfortunately, people say those things. But it’s concerning if it is [true].”
During a courtroom statement on Wednesday, the victim’s mother expressed that Jordan’s crime has irreparably damaged her daughter’s life and asserted that he should not be allowed back on the streets, as reported by 13WHAM.
The disgraced cop is facing additional legal issues after being charged in a separate case in March 2023, six months prior to his arrest for the rape case.
In this other case, prosecutors allege that Jordan exposed his genitals to another underage victim during a video call, ultimately leading to his resignation from the Rochester Police Department.
While he may face prison time for these charges, a court date has not yet been set.
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Hopefully the boys in jail will gut him with shives
I hope someone makes a momma out of him and cut it right off and shove it down his throat
So they let this scumbag rape and get away with it, I hope that this girl’s family catches his sorry a=s on the street and take him out back to a good woodshed and take care of his sorry a=s in a slow painful way.
What do you expect from a left wing, liberal, extremist democrat run state?