Sentencing | FL v. Timothy Ferriter: Boy in a Box Trial
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- Опубликовано: 2 июн 2024
- Tim Ferriter receives his sentence after being convicted of child abuse for locking up his teenage adopted son in an 8x8 box for long periods of time. The judge exercised his discretion to downward depart meaning he gave a sentence lower than the minimum.
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00:00 Tim Ferriter's Sentencing
24:27 FL v. Tracy Ferriter
35:16 What is Reactive Attachment Disorder?
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00:00 Tim Ferriter's Sentencing
24:27 FL v. Tracy Ferriter
35:16 What is Reactive Attachment Disorder?
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Probably the boy was brainwashed maybe by mother , as she could be next .
This verdict ....is disheartening...What does it teach his children? Didn't the jude listen to This guys' 2 daughters letter/ statements? what message does this send to future child abusers? TERRIBLE!
His daughters ❤❤❤ so, they're going to need more therapy after this in order to trust in anything. And I am not sure if RF has rad after that emotional statement. But who knows
he went through a lot! and you are right....the two daughters are very angry and they probably need some assistance.@@JorjaJankowski
This man got one HELL of a break by this judge. I am extremely disappointed. This poor boy is trauma bonded, needs probably life long intensive therapy. But dear Daddy will go home in 4 years roughly.
Totally agree
YES....and only a couple weeks of counseling and while in jail?? Frustrated beyond belief!
Truly angering.
You liberal females are killing this country. Obviously he was not allowed to bad parent to his other kids. So, why did he do this to this kid. Because he was a pos. He took it to the extreme but now this state and people like you want to create more bad kids. Because if the state took my parents away from me I would absolutely hate all of you and would do as much damage as I could. And will you blame my parents for that or the state? A state just put a mother in prison for 20 years because her kid shot people at school. You can’t have it both ways because if that woman would have locked him up, he would have not killed anyone but the mother would still be in jail. Sometimes kids are just evil and need to be punished. Just like liberal females.
Why bother having a trial if the judge gives such BS sentence 🤦🏾♀️
Fr! They put those kids through that trial! Hopefully, they offer plea deal to mom. Why put kids through this if this is the outcome!
NO Kidding
Shocking that Tim got off so light. Unfortunate for children that the courts dont take abuse seriously. Very bad signalling for abusers
Did you listen to the victims impact statement? That's why he got a light sentence
This is very true. I survived child abuse from both parents and even had my own social worker who refused to take me from them despite actual visible injuries. Even when I ran away after being hit, my social worker would pick me up and just take me back.
In 1992, my mother met the man who became my stepfather. They married in 1993 which is when he started physically abusing me. He started sexually molesting me in 1994. Then in the summer of 1995, he attempted to rape me, when I was 14.
I ran away and hid until he went to work. Then my friends helped me to call the police and report what happened. I was finally taken from my mother's custody after almost 15 years of abuse. I had to be sexually assaulted in order to be taken from her home. It makes me sick.
What makes me even more disgusted is that my stepfather only got 15 months in jail for what he did to and his crime was categorized as "Inappropriate touching of a minor".
As a 14 year old, I was incredibly scared to speak out about what happened because I loved my mother even though she allowed these things to happen to me. Then my mother blamed me for what happened to me. So I could not forgive her because she was actually siding with my stepfather.
The fact that the abused child has forgiven Tim just shows how forgiving children can be towards their parents despite being abused, berated, gaslit, humiliated, and threatened.
The Ferriter family had the means to handle whatever was happening with their adopted child but chose to isolate the child in a locked room inside the garage. He had other options and despite how much he loved and cared for his family, Tim chose his path. He chose abuse. After hearing that letter, it is apparent that abuse happened in that home. Those kids didn't share everything because they're filled with fear of their parents.
As a survivor of child abuse, I believe that Tim Ferriter deserved way more than he got because he chose to continue the cycle of abuse.
His wife is a hot mess. Tracy sounds like she is a master manipulator who gaslit and verbally abused her adopted child. I hope she gets prison time too.
I hope that the kids find some peace and are able to grow into healthy adults who are able to handle whatever trauma they have experienced in this awful household.
Totally agree! I know of a case of a parent who received 2o years for a similar situation. There were other abuse charges. That parent did not have the financial resources the Ferriters have nor the education to seek professional help for their children It was horrible in both cases. I wonder if the Ferriters feel guilt. It appears they don't.
