Coach abuser of autistic boy receives light sentence

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hyperbolic
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14 Sep 2006, 9:45 pm

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Authorities said Downs offered to pay one of his players $25 to hit a 9-year-old autistic teammate with a ball while warming up before a June 2005 playoff game.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/b ... ml?cnn=yes

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14 Sep 2006, 9:58 pm

only probation, huh ????? i hate little league! around here it's filled with idiot coaches who scream at you and idiot parents who do too.............

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15 Sep 2006, 2:16 am

But the guy did get labeled with a conviction to corrupt minors and solicitation to commit simple assault. And that's a matter of public record now. It'll come up on every credit report, every job application, every car loan, every passport. Anybody who bothers to check his background will have those convictions pop up automatically, including churches, schools, and any cop who scans his license plates.

No, I haven't the slightest urge to throw baseballs at him.

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