Dad gets prison for molesting his 12-year-old-daughter (Lincoln, Nebraska)

UNNAMED DAD gets a 4-5 year prison term for molesting his 12-year-old daughter for nearly a year. Dad pleaded no contest to third-degree sexual assault. Sickeningly, we see the usual gaggle of clueless idiots telling us how "honest, trustworthy, and helpful" this pervert is, and even blaming the girl and her mother! Disgusting, but not surprising in a culture in which male criminals (especially fathers) are excused and female victims are blamed.

Man gets 4-5 years for sex abuse


By LORI PILGER / Lincoln Journal Star
Wednesday, Jun 24, 2009 - 05:18:49 pm CDT

A district judge sentenced a 32-year-old father to prison Wednesday for sexually abusing his daughter.

“This is not something we, in a civilized society, do,” District Judge Jodi Nelson told him before she sent him to prison for four to five years.

The man pleaded no contest to third-degree sexual assault for inappropriately touching the girl.

The Journal Star has chosen not to name him to protect the identity of the victim, who was 12 when the assaults began. They lasted nearly a year.

Deputy County Attorney Matt Acton said the fact the man repeatedly committed the acts — which he called deviant and disgusting — on his daughter demanded incarceration.

Defense attorney John Jorgensen asked Nelson to give his client probation to allow him to undergo outpatient treatment. He cited a doctor’s opinion that imprisonment could exacerbate the underlying reasons for what he did.

He also asked the judge to take into consideration letters of support written by more than half a dozen friends or family members. They described him as honest, trustworthy and helpful and seemed to blame the girl and her mother for the charges.

But Nelson said it was difficult for the court to understand the juxtaposition between the letters and police reports, which included a recorded conversation.

“(The defendant) apparently has not come clean about these offenses,” the judge said. "He may have been a “good guy” and helpful to those who wrote the letters," she said, “but you weren’t helping your daughter when you sexually assaulted her.”