Colleen Grear sentenced

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Over a year ago I posted the story of Colleen Grear. She was the 22-year-old single mother lab tech who started a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old boy via MySpace. At first, he said he was 18 but when she found out his real age she didn’t seem to care.

Yesterday Grear pleaded guilty to charges of lewd and lascivious battery. Under the terms of the plea, she will spend a year behind bars, 2 years on house arrest, and 10 years as a registered sex offender.

Being placed on sex offender probation carries special conditions regular probationers don’t have, such as being prohibited from living within 1,000-feet of a park, school or playground and barring contact with children under 18. Grear cannot have a job where kids regularly congregate and she cannot own or view pornography. She must submit to an HIV test and undergo a psycho-sexual evaluation and complete any recommended treatment. If she violates her probation, she faces 15 years behind bars.

What do you think of the sentence? Is it fair? Would a man have gotten more or less do you think?

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6 responses to “Colleen Grear sentenced”

October 18, 2007

Ice

For sure, if that was a man he would be in prison for 15 years. Its a screwed up justice system.

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October 19, 2007

BW

I asked Mary Winkler, she said the sentence was too harsh.

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October 20, 2007

Julene

It’s an interesting sentence, mostly considering all the stipulations they made sure to release concerning her future job situation. The part I’m truly intrigued by is the fact they went on to specify that she’s being required to have an HIV test.

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October 23, 2007

Kristy

I’m surprised that she’s only being registered as a sex offender for 10 years. Here in Australia it’s once a sex offender always a sex offender… it’s an interesting concept, because I guess it’s fair to expect that some people could be rehabilitated and don’t really deserve to carry the sex offender title for the rest of their lives…

I’m also intrigued that she’s not allowed to own or view porn…That’s something I’ve certainly never heard of before.

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December 31, 2007

dave

high school freshman are far from adults, but was his life ruined or was he the class hero? there was probably a victim’s advocate report at the time of sentencing. I am guessing the report said the victim did not want to prosecute and was refusing to cooperate, hence the light plea bargain

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March 30, 2008

colleen grear

she knew how old he was from the moment she met and she even picked him up a few times

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