Dem pledges: I’ll ‘rip apart’ child-rape victims on stand

By leviticus20

‘I’m going to make sure rest of their life is ruined’


Posted: June 25, 2008
9:15 pm Eastern

© 2008 WorldNetDaily

 

Rep. James Fagan, D-Taunton, Mass. (courtesy Boston Herald)

Massachusetts politician and defense attorney Rep. James Fagan is under intense public scrutiny after he promised to “rip apart” child victims of rape who testify if the state imposes strict sentences for sex offenders.

Fagan, a Democrat, made his controversial remarks on the state House floor, Fox News reported.

“I’m gonna rip them apart,” Fagan said of child victims. “I’m going to make sure that the rest of their life is ruined, that when they’re 8 years old, they throw up; when they’re 12 years old, they won’t sleep; when they’re 19 years old, they’ll have nightmares and they’ll never have a relationship with anybody.”

As a defense attorney, Fagan said he would prevent accused child sex offenders from experiencing a “mandatory sentence of those draconian proportions.”

According to the report, his statements angered both colleagues and activists

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