A Slap On The Wrist

If Joe Scarborough is really concerned about pedophiles, maybe he could do a segment on his fellow Republican, Waterbury, Conn. Mayor and U.S. Senate Candidate Joseph Giordano:

BRIDGEPORT - The criminal case against former Waterbury Mayor Philip A. Giordano was built around the children he abused - the depravity of the acts he forced on two girls who had not yet reached puberty....

Senior U.S. District Judge Alan H. Nevas made their trauma the focal point Friday of scathing remarks before sentencing Giordano, 40, to a 37-year prison term that, with all credits factored in, would keep him behind bars until the approach of his 70th birthday....

Referring to the reports of therapists and guardians, Nevas vividly described the nightmares both children - ages 8 and 10 when the sexual assaults began in the fall of 2000 - experienced as the trial and their turn to testify approached. The younger one, he said, became ill from anxiety and lay curled in a fetal position one floor above the courtroom, waiting to testify.

As the prosecutor noted, Giordano has never shown any remorse for his conduct.