Judging Sexual Sadists

Well, this is interesting.

On 4 Feb 2010, President Obama nominated Judge Robert Chatigny to fill one of four vacancies in the American Court of Appeals (the last line of review before the Supreme Court). Upon his nomination there was considerable protest because, apparently, Judge Chatigny is sympathetic toward serial rapists.

What??

According to AFJ.com, Obama considers Chatigny a "first-rate public servant" with a "first-class legal mind" and has "full confidence in [his] ability, integrity and independence" (italics mine).

In 2005, Chatigny supported the defense of serial killer Michael Ross, who admitted to the rape and murder of eight young women. If you need any more evidence that this guy was sick, this is a quote from him on the documentary Serial Killers: “Serial killers like to strangle their victims, and that is, I guess, the most common form of killing because there is more of a connection, it’s more real, and it’s not as quick.” Judge Chatigny supported Ross and actually claimed that his "sexual sadism" was a "mitigating factor" and that Ross was a victim of his own sadism, which Chatigny claimed was a mental illness and therefore outside Ross's control. He said, “[Ross] never should have been convicted. Or if convicted, he never should have been sentenced to death.” Chatigny also gained notoriety for threatening the opposition's lawyer, saying “You better be prepared to deal with me. ... I’ll have your law license.”

Chatigny has judged twelve child pornography cases, in each of which he gave a sentence at or below the recommended minimum. He was also co-counsel for Woody Allen in 1993-4 when the film director was prosecuted for reportedly abusing his stepchild. In 2001 Chatigny ruled against sex offender registries (a method of tracking repeat offenders).

I could go on and on, but seriously.... how much more is necessary? Why would Obama nominate this sort of person, no doubt knowing full well the man's record? And have the audacity to call him a person of integrity?

Anyway, you don't have to take my word for it. Read the links below and see for yourself. How is America supposed to function with these sort of twisted people in the judiciary? What does this say about Obama and others in power?

This video is a must see. The interview clips with Ross are unbelievable, truly sick and twisted.





That's all.

-freedomfightergirl

Sources:
http://www.afj.org/assets/resources/nominees/afj-chatigny-report.pdf
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=37173
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/may/26/sexual-sadism-unleaded/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_N._Chatigny