Based on the accounts I have read, this is far less violent than other incidents, yet received a more severe penalty.

Once again, my point isn’t that Jeffs received too heavy of a sentence; my point is that others committing more violent crimes receive lighter sentences.

Seriously? I think what he did was quite violent and awful and rape. How is tying down a young girl and raping her not count as “violent”?????

Good. I just wish that was more widespread.

Keep in mind that I was making a distinction between violence and rape, or in other words physical violence and sexual violence.

In my state, violent rapists serve long sentences. The ones who don’t are primarily a result of the evidentiary issues I noted.

Like I said, my point wasn’t about the consent. It was my concern that more violent acts receive lighter sentences.

The primary issue is not consent. It is proof.

With most domestic violence, victims often fail to report or refuse to testify. At best, often, it is word of the victim against the offender. Even if there is injury, the claim is that it was a mutual fight. Without a video . .

With Jeffs, the evidence was immense — DNA, tapes, etc.

The problem is not society. It is the quality of the evidence.