I feel for the judge in this case. S/he has no good choices available. Sentencing this horrid man to a year, even if our jail would hold him that long, likely just further destroys his children's chances of having any sort of quality in their lives and makes him nearly unemployable. However, this slap on the wrist may help further degrade our society's level of civility and respect for our laws as well as simple human decency.

Once again, I'm left hoping for the best outcome and fearing that this man will not change and that he will train his children to be just as lacking in ethics as their parents.