https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/30/nyregion/bus-driver-rape-watertown.html
Bus driver, Shane Piche, was convicted of taking a 14-year-old girl back to his house and raping her. Instead of being sent to prison, he was placed on a 10 year probation. He was also placed on the lowest level of the sex offender registry, saying that he is unlikely to do this again. There has been public outcry about leniency of the sentence, many people petitioning for the judge to be removed from his position. This case has also brought other cases of a similarly frustrating manner to the pubic view.
It is sick to see actions like this not being greatly punished, and the amount of people defending the choices made by the judge. It is time for people to have to pay the price for such horrible acts. Much slighter crimes are being punished much more heavily. The United States prison system has been so broken for so long and it is time for changes to be made.
This is both an issue of the broken legal system and women's rights. The punishment and decision making in cases seems to be very contradictory, and needs reform. Additionally, women have been fighting for their rights for years, and men being able to use them as objects does not help the cause.
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