@@tigerlily102511 I am so sorry you've been through and I am glad you survived and made the best of your life. My childhood was not much better but you need to know that everybody's situation is different. This young teenage boy (14-15 years old at this time) wasn't an angel. He was a troublemaker. The jury didn't see the TikTok videos, I did! He was stealing, breaking in to peoples cars and many other things. This guy got 5 years in prison, his life is over and this mob here is lynching him like he killed someone. Even judge got removed from his bench by so called FB "judges". Geez! I am curious how you and all this mob would have reacted if this "child" would have killed the entire family or became an active school shooter, huh?
I Agree with the Judge, sensible Sentence.
If my dad tried to lock me in a box my mother would have fried panned him in the head. Why did his wife not speak up and tell her husband no! Thats why there are 2 of you. His wife needs to get punished too!
Exactly same here
They were both in on it.
5 years, is ridiculous. He should sit for 10 years at least.
At least Florida doesn’t have parole. If he got 10 years in New York he would be out in 4-5 anyway.
@@CN45475he only has to serve 85% of his time in jail
10-20 years if I was a judge, psssst.😡
That's wrong he should have gotten more yrs. The judge just slap him on the hand & he walks free. Just sick. No good judge
How the judge can acknowledge he didn’t show remorse or apologize for his actions and give him a sentence less than guidelines minimum is beyond me.
Because a judge can't have an opinion.
Because the Judge has NO BRAIN!
I think its because maybe there was no malice? They actually thought they were disciplining the boy. I was angry too but have had time to reflect.
No malice, malice is the intent to commit an unlawful act or cause harm without legal justification or excuse. He told his son to dump the bucket but do not let the neighbors see it cause he knew it would raise eyebrows and he could get in trouble. I do not buy it.
If Tim only got 5 years Tracey will get less 😢
Absolutely disgusting that the Judge gave him only 5 years!!
3 years in prison then 2 years he can go home on probation. Ridiculous…
Or was it 5 years in prison, 5 years probation?
@@cpbird_lover9143 It's 5 years in prison, then 5 years probation.
5 years prison 5 years probation..i think its fine
S sentemcing has never bothered me as much as this one. Child abuse more common thsn people realize. I have calm down, finally, so I just going to say the worst ruling ever.
Ridiculous sentencing. This judge took more time to get to in an annoyingly long elaboration of the sentencing than the actual sentence itself. 5 years is a mockery and a huge insult to all domestic abuse victims 😢
I agree. What a farce.
No its not, only you, get back to your Bingo Game. 😃
Although it is 5 years probation attached to that, with no contact with any of his children and both anger management and parenting classes, the latter which may only benefit the youngest when he’s a teenager. The other children will be on their own. Ten years total. Keep in mind that 5 years in prison will be ruthless.
The verdict are ridiculous. He should have been send to jail for at least 10 years. There are absolute no remorse from his side.
I’m just so disgusted by this sentence. I can only hope the prison inmates continue to give him the punishment to fit the crime.
same!!!!
Well said
me too! He shouldn't get any jail time at all!
-“We’re all very sorry”, should have been; “I’m very sorry.”
-“For what you have gone through, and all you continue to go through”, should have been; “for what I put you through, and am continuing to put you through.”
-“I am empathetic to where you are put now”, should have been; “I’ve never felt one ounce of empathy for your placement.”
-“I did all that I could to avoid that.” Should have been; “ I did all that I could to avoid prison.”
His tone, his words, and his lack of apology seemed ice, cold, and completely void of any accountability.
I feel so bad for all of his children.
5 Years is too short. It is so evident that this man sees nothing wrong with his actions. He sees himself as the victim. He has no remorse. He should have to stay in jail long enough to get the point and suffer his time in a box. Maybe his peers in jail will provide him the lesson, at the other end of the stick, being abused.
Outrageous disrespectful light sentence. Marine would never lock their kid in a box
I didn't think about it at the time, but the judge certainly suggested that the child abuse had roots in Tim's upbringing at Quantico.
