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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:#1F497D'>I’ve not made any secret of the fact I think justice demands that sex offenders receive among the state’s most severe sentences. And, if we don’t have enough “space” in prison, then we need to start clearing out non-violent offenders to make room for those for whom justice demands incarceration for a good stretch.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:#1F497D'>Further, I think that when the abuser is in a position of trust and/or power over the victim – be the position of power from a church, from law enforcement, from education, etc. – I think the nature of the crime is particularly heinous and demands a particularly stiff sentence. Some crimes are so heinous and so damaging that punishment demands incarceration, and sex crimes committed by those in a position of trust and/or power fall into the “demand significant incarceration” category.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:#1F497D'>The case below is one such case. Retained jurisdiction (“rider” program) in most sex offense cases is a gross abuse of any notion of justice IMO. BTW, some may wonder what the recidivism rate is for those who receive a retained jurisdiction sentence like this evil man received. According to the Idaho Department of Corrections, the recidivism rate for the Rider Program is a whopping 42%.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.idoc.idaho.gov/content/document/brief_sheet_recidivism">http://www.idoc.idaho.gov/content/document/brief_sheet_recidivism</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:#1F497D'>Saundra<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Satan-blaming church deacon gets rider in sex abuse case<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Katie Terhune, KTVB 2:52 p.m. MDT July 29, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><img border=0 width=235 height=176 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CFAB80.A3E3C290" alt=12-12-Alexander-Gonzalez-Garcia></span><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN>CALDWELL-- <b>A Nampa deacon who claimed that Satan took control of his body and made him molest a 12-year-old girl in a church storage room is headed to prison.</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN>But 57-year-old Alexander Gonzales Garcia, who was arrested in December, <b>could spend only a year behind bars after Judge Bradly S. Ford opted Tuesday to retain jurisdiction.</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN>Garcia was sentenced to 20 years in prison with five years before parole eligibility, but could still be released as early as 2015 if he successfully completes his term of retained jurisdiction, commonly known as a "rider."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN>He will also be required to register as a sex offender and pay about $8,000 in civil fines and court costs.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN>Garcia, a deacon with the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Nampa, was originally charged with lewd conduct with a minor under 16. In an interview with police detectives, he admitted touching the girl inappropriately during a July potluck at the church, but <b>insisted Satan had been in the storage room with him, and had made him molest the girl.</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN>He pleaded guilty to sexual abuse of a minor in March, and prosecutors recommended a sentence of retained jurisdiction.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN>"Mr. Garcia used his position of trust in the church to take advantage of the victim, and he deserves to be behind bars where he can no longer be a danger to the community," said Prosecutor Bryan Taylor. "This case should serve as a reminder to every parent that you need to be very careful of who your kids are hanging around with."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>