Blog Assignment 1

Dad who tattooed his seven year old son of a gang symbol on his hip. He is now getting no mayhem charge and carries a seven year sentence. He was first faced with a life sentence but on Friday the judge said the act was not aggravated mayhem, the charge normally reserved for cippling attacks. Enrique Gonzalez and his friend Travis Groman will only have a seven year sentence. Fresno County Superior Court Judge Hillary Chittick questioned if a small tattoo is a permanent and painful disifigurement and if they deserve a life sentence prisionment. They decided to look it over and it says in California that applying a tattoo to a child under 18 is a misdemeanor and that carries only a six- month sentence. Also the father said the kid wanted the tattoo and the seven year old didn't back away from it. This doesn't mean anything because you have to learn to say no to your kids. While this case was being battled in court they decided that this crime would only be sentenced for seven years not a life time. I think this is a good enough time even though a tattoo is inhuman and cruel to do to someone who is under seven years old but it doesn't require a life sentence.