Well the judge and Tim must believe in the child abuse
Wow Judge what a way to disgrace and disrespect our honorable Marines . Shame that any sitting Judge would make such a statement . Judge blaming the military instead of Tim that committed these criminal acts against a child called - child abuse
The judge probably used militan discipline with his own children
This sentencing will allow other abusers to make all sorts of claims to justify abuse. What's next? A wife burns the dinner or doesn't want s3x so the husband feels justified beating the crap out of her? A child has a public meltdown so a parent feels justified in beating the crap out of them?
The judge may as well have said "well kids if you misbehave its OK for your parents to beat you" or "if you're adopted then it's OK for the adults in your life to beat you"
What is wrong with these judges. This sentence was a slap across that poor victim’s face. They shouldn’t even have kids around them ever.
He should have been found innocent. The kid should be locked up for 20 yrs for causing this!!
@@clockworksound3670that’s disgusting
Ronin spoke and said he misses his Dad and will always be his Dad. It not having windows was wrong but Tim NEVER laid hands on him. Tim got a walk in the park compared to those who physically BEAT OR KILL their children.
@@Victoria_USA_ Exactly
I Agree!
This Made Me So Angry I Was Shaking.
Not Only Did It Slap This Child Victim Across The Face,
This Has Set A Precedent For Other Abusers.
Sickening.
Isn’t there some judicial misconduct when a judge says he thinks he will do this again and yet gives him a minimum sentence? Huge disconnect w this judge!
Even his biological daughter thinks he’s abusive. He thinks everything he did to his children are out of love, really????
Exactly, if you listened to the statement from his daughters that was read at sentencing it confirmed that this man is a child abuser . If he hadn’t had his adopted son to abuse the daughters knew it would be them. The daughter said the happy family was all fake. This was not justice.
The judge is out of his mind ! He didn’t even consider Ronan suffering, the lack of remorse, the lack of knowledge of what he did was wrong in his sentence.
utter disgrace
This child sounds like he is still looking for his uncaring father's love and approval! TF disdain and hatred for this child was/is disgusting! This judge just sent a terrible message to all CA victims and gave the green light for abusers to continue the cycle of abuse. I hope the state appeals!
Abusers sympathize with abusers… someone should dig up that judges background
@@TheSingingGardener you are totally right someone should definitely look at him. Because growing up in Quantico doesn’t mean anything! And have military parents what’s that mean? That give him a green light to torture and bully you kids? I am very very disappointed and disgusted by this judge ruling!
So I guess the mother will just get probation. 🤬🤬
Hope the inmates give him hell bc the judge let him get off easy! What a shame. Judge got it wrong.
He should of gotten 10 years!!!!!
I say 20......Equals 10!!!
Yes I wanted 10 too
Nah. I know of a case where a man stabbed his wife to death in front of the kids and got 10 years. So no, I don’t think this case is the equivalent of that.
@@Seashellsbytheseashore21 but how on earth is that fair? Or even comparable?
I am shocked and disappointed by this sentence. He has no remorse, he does not even accept that what he did was wrong. How can the judge let him off so lightly? Where on earth did he get this fake empathy for that poor boy.
What fake empathy? I don't see any at all
You're probably a liberal lol. the kid should be in prison for at least 20 years. The dad should have been completely innocent!! You'd probably sue the store owner if you got stealing their property!!! lol Disgrace
because he was raised by a marine ppl are saying
@@musicalwheels lots of kids have ‘marine’ fathers and grow up to be normal caring parents.
im not arguing that, i was just answering your question re the judge's perspective@@joycesinclair9397
The sentencing left me speachless.
This judge is horrible like wth terrible verbal child abuse
This judge does not understand the real danger of this man and what he is capable of.
Some of these judges need to be fired!!!
Justice was served by the jury and the judge ruined it!!!!!
Well well well given how easy the judge let Timmy off, mum is set. She will serve no time at all. What a creep.
Yup. She’s “a mom” and “just a girl”. She’ll skate.
Judge won’t leave children without parents. He’ll let her off with a good behaviour bond.
Only 5 years?!!! Really??? That is too light of a sentence! I thought he would get 10. Shocking!
What kind of a sentence is this?! After judge says “if you had chance to do it again I believe you would, (I hope I’m wrong on that but that’s what lives in my head) and, he didn’t accept responsibility?! And these parents “knew what they were doing was wrong” because they hid the bucket from neighbours and from law enforcement and he gives him 5 years after 3 guilty convictions?!
