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Man gets 4 to 6 years after admitting he forced a woman into the Public Garden and raped her
By adamg on Tue, 04/25/2023 - 9:48pm
A Chelsea man admitted last week he forced a woman to accompany him from Bromfield Street downtown all the way to the Public Garden, where he raped her, in November, 2020, court records show.
Francisco Romero, 41, had been scheduled to go on trial yesterday but pleaded guilty last Thursday to charges of rape, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and indecent assault and battery, according to court records. As part of a plea deal with Suffolk County prosecutors, a charge of kidnapping was dropped, records show.
Judge Kathleen McCarthy-Neyman then sentenced Romero to 4 to 6 years in the Souza Baranowski state prison. She granted him credit for the roughly 2 years, 5 months he has been locked up since his arrest on Nov. 18, 2020 in Chelsea, which means he could be back on the street in roughly 1 1/2 to 3 1/2 years.
According to police, Romero grabbed the woman on Bromfield Street around 2 a.m. on Nov. 8, 2020, forced her to walk across Tremont Street and then Boston Common and then raped her in the Public Garden near Beacon and Charles streets.
After he is released from prison, Romero will be on probation for three years, and will have to register permanently as a sex offender, records show.
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Not long enough.
He got off light.
Not enough
Way way way too light of a sentence. And seems liked they missed a kidnapping charge.
Plea deal
As mentioned in the story.
4 years for rape??? What
4 years for rape??? What century are we living in?
Maybe you should ask Governor
Maybe you should ask Governor Healy about Judge Kathleen McCarthy-Neyman's performance.
Probably a lesser sentence
because he plead guilty to it.
Should be 10 minimum.
THATS IT!!?!?!?
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when you have
a run-in in public with someone who is just completely off the rails it's hard to shake off the aggression and rage it inspires in you. and in the back of your mind you know that in a lawless society you would have to kill that person to stop them. unless you are somehow physically adept at self-defense. the latter would be preferable of course, but it is often not possible. and then you, a liberal and forgiving person, have to consider the reality of unboundaried human vermin. it's a terrible reality to face. and its very hard to shake off the sense that there is murder below the surface.
but if that person rapes you, and a judge gives them a light sentence I really don't know how you ever shake that off.
Must have been a weak case for such a deal
Problems with the identification of the defendant, forensic evidence (DNA or lack thereof), credibility of prosecution witnesses, doubts about whether prosecution witnesses will testify.
Defendant goes to trial, he's confronted with a dilemma: Yes, he will probably be found not guilty, but there is a substantial chance he would be found guilty.
If he's found guilty, sentence will be harsh, could be 20 years or more.
His defense lawyer has limited control over the composition of the jury, which mostly depends on who are summoned that day and show up.
He's already been in for 2 years, five months. Prosecutor and judge offer a deal: if he agrees to around three more, he'll have some life left when he gets out.
Many people who previously insisted that they are innocent plead guilty. Some cases are not susceptible to an absolute determination of guilt or innocence.