Today, in Montgomery County Circuit Court, former MCPS elementary school music teacher Lawrence Joynes was sentenced to an additional 15 years in jail on a criminal charge that related to the child abuse of a MCPS magnet student at Eastern Middle School some 25 years ago.
In sentencing Joynes today, Judge Bair said that if ever there was a case that calls out for the maximum sentence, that was it. The Judge went on to note that he was not sure that if in his career he had ever given out a maximum sentence.
In August, Joynes was sentenced to 40 years in prison for crimes committed against MCPS kindergarten, first and second graders at New Hampshire Estates Elementary School.
Read all about this former MCPS teacher and his crimes against MCPS students at this link.
A few exemplary punishments might serve as a deterrent. Alas, this is the exception rather than the rule in MoCo.
ReplyDeleteFrom what I hear folks put away with his kind of history have a very un enjoyable reception by their fellow prisoners.
ReplyDeleteCorrect. In court today it was revealed that Mr. Joynes has already been attacked several times and had to be moved to a more secure location.
DeleteBecause their children at left behind at the mercy of folks with this kind of history.
DeleteWhy can’t there be a “maximum sentence” for MCPS administrators that allowed Joynes to sexually abuse our children for years?
ReplyDeleteBecause rule makers are excluded from their own rules.
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