He got off waaay too easy! Bet the jury is as disappointed as I am! Especially after hearing from RF’s sisters! So not fair to these children. 😡
The cost of a trial, the work involved to stage a trial, the efforts of both legal teams to prepare for and execute a trial, the total commitment by the jury to a trial, the time spent on a trial... only for a Judge to fail the victim, by administering a slap on the wrist to the openly remorseless perpetrator of a disgusting crime?
What a pointless exercise this has been.
You are right!#
I feel sorry for the prosecutor she worked hard at this case and then got it flung back in her face it's shocking
I bet his son was shaking and scared, too, when his father locked him in the dark in his box. 5 years for years of abuse was an insult to this child.
Tim seemed pleased with his sentence- like he won something he was expecting in a way
There was some kind of Marine/Quantico comradery thing happening here with the judge. Very disappointing
i see that also!! Very upsetting....do all marines lock children in a box? I don't think so.
That judge completely changed his attitude. You could see and hear it in the judges voice!
He needs reported and disbarred for those statements . Something not right about what he said.
Saying you love someone without loving actions means nothing. I’m done with this case.
Ok
Amen!!
This was the sentencing so yes the case is technically done for all of us.
Yes it's very frustrating 😤
He def should have been found innocent. Embarrassed for all the good parents out there. Sorry Tim you did your best and all the betas entitlement overshadowed that.
Justice was NOT served. Tim still sounds like a control freak and showed no remorse. He still believes he was right. I am so shocked at the leniency of the sentence
He definitely deserved the Maximum sentence. The sentence the judge gave him was a complete joke! 30-40 years would’ve been better.
Right. Next thing you know, we'll be giving 75 years for expired parking meter tickets.
Ffs get a grip...
Really? That's a sentence that goes for people that kill their kids. He made a stupid choice but not something that can't be fixed. His son is alive.
@@Charlesbjtownexactly!
You do realize some people get out in 10 years for killing their spouse right? This was not a murder case. Not to mention, he was offered a plea deal of 2 years, so 5 years is not a surprise.
IMO, Tracy must be punished as well for her part, because at NO time did she show any compassion towards their son. She went along with Tim's punishment of their son. Tracy you are not fit to be a mother!!!!
In light of the ridiculously light sentence, I can only imagine how much lighter it might have been had he expressed true remorse, accepted full responsibility without equivocation, saying what he did was wrong...full stop.
The excuses, emotions & experiences the Father is going through are nothing compared to what the adopted son went through. The Judge IMO was quite lenient. God Bless the child 🙏
The punishment is not enough and the abused children get no justice but this is why child abuse continues. 😢
He's a weakling and a coward. He's finally going to get a taste of his own medicine. I hope the adopted son is placed in a welcoming and loving home filled with peace.
The Children are TRAUMATIZED For Life by him!
What a travesty. Did this judge not hear his siblings victim statements? Which the defense attorney tried objecting to. I'm so sickened this is all here on video and audio.
I just need to say that I think it's a disgrace that the judge only gave Tim Ferriter 5 years in prison. I feel like at the end, the judge and Tim Ferriter bonded over the fact that they both were in the service and stationed in the same place, and the judge went easier on him because of that fact. I thought the judge in the beginning was a very fair judge, but I've changed my mind. It's a disgrace that he only gave him five years for child abuse.
Facts!!! I see so many people here commenting, "The judge can't have personal feelings/opinions," and that is absolutely true, but unfortunately, it is almost never the case. I've personally seen favoritism for damn near identical crimes. Had this been a female judge, I think we'd have a much better and justified outcome.
When children in a household are witnesses to the abuse of a sibling, that is abuse. Every child in this family will be affected by the anger of the father for the rest of their lives. This may not be physical abuse, but it is deep emotional abuse which is also very painful and long lasting. I did not follow this case closely, but I hope that the children are in a safe and loving situation, and they have nothing further to do with their parents.
Exactly 💯
And the abusive Mother.
It’s all lies! I heard the way he bullied Ronan in the tapes! That’s who he really is!
Listening to his son was heartbreaking. He is so obviously trauma bonded. I lived through severe abuse and it takes decades for the reality of what you went through to hit home. This poor kid is still trying to get acceptance from his monstrous father. This judge is a joke.
This man has convinced his son he deserves this and he will have issues from this treatment as an adult. Justice was not fair on this sentence I cannot imagine what else this man has done and will do when he is out.
