Sawicki Sentenced to 10 Days

"For all have sinned and fall short..." So this post is not judgemental in the least. But it does seem from the content of this article that Mr. Sawicki has some potentially character hurting pastimes. For example, he might someday come into public position wherein his background will come back to haunt him. Say, maybe, a Supreme Court nomination or the like. After all, we have read recently that a barrister in the East has found his position as district attorney to be inconsistent with his earlier background. Then, too, a puppeteer has had to relinquish a lucrative and child-associated career over poor personal judgement. The list is long.

Could it be, then, that some sort of one on one downtime with a behaviourist now would help him harness some of these possible boomeranging pastimes? Alas 10 days in a work release program will not bring about a helpful turnaround in his life! I post this in the same spirit that I would if he were my brother!

Sawicki's punishment is not the slap on the writs the judge spanked him with but instead having to live with a besmirched name and all the facts out their at one's fingertips to decide if they feel he is innocent.

Sadly his complete denial of doing anything bad will most likely result in his attempting once again to get away with further creepy endevers at the expense of innocent women.

Hopefully the law will have learned the second time he is caught for lewd behavior, and throw the book at him, even if he was a cop.

Justice served Santa Barbara Courts?

Hardly.

That's certainly a question worth looking into. But one more dimension is what kind of justice? Should justice approach this rampant behaviour from a criminal point of view or from a medical point of view?

First, does the criminal approach ameliorate or, in fact, only exacerbate his behavior? After he serves time, same old, same old? He re-enters the community not having his issues addressed. For example, the why, the genesis, if you will, of such behaviour given his upbringing and once respected position as a law enforcement officer so that a remedial regimen can be established.

Or, second, would justice be better served by taking a clinical look into this matter, assuming it to be a medical issue? Like cancer, could it be that early detection will bring about a result leading to a success wherein hopefully, under clinical observation, the offender can get on with his life without this puzzling behaviour.

We live in a high tech social order of increasing changes in mores and customs. For starters, television and advertising, if you will, have taken pandering to sexual undercurrents to a new level with the consequence that even elementary school children now have at least a fundamental understanding of the human anatomy. Not to mention vocabularies once restricted to the barracks, with m'lady now into this mix.

In conclusion, then, can this once productive citizen, through some clinical early detection return him to the once productive citizen he was rather pursuing a choice which may only further cover-up behaviour that must be addressed before it leads to deeper acting out against the social order?

Again, my post is neither judgemental nor excusing of such personal conduct.

Mine is totally judgmental: What a bunch of horse$%#*! So he skates on the serious crimes? 10 days of work release? or SWAP or ?? I wonder what he will actually have to do? And yes, it was barely a slap on the wrist. I mean, come on , what was the hole in the towel for? His camera inadvertently picked up people changing in a bathroom? And as a COP he head to know the seriousness of evading arrest and destroying evidence. I am glad I don't have a child that fits this guys desired demographic. I believe had this person not been a policeman, their fate would have been much different in court.

Found innocent, that's why he "skates on the serious crimes". Don't confuse an accusation with fact, I could accuse the lot of you of a few things- probably wouldn't be too far off the mark but would that make those accusations the whole truth?
The DA tries to hang as much on a defendant as possible in order to boost their "wins" on their resumes. And you people read someone was accused and unlike the American way of innocent before proven guilty- you hang'em out then want to discuss the facts.