Orange County Superior Court Judge M Marc Kelly reduced 15 years (minimum sentence) from Kevin Rojano’s sentence of 25 years (maximum punishment) in prison, because the defendant didn’t behave as violently as he could have while sexually assaulting a 3-year-old girl, in his garage on June 4, 2014. Rojano was convicted on December 3, 2014, of sodomizing a child younger than 10 and lascivious acts with a minor.
Judge Kelly observed:
“[In] looking at the facts of Mr. Rojano’s case, the manner in which this offense was committed is not typical of a predatory, violent brutal sodomy of a child case. Mr. Rojano did not seek out or stalk [the victim]. He was playing video games and she wandered into the garage. He inexplicably became sexually aroused but did not appear to consciously intend to harm [the victim] when he sexually assaulted her”.
Jenny Kutner, assistant editor at Salon.com wrote on the topic:
“Let’s go over this again: Rojano sodomized a three-year-old. But because he didn’t dedicate time to stalking her, and instead simply became aroused while playing video games, he didn’t really mean to hurt her when he violently raped her. Oh, but wait, it wasn’t that violent, because this wasn’t “typical” or “predatory””.
Judge Kelly continued to justify his decision with the statement:
“Although serious and despicable, this does not compare to a situation where a pedophilic child predator preys on an innocent child. There was no violence or callous disregard for [the victim’s] well-being.”
Deputy District Attorney Whitney Bokosky disagreed with the judge’s decision and may appeal the sentence.
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I find this to be truly disgusting and can’t believe that this so-called man was given a break.Once again,the justice system has failed!!!!!!!
I’ld like to know what happened when it was the judge’s child…
he probably is a molestor too
They need to have the judge serve those years, since this is as epic a fail as is inhumanly possible!
Sick fuck!! What the man did was immoral!!! Period!No excuses, no grace to be given! Who gets aroused in anyways by a toddler!? Seriously!
Please tell me this is a joke ,is this so called judge sick in the head .?He s not fit to judge this case .He should look at the case through the eyes of the poor innocent victim and not side with the discussing perpetrator who needs to be castrated
premeditated or not, rape is rape. That judge needs his head examined. would he still feel the same way if that was HIS 3 year old daughter?
I wonder if this sentence would have been reduced had it been the judge’s granddaughter that was abused.