Wow. This sentence certainly doesn’t deter future criminals from acting this way. I really liked this judge, but am shocked by the light sentence. How can the judge acknowledge Timothy doesn’t think his actions are wrong and then give him the lightest sentence ever?!?!!!!
yupp...I really don't get it...I am infuriated that Timothy said on the stand that he stands with his son...oH YEAH? After he got caught locking him in a box with a bucket!
Exactly. I'm absolutely disgusted with this judge.
Worse: with the "downward departure," A disgraceful sentence *below* federal sentencing guidelines! What a slap in the face.
Man....really pissed off today!@@tracy5570
Maybe the judge is abusive
I was a fan of the judge until sentencing.
What an act. Such a mild sentence and then also the comment about the marines etc.
I don‘t freaking care. He deserved more then just a few years.
Especially after the letters from his daughters!!!!
They bought a house without a bedroom for him.
My wife would have stood up for our children if I went wild ,what we as parents are the guardian to see that nothing hurts them
The son’s testimony at the sentencing was sad… he is still afraid … he’s is afraid of the backlash from the other kids in the family ? Who knows? But this man deserved way more that 5 years. I’m afraid for this kid once that man gets out in 5 years. This will haunt the son forever.
Afraid of backlash from the other kids? Did you hear their statements?
It's not daddy we need to worry about. The grandparents and other adult relatives are in the mix. I am more afraid of relative involvement whilst daddy is serving time.
Absolutely no type of behavior is acceptable to lock a child in a box and in the condition that this child has suffered from these “parents” and I’m really so sick and disgusted with people making excuses for these abuser actions.
He wasnt in A Box, stop calling it A Box, stupid Dumb Americans. 🤷♂
It wasn’t a box though
I'm disappointed, I felt his heartless self should get 10 or more years!!!!!! And the mom to get the same when that time comes.
i agree with you....she will get even less time because he abused and look the daughters statements should have added even more time like 5 more years!
I'm honestly flabbergasted by the way everyone is talking about the defendant. Why are we almost excusing his actions because of how he may or may not have been raised. Wouldn't that go for most abusers then? The judge sounded apologetic toward the defendant and his family for having to impose any sentence at all. Can't wait for the mother to receive her punishment.
It is not unusual for abused children to “love & forgive” their abusive parents. And, it is not unusual for a parent(s) to target one child over the others. The older sister alluded to the abuse she endured.
When the children become adults , they may very pull away completely from the parents unless & until the parents vow to each child to participate in their healing process … forever.
- Child abuse expert 🌺
What I can't understand, the daughters were there, living in it, and both told their truths about how horrible it was, without even mentioning the withholding of food. HOW does that equal a break for him?? Sadly, I think the wife will get less time. Don't get me started on the MIL...saying she wasnt prepared, not expecting the questions? You don't have to prepare to say the truth!
Look at his smirk at the end! The defendant won and he is happy! I am disgusted! I bet he will haunted for Ronan to make his life miserable.
Yeah Tim was laughing at the Judge , right in his face . “See I fooled you too Judge “ haha
@@Rnnurse2023 exactly! He manipulates the judge. And his lawyer until the end was telling the judge that it was Ronan’s faults if he got caged. I could have slapped that woman and tell her wake up that’s not how you treat a child.
I hope the box therapy will work for this man. I can't stand the way this couple talked to their son. It's so humiliating. Total lack of love. If you talk to a dog like that, you'll get a very frightened animal. Patience and love. Even if you're frustrated. Never humiliate your child. He will feel this the rest of his life.
A month for a kid can feel like a lifetime. That man is a monster. I hope R heals
He is a monster number one. He should have gotten at least 15 years.
Him and his Evil Wife are Monsters!
Agree!!
It’s absolutely disgusting that the defense attorney reaches out with her hands high in the air and gives Ferriter a big hug as he sits down at the table for sentencing. Too much.
Those 5 years of his own box, will be the longest 5 years of his life.
Inmates will have a field day with that monster.
The judge should not give a lighter sentence for a former marine. He still abused his son.
How is it possible in 2023, for a court to have such a horrendous audio system. It's astounding. The distortion coming off that microphone is horrendous. Good god. It made it all the more Macabre.
