American Justice ?

Thank you all so very much for all the very nice messages on my birthday....
Before I tell you about Munich, seen on sunday, I just found out an amazing fact relative to the american justice, or in this case the failure of the american justice...

[Claiming he no longer believes in punishment, a Vermont judge issued a 60-day sentence to a man who confessed to repeatedly raping a girl over a four-year period, beginning when she was 7 years old. Judge Edward Cashman disagreed with prosecutors who thought Mark Hulett, 34, of Williston, Vt., deserved eight to 20 years in prison, reported WCAX-TV in Burlington, Vt.

Cashman said he's more concerned now about rehabilitation.
"The one message I want to get through is that anger doesn't solve anything. It just corrodes your soul," Cashman told a packed Burlington courtroom made up mostly of people related to the victim.
Prior to the decision, Chittenden Deputy Prosecutor Nicole Andreson argued punishment "is a valid purpose.""The state recognizes that the court may not agree or subscribe to that method of sentencing but the state does," she said, according to the Burlington TV station. "The state thinks that it is a very important factor for the court to consider."
Cashman said he wants to make sure Hulett gets sex-offender treatment.
Under Department of Corrections classification, however, Hulett is considered a low-risk for re-offense, which means he doesn't qualify for in-prison treatment.
Cashman, therefore, issued a 60-day sentence and ordered Hulett to complete sex-treatment when he gets out or face a possible life sentence.
The judge said that when he began 25 years ago, he handed down tough sentences but now believes "it accomplishes nothing of value."
"It doesn't make anything better; it costs us a lot of money; we create a lot of expectation, and we feed on anger," Cashman explained to the people in the court, WCAX reported.
Members of the victim's family were outraged.]

Even if I can in a way understand the very humanist motivations of the judge, I think that our society is not yet ready to provide serious and adapted treatments to that kind of ugly criminals.... The judge wants to try something else ? Fine, but wouldn't it be smarter to do that experiment on another case ?
I think that anger has absolutely nothing to do with the sentencing of criminals (like this guy), and if anyone should be aware of that, it's an experienced judge like Judge Cashman....
I read somewhere "here in America, we don't have a justice system, we have a legal system".