Cenk Uygur
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Justice System Lets Baby Rapist Walk Free
Posted
September 17, 2016
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171,316
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September 17, 2016
171,316
3,611
2,329
3.47%
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5:48Now PlayingA teenager arrested for raping a baby will avoid prison. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian, hosts of The Young Turks, break it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
"An Iowa teenager who recorded live streaming video of himself raping a toddler will not spend any time in prison after pleading guilty.
CORRECTION: The judge who handed down the sentence was misidentified in an earlier version of this story.
Kraigen Grooms admitted to raping a 2-year-old girl in April 2013, when he was 16 years old, while another man in New Orleans watched and recorded the abuse, reported Ottumwa Radio.
Investigators believe the assault was premeditated and that Grooms had targeted a 3-year-old boy for a similar assault.
A man who operates a Facebook group called MissingCases.com helped investigators identify Grooms as the assailant after sharing a photo of him, reported the Ottumwa Evening Post, which led to multiple tips within an hour from the teen’s friends...
“It’s sad, he is such a young kid,” said Tim Caya. “Usually when you hear about this, it is old guys. It makes you wonder what was going on in his life to get him to this. I’m glad I helped catch him, but it makes you wonder about what is going on these days with kids doing this at such a young age.”
Grooms — who was arrested in March 2014, when he was 17 — was initially charged with second-degree sexual abuse, a class B felony that carries a potential 25-year prison term.”*
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