Here in Nashville there was recently a trial for someone being caught w/marijuana & rec'd a LONGER sentence than this man who ABUSED & TORTURED a CHILD! He rec'd a 5 year sentence BUT ALL those children rec'd a LIFE sentence! My husband went through this as a child in the system and at 53yo he still suffers from this! When we met it was so hard for him to accept &/or understand why I wanted to be with him when his own parents didn't want him NOR did ppl want him who consider this a calling they didn't even want him! He didn't understand how he deserved to be happy when at one point his "parents" told him he did NOT deserve food or freedom! It's insane!
This is ABSOLUTELY insane! He will ultimately serve MAX 3 years but likely not even that long!
What a disgrace - this is justice?? 🤢👎🏻 In state prison he'll get out after 50-60% of the sentence. This means he'll be out in 2¹½ years!!! And this after the jury gave him guilty verdict in all 3 count of charges and NO REMORSE!! After the letters of the daughters I cried so hard. He ruined his sons life forever and both of his daughters lived in fear for years and years. Even the biological daughter doesn't want to see this monster ever again. Tim locked the son he called "asian kid" up when he was 11 yrs old and it continued in FL. This wasn't "only" about 6 weeks. And the granny that adopted the 3 yrs old youngest child is not credible. She won't do what the court says. I'm more than disappointed with the judge. I pray for the children and hope the 2¹½ years will be Tims biggest nightmare.
He was offered a plea deal of 2 years. What do you expect? A sentence equivalent to a murder charge?
@@Seashellsbytheseashore21 he was offered the plea deal because the children didn't wanted medial attention and testify. To prevent more trauma. He didn't care at all. Not a sentence equivalent to murder but more than the plea deal. I watched the full trial and the sentence is ridiculous
I was freaking out because it said on the screen 5 MONTHS!!!! Then they corrected it to 5 YEARS
the judge got it wroooong
Children are such forgiving human beings. I have seen so many worse and abhorrent child abuse cases, so I hope the son can heal and the family is able to come together one day!
I think the victim impact statement of the sisters is most telling- the impact of the brothers’s abuse instilled a belief fuelled by fear that similar heinous repercussions and consequences could happen to them should they misbehave in the eyes of their parents.
Hey judge , you failed !
Hearing his son speak was heart breaking. I hope he is getting help to deal with what happened to him.
This judge is wrong! No ifs ands or buts!
I doubt this father would have gotten off with such a light sentence if the victim wasn't an adopted child.
I hope the inmates give tim ferrirter a horrific time in prison and to make life hell for him so that tim breaks the prison rules and keeps him there longer so he never gets out
Absolutely disgusting. Will his wife be facing a trial?
Yep. She's next
I was looking forward to the sentencing of this case. This couple has major issues. The anger, punishment and living condition they had their adopted son live in is unbelievable. I’d like to see each of them live in this confided box. The abuse was in AZ and FL. The beatings, unlivable, darkness, camera, A BUCKET to use as a bathroom. Yelling, grabbing him by the throat and if my child TOOK a candy bar I sure wouldn’t use the word STOLED! They are disgusting and dysfunctional. This young boy only knows this way of living. I may be wrong but I they knew since his real mother had abandon him that he became having abandonment issues and I thought they knew that before they adopted him. They are evil. I noticed one of the kids had a statement read and they were called Tim and Tracy not mom and dad. If I were the judge I would have sentenced Tim to 20 years and 5 years probation, angry management classes and parenting classes the whole time he be behind bars and no contact with any of the kids. Same for Tracy when her time came. Tim thought he would have a lighter sentence I believe.
It’s disgusting. He was smirking after the sentence of 5 years was given. This is wrong.
The things that judge said to lower his time was insane.
@@AuntBee59 the victim said he only wanted him to have 6 months in jail. The “victim” was allowed to leave the ROOM not a BOX, a box is made out of cardboard, not sheetrock 📦. Technically we all live in a box then. He was only out there after getting physical with the other children, room was built after he SA’d a sibling. But the parents don’t want him to go to jail and protected him by going themselves.
@@gptsiteuser boy are you wrong.
Even convicts get a real sink and toilet in their cell... and lights!! All this boy had was darkness and a bucket that he had to clean out himself!! He was treated worse than a criminal. I hope Tim's prison roomate doesnt let him use the real toilet either. That would be righteous justice.
@@kimberini6465 AMEN
What this trial has shown me:
1) victims of child abuse are not safe in the judicial system
2) victims of child abused are not safe in the Christian church.
