Does the punishment fit the crime?

In December of 2003, two Texas men who worked in a Christian school were given 26 years and 14 years in a Texas State penitentiary for being found guilty of excessive corporal correction. I remember hearing details about this when it happen, because my father, and a few preachers I know, knew these men personally. 

To make a long story short, they took the rod of correction to an 11 year old boy, and their where several marks left on his back which completely healed, while not justifying that sort of severity in correction. There were variables involved. I am in no way justifying any type of abuse, nor am I making the issue guilty or not guilty. I am pointing out that neither of these men  did anything that merits the penalties they received. Both men were ordinary American citizens with no previous charges  or past criminal records. How does this happen in any nation. The website above also has a section about excessive sentences that is worth a look.

Knowing that men of good, proven character are suffering harshly is unsettling. Also when you look at the crime/time comparison for those two Texas men, you can't help but feel helpless. Then to hear this week that a two time convicted felon gets one year in prison for raping and sodomizing a 5 year old little girl is absolute insanity. The start time of his conviction began 9 months ago when he was arrested and placed in jail to await trial; which means this man will be out of prison in 3 months time, to which he will most likely be transferred to a cozy treatment center for his disease. Or living next door to you.

Three months; for a piece of rat filth? Three months for a twice convicted felon who has spent several years in the system already, and knows the routine. It is probably the most structure the man gets in life. Three months, the punishment fit for exuding his wicked mind on innocence? Then examine the other case in the spirit of speculation. Having some knowledge of the  juvenile delinquency system, private and public, and having seen it at it's ultimate, degenerate worst; it is a frequent occurrence for the average 11 year old boy to aggressively deny to follow instructions. 

These youth of today have criminal minds at a very young age. I have witnessed youth younger than 8 years old that manipulate, scheme, speak as profanely as fisherman, and lash about in violence like seasoned street thugs, and that's just the girls. Imagine a state licensed officer laying a thrashing on a 13 year old rebel who is trying to harm or injure another; or a youth being hostile, verbally abusive, and spitting. Physical force now justified, and authorized; duty, self-preservation and adrenaline kick in at once, and you have a 285 lb., 6'4, old school, Irish Roman Catholic, ex-boxer, trounce a gumby shaped 90 lb. bundle of bluff; the results can be catastrophic. So occasionally for protection and preservation, you have to thump some skulls, authority must be maintained.  Some officers I knew had a saying, "It's all about how you write the report".  Now this officer would lose his employment, pension, and perks associated with; may even have some legal proceedings; but that man, in no way would get any real time. Rabbit Trail ends here-

But let the men from the church, and the Christian school show intemperance, and indiscretion, and they get a combined 40 years. The man from Oklahoma who trampled purity like it was a some game, I wonder in what community the 3 time felon will land in 3 months once he registers as a sex-offender. Wolves are prowling our once safe communities. "watch and pray" brethren...