SWEDISH & BRITISH STYLE JUSTICE IN CO: 2 MEN GIVEN PROBATION FOR GANG RAPE OF 13 YEAR OLD GIRL

2 men sentenced to probation for gang-rape of 13-year-old girl, triggering backlash

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Clarence Williams, left, and Tommy Williams, right, were each sentenced on Tuesday to a minimum of 10 years of sex offender intensive supervised probation, with a maximum of life on probation. (Colorado Springs Police Department)

A family in Colorado is outraged after two men, who were accused of gang-raping a 13-year-old girl with their brothers and cousins, were only sentenced to probation.

Tommy Williams, 20, and Clarence Williams, 19, were each sentenced on Tuesday to a minimum of 10 years of sex offender intensive supervised probation, with a maximum of life on probation, KKTV reported.

The men are two of six suspects accused of sexually assaulting the young teen in December 2016 inside of the Stonebrook Terrace apartment complex in Colorado Springs.

The victim's grandfather was shocked at the sentencing, telling the news station: "There was six of them and they gang-raped my granddaughter."

The group of suspects — some of whom are reportedly related as cousins or brothers and identified as Jacolby Williams, Tyron Williams, James Williams, and a juvenile, in addition to Tommy and Clarence — were with the girl on Dec. 19, according to The Gazette.

From left to right in top row, Tyron Williams, Clarence Williams and Jacolby Williams, and left to right in bottom row, James Williams and Tommy Williams were all accused of gang-raping a 13-year-old girl in December 2016. (Colorado Springs Police Department via KOAA)

The victim told police she knew one of the men, and he invited her into the apartment to play video games. The 13-year-old said she went to the home with some female friends, but they left when she went to the bathroom.

Arrest records, KKTV reported, state that two of the men then pulled the teen from the bathroom and forced her into a bedroom where the other four suspects were waiting.

The victim's grandmother said at a sentencing in February that her granddaughter was passed around the group of men "like a hand on a clock" during the attack. She added in court Tuesday that the 13-year-old may never be able to have children.

In January 2017, Tyron Williams was also sentenced to 10 years to life of sex offender intense supervised probation. Before his sentencing, he apologized to the victim and her family, and reportedly said that "If I knew she was underage, it wouldn't have happened in the first place."

James Williams was sentenced in August 2016 to five years of probation, and the unidentified juvenile reportedly has an impending court date. Jacolby Williams' trial was scheduled for March 5; it's unclear what transpired.

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Comment by DTOM on April 10, 2018 at 5:31pm: ...the 13-year-old may never be able to have children.

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"If I knew she was underage, it wouldn't have happened in the first place."

Oh, so if she had been an adult, you would have gang-raped her anyways...?

"I beg you, your honor, make them pay!" said the girl's grandfather, who urged 4th Judicial District Judge Michael McHenry to reject their plea agreements and order the defendants to trial.

She suffered a "mental breakdown" after learning that two more defendants were headed for probation, her mother said after the hearing.

http://gazette.com/two-men-who-raped-colorado-springs-13-year-old-g...

This is the presiding judge

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https://www.courts.state.co.us/Bio.cfm?Employee_ID=643

Michael Menry - 4th Judicial District Judge

Honorable Michael McHenry

Prior to law school Michael McHenry obtained his undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering with a minor in Electrical Engineering in 1983 from the University of Colorado. He worked as a design engineer for Digital Equipment Corporation from 1984 to 1987 designing computer disk drives. He graduated Order of the Coif from the University of Colorado School of Law in 1991. While in law school he represented CU at the National Trial Competition and won recognition as a Regional Champion in trial advocacy by the American College of Trial Lawyers and the American Bar Association. In 1991 he became a Deputy Colorado State Public Defender where he represented indigent citizens accused of crime. Over the course of his career in criminal law he litigated numerous serious criminal matters including sex assault, murder, and death penalty cases. He was appointed to the District Court bench as a trial judge by Governor Ritter in 2010. He is married and has three grown children. He has served on the board of directors for Interfaith Hospitality Network which is an interdenominational nonprofit devoted to providing shelter to homeless families with children. He has also served as a big brother for Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Colorado.

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