Please sign this petition demanding to know why an ultra-wealthy, convicted child rapist avoided jail

Sign the petition to the Delaware state legislature—demanding they hold hearings on how an ultra-wealthy, admitted child rapist avoided a single day of jail time. Robert H. Richards IV—an heir of the duPont family—pled guilty to raping his 3-year-old daughter. But he served no jail time whatsoever, and is currently on probation. Why? Because prosecutors offered a deal with no jail time, and Superior Court Judge Jan R. Jurden wrote in her sentencing memo that he “will not fare well in prison.” Click here to sign the petition. Even Richards’ own lawyer called him a “rich, white boy” and a “child perv,” and that he could not be “protected” while in prison. Abuse of the children occurred at both of Richards' homes, including the 5,800-square-foot Greenville mansion that he paid $1.8 million for, pictured Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2593119/Revealed-Multimillionaire-du-Pont-family-heir-spared-jail-raping-three-year-old-daughter-judge-decided-not-fair-bars.html#ixzz2xg8ubKkF In other words, prison is just for poor people. We cannot give wealthy criminals a pass while low-income people serve time behind bars. Robert H. Richards IV paid $1.8 million for his 5,800-square-foot stone and stucco mansion on Summit Lane near Winterthur Museum in Greenville.(Photo: ROBERT CRAIG/THE NEWS JOURNAL) Sign the petition to the Delaware legislature—demanding they hold hearings on how a wealthy, admitted child rapist avoided a single day of jail time. Keep fighting, Paul Hogarth, Daily Kos

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