Harddrive, I feel your pain.
I was on a jury a few years ago that found a father guilty of molesting (raping) his 7 yo daughter. We found him guilty, but were going to give him probation so that he could still see his daughter supervised. Why? Unfortunately he was probably one of the better people in her life
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The father chose 14 years in prison from the DA rather than let us sentence him. We could have given him 99 years in prison, but of course he didn't know we were going to give him probation.
I cried the night after the little girl spent the day on the stand. It was her testimony that sent her dad to prison. As bad as what he did was, you could tell she still loved him.