Posted on Sep 17, 2016
Coast Guard cadet gets year in prison for sex assault | Navy Times
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NEW LONDON, Conn. — A Coast Guard cadet has been sentenced to a year in prison for sexual assault and dismissed from the service after being found guilty at a court-martial.
The Coast Guard says Michael Shermot was sentenced Friday by a military judge in Norfolk, Virginia. He was found guilty Thursday.
Shermot was a senior at the Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut, when he was charged and suspended from the school in December. Authorities have not disclosed details of the sexual assault.
The Day newspaper of New London reports the assault was reported in West Chester, Pennsylvania, in September of last year. Shermot was charged with sexual assault by impairment, meaning the victim was not able to consent. He's from Shillington, Pennsylvania.
The Coast Guard says Michael Shermot was sentenced Friday by a military judge in Norfolk, Virginia. He was found guilty Thursday.
Shermot was a senior at the Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut, when he was charged and suspended from the school in December. Authorities have not disclosed details of the sexual assault.
The Day newspaper of New London reports the assault was reported in West Chester, Pennsylvania, in September of last year. Shermot was charged with sexual assault by impairment, meaning the victim was not able to consent. He's from Shillington, Pennsylvania.
Coast Guard cadet gets year in prison for sex assault | Navy Times
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Just a year? Does the victim have to deal with this for "just" a year? I hope he goes in a "man" and comes out "less than a man".
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Candy Alkaabi
Victims of assault live with the hell of flashbacks and counseling for years afterwards, but the men (and women) that do it and literally get a slap on the wrist (if that) move on with their lives. I am all for bringing back chemical castration practices for men like him, that's if they don't get physically castrated in jail or by a victim like the one that recently did it! I wont go into details but I am a victim of men like the monsters they have let out early or let free because there was "not enough evidence". He needs to rot in prison and no tjust get a year, of which hell probably only do 6 months.
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This is incredibly sad news because it indicates the woman/girl who was sexually assaulted was mentally handicapped to the point that she incapable of consenting SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL. I am glad that Coast Guard cadet Michael Shermot was found guilty at Court Martial but surprised he only received a one-year sentence.
I am very familiar with West Chester, Pa which was near where i grew up in Upper Darby, PA.
I am very familiar with West Chester, Pa which was near where i grew up in Upper Darby, PA.
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Candy Alkaabi
Some judges use the mental handicap of the victim as a reason that the person is not guilty.
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LTC Stephen F.
Candy Alkaabi - any judge who would use a mental handicap of the victim to base his/her judgement that the rape was consensual merely because the victim can't communicate clearly should be disbarred.
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Candy Alkaabi
LTC Stephen F. - I agree I also think that some judges lately have been out of line, one judge even asked the woman in open court why she didn't keep her knees together......and people wonder why so many victims stay silent!
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LCDR Gerald Freese
I'm guessing she may not have been able to consent because she might be a minor. That's even worse. No details on the victim, so the 1 year prison sentence may be for less than actually consummating the act. Sexual assault has a full range of offenses. In any case, it's inexcusable.
I missed the word, "impairment". My apologies. Probably dealt with physical or mental issues.
I missed the word, "impairment". My apologies. Probably dealt with physical or mental issues.
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Disgraceful, not only the act but only a year punishment! What is going on with the judicial system when these offenders are getting such light sentences?
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