Sidster

She still lived in the family home and was going to school (high school and some of the time college) after she turned 18.  She had no means of moving out and had no where else to go.  She had no other family here. When she finally had the money and the strength to move out, she was continually harrassed as well as her friends.  The events after she moved out is what finally gave her enough motivation to go to the police.

Pire

After seeing what I saw in the court and hearing what I heard, would it bother me to see him spend the rest of his life in prison..  NO.  If he does get out someday, he will have to live next door to someone.  As a mother, do I want a convicted child rapist living next door to me?  NO.

And before you ask, No, this was not something I thought about in the deliberations while coming to our verdicts.