The investigation showed that the young child “suffered broken bones, severe bruising, and was the victim of sexual violence,” according to a press release

A 13-month-old child was allegedly raped and physically abused by a Pennsylvania police offer.

Steven Kyle Cugini, a member of the York City Police Department, was arrested without incident on Tuesday, April 16, following an investigation by the Pennsylvania State Police, Lykens Station, and Lykens Criminal Investigation Unit.

    • johan@feddit.nlEnglish
      19·
      5 months ago

      I find it so strange the US still has the death penalty and to read people on lemmy advocate for it surprisingly frequently, despite its rather progressive user base.

      • Pronell@lemmy.worldEnglish
        9·
        5 months ago

        That’s the problem with living in a society that has a death penalty… it leads to one having thoughts about how it should be effectively used.

        Y’know, since we have it. Can’t let it go to waste.

        • HessiaNerd@lemmy.worldEnglish
          8·
          5 months ago

          I’m in the US and I’m not for the death penalty. I think states (Texas, Georgia, etc) have a twisted judicial system and get it wrong too often.

          This sort of case is what stops me from full throated opposition. This person should not exist.

          • Pronell@lemmy.worldEnglish
            71·
            5 months ago

            So keep them in the cage if that’s what you feel is necessary. Revenge still isn’t worth it.

            I get it though, I’m not impervious either.

            • CaptPretentious@lemmy.worldEnglish
              52·
              5 months ago

              I’m really not in favor of my taxes going to a for-profit prison so this guy can eat and sleep for the rest of his life. And somewhere, someone is profiting off of it because he committed a crime.

              • gl4d10@lemmy.worldEnglish
                2·
                5 months ago

                but the market needs slavery to survive, isn’t a mcdouble expensive enough already?

              • Pronell@lemmy.worldEnglish
                2·
                5 months ago

                The appeals process really is more expensive. And then in the case he can be actually proven innocent, he isn’t dead.

          • curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
            3·
            5 months ago

            I agree, but I have two problems.

            • Innocent people go to jail all the time, including those who seem overwhelmingly guilty at first.
            • If sexually abusing a child is enough to have them put to death, then others will simply kill their victim and dispose of them - the crime has the same penalty after all.

            So I can’t support the death penalty, but I can fully support removing them from society entirely, keeping them completely confined for the rest of their life.

            • HybridSarcasm@lemmy.worldEnglish
              2·
              4 months ago

              If sexually abusing a child is enough to have them put to death, then others will simply kill their victim and dispose of them - the crime has the same penalty after all.

              This is an interesting point. The justice system has intentionally designed the punishments in a tiered way to help avoid exactly this. I don’t have any data about its effectiveness, but it seems like a smart idea.