A Joplin man has been charged with child molestation and statutory sodomy for crimes that allegedly took place between January 1 and March 31, 2020.
An arrest warrant was issued for Joseph Michael Davis (DOB 1980) without bond.
According to the probable cause statement, Davis choked a child younger than 12 to the point where she wasn't able to breathe then forced her to have anal intercourse.
Davis initially agreed to cooperate with the Newton County Sheriff's Office investigation, the probable cause statement said but then said he had been advised by counsel not to do so unless his lawyer was present.
Joseph Michael Davis, is another very sick pedophile and should be locked up for life. There are news stories everyday on these local pedophile - we have got to protect our children and put these savages away for life for their heinous crimes against children.
ReplyDeleteWhy was he not also charged with attempted murder, choking a child under the age of 12, until she was unable to breath, should be attempted murder. Why are these monsters not being charged with more severe laws already on the books. They are being let out on bond to continue to perpetuate their crimes, then frequently being allowed to serve probation instead of long prison terms. Then being allowed out of prison while only serving half to three-fourths of their sentences. Slaps on their wrists considering the violations being done on their victims. These victims will live with these crimes for the rest of their lives, while these monsters will continue on to their next victims, and the judicial system continues to allow this. Absolutely disgusting.
ReplyDeleteIt's because for something like probation, typically they plead guilty, which allows the court to gurenty that they win the case, then hope that they do something to cause their probation to get relocated, and now they go to prison.
ReplyDeleteSo here is an example.
Let's say I get charged with fraud.
I can either plead guilty, and take the punishment, or I can take it to trial. Trials are sometimes coin flips..let's say I am able to get my bank records sealed before trial...now the prosecutor would have to prove I committed the fraud without being able to bring up my bank statements..which would be incredibly hard to do. So, in order for them to gurenty that I'm convicted, they offer me probation to not go to trial, where if I win at trial, I get no punishment, and they look bad in the papers.
So I plead guilty and get let's say 1 year in prison, but they do an SES which means they hold out sending me to prison, on the condition that I walk probation. If I screw up, well I already plead guilty, and off to prison I go.
Here is why I think the current system is perfect.
Let's say my girlfriend stole 2 checks from her step moms purse, and wrote them to me. Let's say she claims her step mom was giving us $3,600 to get our own apartment. So I cashed them.
Lawfully, this is fraud, but in reality it wasn't done (by me) on purpose...so I plead guilty. Get probation and walk it just fine cause I'm a good person who made a simple mistake.
If I'm not a good person, and I do it again, or another crime, then now I'm not only on the hook for the new crime, but I already plead guilty to the other one!
So it allows for people who made mistakes, to have grace and mercy, while simultaneously locking in guilty verdicts for those that may win at trial.
Probation is not a sentence. Most of the time. It's a condition of release, and their real sentence is prison time, but they have the option to learn their lesson, and not go if that's something they want to do.
You sound like you would fire an employee the first time they made a mistake. Which is inevitable...instead of allowing people at least the amount of grace needed to learn a lesson.
Yea this dude is bad if he did the things they are allegedly he did. But what if all the evidence they have is what the girl said?
What if the girl got kicked out of jr high choir for lying?, and he could prove that? Then instead of rolling the dice at trial, you please bargain and give probation, praying to God that if he did do it, he'll get a dwi and get put away for both.