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    Posted: 15 November 2007 at 11:18pm
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Originally posted by KSDK.com KSDK.com wrote:

A teen who was 13 when he sodomized and assaulted a 6-year-old neighbor has been sentenced to 60 years in prison.

Sherman Burnett was sentenced Thursday. He had earlier pleaded guilty after he was certified to stand trial as an adult. He was the youngest inmate ever housed at the St. Louis County jail.


The victim was found more than 13 hours after she disappeared. It happened in November 2005.

The girl's babysitter had dropped her off in front of her home on Rhea Street in Spanish Lake. For the next 13 hours, the child became the subject of an area-wide search, including SARAA and Amber Alerts.

Around 5:30 a.m. the next day, St. Louis County Police found the child semi-conscious in the backyard of a neighbor's home, 200 feet from the girl's house. She was badly beaten and cold.

Investigators believe she had crawled from some nearby train tracks where the assault may have occurred.

At the sentencing Thursday, the judge said the victim wrote that she wanted her attacker to spend 60 years in prison, which is what the judge decided the sentence would be.

The sentence includes 20 years for assault, 20 years for kidnapping, 10 years for sodomy, and 10 years for attempted sodomy.

The sentences will be consecutive, and Burnett would be eligible for parlole after 51 years in prison.

Burnett's attorneys had asked that he be placed in a program for violent juveniles. The judge rejected that request.


Sucks for him. Tried as an adult (as he probably should have been) and he won't be out until he's about 75 years old. I imagine he'll be the youngest inmate in whichever prison he is sent to.


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Not gonna lie, that's wicked retarded.
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FAAAAR to much

Terrible sentence, what the hell was the judge thinking?
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What the hell.

It's obvious this kid didn't truly comprehend what would happen if he did this. 60 years is way to much.

And why should a 6 year old have any say in the sentence?

This is ridiculous.
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how do you get charged with sodomy and attempted sodomy?

and ya, 15 years sure, 60 thats a bit much for someone who very obviously needs help.
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Seems way to harsh for a 13 year old. 

And the baby sitter was an idiot.  Who drops off a 6 year old outside of a house and doesnt make sure they get inside safely?
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isn't there like...  real rapists getting away with this stuff for a far lesser penalty?
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Among the most outrageous things I've ever seen. How can he be tried as an adult, he's 13.
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Originally posted by ¤ Råp¡Ð F¡rè ¤ ¤ Råp¡Ð F¡rè ¤ wrote:

I imagine he'll be the youngest inmate in whichever prison he is sent to.
      


Actually, no, he won't be.

No matter HOW LONG you are sent to prison for, you cannot actually GO to prison until you are of adult age. They wont send a 15 y/o to room with child rapist... He'll be at a juve facility until he is old enough.

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Originally posted by Linus Linus wrote:

Originally posted by ¤ Råp¡Ð F¡rè ¤ ¤ Råp¡Ð F¡rè ¤ wrote:

I imagine he'll be the youngest inmate in whichever prison he is sent to.
      


Actually, no, he won't be.

No matter HOW LONG you are sent to prison for, you cannot actually GO to prison until you are of adult age. They wont send a 15 y/o to room with child rapist... He'll be at a juve facility until he is old enough.


Oh yeah, that sounds right. And I take it those years he spends in Juve will be deducted from his sentence?
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he'll still be in prison when he's 18.  Funny how karma works.
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Originally posted by ¤ Råp¡Ð F¡rè ¤ ¤ Råp¡Ð F¡rè ¤ wrote:


Originally posted by Linus Linus wrote:

Originally posted by ¤ Råp¡Ð F¡rè ¤ ¤ Råp¡Ð F¡rè ¤ wrote:

I imagine he'll be the youngest inmate in whichever prison he is sent to.
      


Actually, no, he won't be.

No matter HOW LONG you are sent to prison for, you cannot actually GO to prison until you are of adult age. They wont send a 15 y/o to room with child rapist... He'll be at a juve facility until he is old enough.
Oh yeah, that sounds right. And I take it those years he spends in Juve will be deducted from his sentence?


Of course, it's still time served.

And most likely the time he spent in jail during the trial will be deducted as well.


Keep in mind though that on average, an offender only spends 60-70% of their time actually behind bars, if they act right.

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Originally posted by carl_the_sniper carl_the_sniper wrote:

. . . what the hell was the judge thinking?


That it's not nice to kidnap, beat and rape six year olds?
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Originally posted by GhilleMan GhilleMan wrote:

how do you get charged with sodomy and attempted sodomy?
i was thinking the same.

did they even test the child for isanity? i'm sure he wasn't loved as a child.
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Originally posted by Styro Folme Styro Folme wrote:

isn't there like...  real rapists getting away with this stuff for a far lesser penalty?

Kind of what I was thinking...

Horrible crime deserves a horrible sentence, but at 13 you can be changed, whether we want to accept that or not. Prison is supposed to punish and change people. He likely has the ability to be changed...

But that's our country. There are men out there who have committed the same crime and are now driving school buses...
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Originally posted by Styro Folme Styro Folme wrote:

isn't there like...  real rapists getting away with this stuff for a far lesser penalty?


Yes. Our Judicial system is becoming more and more of joke each day. A 13 year old being tried as an adult? Thats like trying a 22 year old as a minor.
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