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Eligible for life in prison, man who repeatedly raped two young relatives gets 7 to 12 years
By adamg on Mon, 04/14/2008 - 11:02am
Guillermo Vazquez, 66, of Jamaica Plain, was convicted last month of repeatedly molesting two young relatives - both six when he started in with them - over several years.
Last week, Suffolk Superior Court Judge Patrick Brady sentenced him to consecutive 4-to-7 and 3-to-5 year sentences for the rapes, which began in 1993 when he babysat for one of the girls and ended only when the girl, then 13, told a friend about the abuse. The Suffolk County District Attorney's office had recommended a sentence of 24-30 years.
The DA also asked for 10 years' probation with no unsupervised contact between Vazquez and his victims; the judge reduced probation to five years and did not require Vazquez not contact the victims.
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is it just me or does this
is it just me or does this not seem entirely ridiculous? he systematically abused and raped these girls for years, starting from when they were 6 years old, and he gets 7 years? i imagine he's probably eligible for parole sooner than that too, and then he doesn't even have to stay away from them? i can't imagine not ordering that, at least then it might offer some sense of safety to the girls.
i mean what could he have done to make the judge give him such a light sentence? there can't be any sense or repentance or wrong doing, otherwise it wouldn't have happened again and again.
seems like the girls' well being is not being considered at all, and we wonder why people have such a problem with the court system?
You and 49 other states...
...or why Massachusetts has a long-standing reputation as a state that is too lenient with felons.
MA is a joke
Good grief, the MA judicial system is a joke. This guy raped a couple of SIX YEAR OLD CHILDREN and only got 7 to 12.
He should never see the light of day again.
66+12 = ?
Might as well be a life sentence - except you and I might actually get out of paying for his end-of-life care in prison this way.
I agree, it sounds wayyy too light and it is a travesty. I hope it doesn't set a precident, BUT I think this guy's days are numbered at less than 7 x 365.
It's not just you
I think there's an easy cure for this man's condition: a shiv in the kidney.
This guy only has one arm,
This guy only has one arm, dudes in prison will eat him alive!
Nope, it's not just you.
This just makes me sick. Repeatedly rape two little kids, get a slap on the wrist.
Outrageous
The cost of destroying two innocent lives = 7 to 12 years?! Disgusting.
idea
put him in a cell next to joseph druce.then buy druce some new sneakers and have the guard take his coffee break.problem solved.
Judge Brady needs a new job.
Judge Brady needs a new job. I understand Maria Lopez just left an opening.
was this just decided
was this just decided today?
what are the chances the globe or herald write about it?
Last week
Grr, I forgot to ask exactly when. He was originally scheduled for sentencing April 9.
Given that the Herald has been devoting as much attention to criminal sentences as the Globe has to the lifestyles of the rich, wouldn't surprise me to see them go after this (I only asked the DA's office about it because somebody asked in the original thread whatever happened with his sentencing).
gotta suck to be that DA,
gotta suck to be that DA, huh?
he goes for a reasonable sentence and the judge doesnt just cut it down, or cut it in half, he gives less than a 1/3 of what was recommended...
i hope someone writes about it because I feel like people need to know how ridiculous this is. i know mass tends to be lenient, but have we had a situation like this before?
Maybe he can become another
Maybe he can become another Deval pen-pal and get out sooner.