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Judge shaves 14 years off child molester's sentence
By: Bill O'ReillyMay 12, 2010
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Washington Post: A Maryland judge shaved 14 years off a child molester's prison sentence Friday, a ruling that followed the same judge cutting almost 16 years off another molester's sentence in 2008.

In shortening the latest sentence, Circuit Court Judge Eric M. Johnson called Jason Lay a different person than he was five years ago, when he was convicted of making a 4-year-old girl perform sexual acts inside a townhouse in Germantown and sentenced to 30 years.

"I find your remorse to be genuine," Johnson told Lay, 26, who wore a blue state Division of Correction shirt and little expression on his face.

The new sentence, 16 years, is retroactive to 2005. Lay will be eligible for parole in 2013.

His case reflects the challenge of keeping child molesters safe in prison. Other inmates -- even those who give little thought to robbing or killing people -- often take a moral stand against child molesters, if only because they have children themselves.

Lay has been attacked by gang members, was once stabbed 13 times and is too scared to bring up his crime in group therapy sessions, said his attorney, Reginald W. Bours III.

"This man has served a lot more than five years in any realistic sense," Bours said. "He's a child sex offender. He is in constant danger."
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