.... http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/02/justice/delaware-du-pont-rape-case/ http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/02/justice/delaware-du-pont-rape-case/ (CNN) -- Though Robert H. Richards IV was convicted of rape, the wealthy heir to the du Pont family fortune was spared prison by a Delaware court in 2009 because he would "not fare well" behind bars, according to court documents CNN obtained Tuesday. Richards is a great-grandson of the chemical magnate Irenee du Pont. He received an eight-year prison sentence in 2009 for raping his toddler daughter, but the sentencing order signed by a Delaware judge said "defendant will not fare well" in prison and the eight years were suspended. Richards was placed on eight years' probation and ordered to get treatment and register as a sex offender, the documents show. He was also prohibited from having contact with children under 16, including his own children. The documents were never sealed, yet the ruling managed to go unnoticed until March, when Richards' former wife, Tracy Richards, filed a lawsuit in Delaware Superior Court on behalf of their children alleging "personal injuries arising from the childhood sexual abuse." The 11-page suit alleges that not only was their daughter abused, but Richards abused their son, too. The suit seeks unspecified monetary damages. While he was convicted of raping his daughter, Richards has never been charged with sexually molesting his son, according to Jason Miller, a spokesman for the Delaware attorney general's office. CNN tried repeatedly to reach Richards and Eugene Maurer, the attorney who represented him in 2009. Maurer is no longer representing Richards, his assistant told CNN on Wednesday. CNN asked if he had a comment; he has not offered one. Attorney John C. Balaguer is representing Richards in the civil case, his assistant told CNN. Balaguer has not returned e-mails or voice mail messages CNN has left for him. This week, after news of Richards' 2009 case came to light, many took to Twitter to criticize the judge in the case, saying that it echoed a recent Texas case in which a wealthy teenager driving drunk killed four people but received no jail time. Ethan Couch was sentenced last year to 10 years' probation. A witness in Couch's case claimed the teenager was a victim of "affluenza" -- the product of wealthy, privileged parents who never set limits for the boy. READ: Judge orders Texas teen to rehab for driving drunk, killing 4 Delaware's Judicial Code of Conduct prohibits Judge Jan R. Jurden from discussing the 2009 ruling with reporters, court spokeswoman Amy Quinlan told CNN. But at least one member of the Delaware legal community came to Jurden's defense Tuesday. "It's wrong to attribute (the 'defendant would not fare well' comment) to Judge Jurden," said Richard Kirk, a lawyer who is chairman of a Delaware State Bar Association committee that he says steps up to respond "when judges are criticized and unable to speak for themselves." Kirk says the argument that Richards would not do well in prison could have been the recommendation of probation or parole officers. However, he said, "common sense suggests that it came from defense counsel." As for the prosecutor's side, the attorney general's spokesman gave CNN a written statement. "Cases of child sexual abuse are extremely complicated and difficult," it read. The objective is to "secure justice in every case to the best of its ability given the unique facts and circumstances presented in each case -- sometimes that results in a resolution that is less than what prosecutors would want," the statement read. "In this particular case, the facts and circumstances made it unlikely that a conviction could be secured at trial. ...This resolution protected the victim and imposed conditions that would make it less likely the defendant could harm others."
So let me get this straight. This guy was fucking rich. He could get virtually any pussy he wanted... ...Yet he goes and fucks his own children? I bet he's innocent, and he cheated on his wife, and because he's a dupont heir, he's out partying all day, so his kids hate him and side with mommy. I mean, let's say he IS a sex offender.. couldnt he also get any UNDERAGE girls or boys he wanted? I dont trust this article one bit. Im not defending the guy either, because im totally against any company manufacturing chemicals that kill life.
He wouldn't "fare well" in jail... Who the fuck does? And since when was that a consideration for criminals?
Pretty stupid to assume this guy is innocent just because he could get any pussy he wanted underage or not. You can't pretend to know what is going on inside the head of someone who would do this type of thing, and using normal logic probably doesn't apply to someone like this. Not to mention, he probably has raped and molested children outside of his own family.
This sometimes happens with sex criminals in general because sending a child rapist to jail for 8 years is pretty much a death sentence. Wheres the wealth connection? Other than he happens to be rich?
Also they said he was convicted but then later it said he didnt go to trial. So im thinking he probably made a plea bargain. Again i dont immediately see the wealth connection
I never said he was innocent. I just dont trust the media in any way. But thanks for calling me stupid.
As if the innocent, sacrificial infants provided to members of the Illumanti for rape and other child molestation purposes wasn't enough. This jack off had to get greedy and expose those sick ritual child rapists for what they really are. And the nerve of the corrupt justice system they control with their every whim for basically confirming the conspiracies of all those suspicious concerned citizens of Earth who wanted to expose the members of secret NWO societies for what they are! Well they don't even have to try anymore! The truth is blatantly out there and mass of sheeple still couldn't be arsed to get off their asses and take back what should be theirs! It's clear these devil worshiping bastards have already won. Back up ship and let's go home gentlemen; the battle is lost and so is the war.
Damn homie you're just gonna give up like that? Who's the sheep now Sent from my XT1080 using Grasscity Forum mobile app
"I bet he is innocent" is pretty much saying you think he's innocent isn't it? Unless you're in the habit of making bets you think are wrong
Tinfoiler checklist: Illuminate, NWO, ritual, sheeple, devil worshiping I think the only thing you're missing is "reptiles". Take it easy there buddy, you'll be the first to go the FEMA camps with the rest of the terrorist. A world government is needed in the next step to becoming an intergalactic civilization and people like you are a hitch in the cog of progress. Call me a sheep if you want but you continue to live in your own blue pilled, self-validated delusion you call reality. Take comfort in knowing that for there to be sheep there must be a herder. Please try to contain your degeneracy. The current Illuminate is a boogeyman to keep you distracted from current events and falsification. It only serves to make you look a nut for being able to pick out a couple truths in a cesspool of disinformation. Many of which are true but are not entangled in the web of conspiracy and ritual people so desperately want to believe.