(San Bernardino, California) A former San Bernardino High School secretary, Christel Puentes Ochoa, agreed to a deal with the prosecution last December and pleaded guilty to rape. Ochoa's case originally involved multiple counts of rape, molestation, and influencing a witness which were related to sexual relationships she had with at least two students.
Yesterday, in the kind and gentle San Bernardino County Court, 23-year-old Ochoa was sentenced to 60 days in jail on weekends. Even the Probation Department was aghast.
"She needed a little more serious punishment than weekends," Probation Department division director Rick Arden said.In a pre-sentencing evaluation report, some straight time in custody was recommended but apparently ignored by the judge, whose name wasn't disclosed.
Even so, Ochoa stated in court that the sentence is unfair while claiming no responsibility and expressing no remorse for the crime. I would agree. The sentence is unfair, but not to Ochoa. It's unfair to society for allowing sex crimes against children to be punished so leniently.
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