Judge Increases Child Molester’s Term
A judge in Burlington who had been heavily criticized by bloggers, TV commentators and politicians for giving a child molester 60 days in jail increased the sentence to three to 10 years.
District Judge Edward J. Cashman said he decided to impose the longer sentence because state officials reversed course and agreed to provide sex-offender treatment to 34-year-old Mark Hulett in prison.
When the judge imposed the original sentence Jan. 4, Hulett had been ruled ineligible for treatment until he got out of prison. Cashman said the lighter sentence had been the only way to make sure Hulett got prompt treatment.
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