Former Tenn. deputy accused of raping 14-year-old strikes deal to avoid prison, sex offender status

[SpankMe]

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/former-tenn-deputy-accused-raping-14-year-old-strikes-deal-avoid-priso-rcna18983

A former sheriff’s deputy in Tennessee accused of raping a 14-year-old girl struck a plea deal with prosecutors last week that keeps him out of prison and from having to register as a sex offender, his lawyer confirmed Monday.

Court records show the terms of his sentence include supervised probation for three years and a suspension of a four-year prison sentence, unless he violates the terms of his probation, his lawyer, Leslie Ballin said Monday.

Ballin confirmed Beck was accused of raping a 14-year-old girl multiple times and his guilty plea means he does not have to register as a sex offender.

Shelby County District Attorney General Amy Weirich said Monday in a statement: “Given the totality of evidence, we ethically could not proceed to trial on the indicted offenses. The decision was made in consultation with the victim.”

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Fucking amazing. In some jurisdictions you can get on a sex offender registry for public urination. No kidding...because your penis is nominally exposed while peeing.

Some kind of privilege is at work here - white privilege, cop privilege...some damn thing. Maybe it was a "consensual" thing with the 14 year old? Maybe the victim's family and the cop's family are close friends?

There's a lot of information missing from this story.

[regnaD kciN]

1. "Blue cocks matter!"

And as to your "Maybe it was a 'consensual' thing with the 14 year old," isn't it a fundamental point of current law that a 14-year-old is a child and therefore not capable of giving consent to such a relationship? Anyway, I have a very hard time believing that a non-cop would be able to have even nominally-"consensual" sex with a 14-year-old and not only avoid prison, but keep him from having to register as a sex offender. I wonder how many other underage girls will fail to be protected from this creep in the future because of this sweetheart deal?

[Scrivener7]

2. Because of course he was. And educate yourself. A 14 year old cannot consent.

There is no such thing.

[Grins]

3. A plea deal? Here it is: No prison, you accept the death penalty. OK?