The county I live in, Hennepin County, Minnesota, elected a Soros DA last year, and has let criminals run wild since he took office.
An example? Consider the case of Devin James Hultin, a 22-year-old man who began raping a family member who was 9 years old at the time. He was convicted only of rapes that took place when he was a minor, but his victim insists that the sexual abuse also took place when he was an adult.
The the violations started when he was supposed to take care of her.
Over the objections of his victim’s family, a 22-year-old Robbinsdale man was spared jail time and instead was ordered to serve six months in jail after pleading guilty to having sexually assaulted a girl seven years younger than him when they were minors.
Devin James Hultin received the sentence following his conviction in Hennepin County District Court for first-degree criminal sexual conduct, which carries a presumptive sentence of 12 years. The abuse began in 2017 when the victim was 9 and Hultin was 16. Hultin, who is related to the girl, admitted to at least one assault, but the victim said he abused her several times through 2020. the following year, after she became increasingly isolated and suicidal, she told her mother and reported herself to the police.
Prosecutors explained at Hultin’s sentencing Wednesday why they do not support him serving any prison time, despite strong opposition from the victim’s family. The first prosecutor in the case initially told the family that the state would seek an eight-year prison sentence, according to three sources familiar with the matter.
The prosecuting attorney wanted to pursue prison time, as noted, the presumptive sentence was 12 years, but the county’s managing juvenile attorney overturned it and filed the case to the judge that Hultin should be let go without jail time. .
For violating a minor in whose care he was entrusted.
Sources say the DA’s administration intervened and decided there was no jail time. Prosecutor Raina Urton disagreed with the decision and asked to explain it to the victim’s family, but this request was denied by the administration. Urton asked to be removed from the case because she didn’t want to argue that there was no jail time, contrary to what she already told the family.
The family pleaded with Judge Michael Burns to impose a harsher sentence for Hultin.
“He’s a monster that took my baby’s innocence … trust and dignity,” the victim’s mother told Burns as she stopped to cry mid-sentence. “He stole her childhood. Please give my baby justice.”
The victim and his family literally begged the judge to punish Hultin, to no avail. Hultin, you see, is a changed man at 22. He hasn’t been proven to have raped anyone in at least two years, so we should stop looking in the rearview mirror and embrace him as a productive member of society.
His victim? Who cares? Sure, she’s suicidal on and off and describes her constant anxiety and self-loathing, but the judge and the DA’s office really think she should get over it.
After all, it was just pedophilic rape.
“I discovered that he was manipulating me and I tried to kill myself. … I can’t trust people. … I can’t look at my own body and not cry or feel disgusted,” the girl, now 15, wrote. “I can’t wear tight clothes. … I struggle to form bonds with people. I don’t know why he did it. Why can’t I have a normal life? … Some days are harder than others. I’m gradually healing.”
These are the words of a 15-year-old girl, and in Hennepin County, her pain means nothing. Not a damn thing. We must think of the aggressor, not the victim.
Skrzeckoski-Bzdusek said Hultin has been in treatment for almost a year and has not violated the terms of his probation. He said whether he sends him to prison or puts him on probation, “none of those options will change what happened to the victim in this case.”
The victim’s mother shook her head when the public defender said that putting Hultin in jail would take away from the progress he has made in treatment.
A myth that has developed in Western society is that justice does not have to include retribution for wrongs that have been committed. In fact, punishment for crimes is barbaric if we have the means to rehabilitate criminals.
Of course, we do not have the means to do this in any significant way, but even if we did, this attitude is wrong.
Because? Because the justice system must balance the pain of the victim, the needs of society and the possible future rehabilitation of the offender. Simply throwing people who commit a crime into the ash heap is unnecessary in many cases (people can indeed change) and if we can really rehabilitate someone, we should try.
But justice must also satisfy the righteous anger of victims and society. Shrugging off the pain of a victimized person and ignoring the importance of social norms and laws is horribly immoral and destructive to society at large. Someone who commits a heinous crime and simply promises not to do it again is a slap in the face to the victim: denigrating their dignity and dismissing their pain.
And, of course, a truly reformed criminal would recognize the victim’s pain and accept the need for punishment. It is a form of compensation to the victim.
We all understand this at a basic level. “Take your punishment” is a lesson we should all teach, not only because it’s a good life lesson in itself, but also as a symbol of regret for wrongdoing and a symbol of commitment to do so better
Demanding that one escape a deserved punishment is an unwillingness to accept responsibility for one’s actions.
Not holding a person accountable for committing a heinous crime simply compounds the injustice and undermines civilization.
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