Both have minimized the pain and suffering of ALL of the children in this family.
Neither the judicial system nor the Christians require Tim to show authentic remorse for his actions before offering this 'mercy' and 'grace.
Well, since this has occurred, all I can do is hope that the true God of the universe will ensure Justice for these precious children who are traumatized.
The judge found himself kindred with this criminal. Wealthy, intelligent, white, ex military connections that may have influenced the judge. Fairness, impartiality and unbiased justice replaced with old boys collegiality. Justice was not served today.
Your comment is a huge assumption.
@@FreedomAndJustice4All judge said it himself, he was ex military like TF and felt sympathetic to being raised in a strict environment. I make the assumption about class because TF son was adopted and when let out on rare occasions, was made to work the entire time then go back to the box, slave labour from poorer countries. Not a huge leap. Not uncommon practices. Class and wealth have been discussed in brief in the court, also not a huge leap. I struggle to any justification for such a light sentence. A light sentence I feel sure the prosecution will appeal.
This was too light of a sentence. His justification of his crime is BS. This light sentence won’t deter him or anyone else that does this won’t be deterred. He should have gotten a BARE MINIMUM of 10-15 years for the trauma he caused his “problematic” behavior. That’s a happy medium. He wasn’t remorseful. That would send a message that this behavior isn’t tolerated.
So I guess the Ferriters managed to pay off the judge. I’m absolutely disgusted. This judge has just told all child abusers that it’s no big deal. What a disgrace!
The sisters have been abused! Just immagine growing up witnessing what your father and mother are doing to your brother! Living in fear that you could be next. Not all abuse is physical.
It is quite possible that he has become so infamous that regardless of where he ultimately is, his life will be miserably challenging; He is hated by so many. It's easy to imagine him being run out of every town he lands in. The more aggressive people will want to beat him senseless. He will not be welcome anywhere.
At least the thought is comforting, before a slap-in-the-face sentencing. What a disgrace. "Downward departure," going *below* the federal sentencing guidelines, is insulting and it rubs the victims' -- and the public's -- face in the horror. WTF. Really.
I wish my husband would try something this stupid!! She is just as mean as he is . I hope she goes down for not taking up for her children shame on her!!
Must be a boy’s club…judge fictionalised a narrative about TF growing up in a marine family and ‘imagined’ what it would be like. No evidence supplied on that! and then tapped him on the wrist. If it was any other man with a different shade of skin, he would have got the full sentence of 40 years for this horrible crime that has damaged this child for life.
That's just a baseless assumption.
Facts: 1) This judge was a marine himself in the late seventies and early eighties. 2) This judge jailed an African American man for writing a ‘letter of complaint’ to the court. High punishment for such a minor act. 3) That Judge taps a brutal child abuser on the wrist with a fluffy sentence. Something is wrong with that judge based on facts alone.
He needs put in prison for a long time
We're very disappointed with the 5-year sentence compared to the number of years the adopted Boy was locked in an 8x8 box, darkness, stinking, hot, and lonely box..,deprived of social, spiritual, emotional, psychological, and intellectual growth and development.
The boy wasn't in there for years; the trial mainly focused on a period of ~2 months.
@hoosierflatty6435 Correct, but he did spend 4 years in the same structure in Tucson prior to the family fleeing to FL due to CPS being alerted. FL can only address the crime in FL, but that boy had lived that situation for 1/3 of his life when he ran away. I don't see any charges pending in AZ
Tracy should be just as culpable
Sad when the system fails.
Horrible sentence. Punk judge.
If I served on the jury I would be furious with the sentence the Judge gave this abuser. My mind is scrambled with thoughts of how he got such a mild sentencing. TF knew he was building a box for his son, he knew what his intentions were to punish this boy and because he was raised in the military setting, and is a white professional he gets a slap on the wrist. With the build-up the Judge was putting forward I assume he was going to toss the book at TF, instead he gave him a slight sentence. Who is disappointed in this sentencing???? I bet if TF lived in a trailer park and was an average Joe he would have paid a bigger price!! ( not judging people who live in trailers just want to make a comparison to the million-dollar manison TF lived in). Same old same money buys you freedom.
Got news for you, people who live in trailers probably have more $$$ than a brick house owner because they aren’t stuck in a million dollar mortgage 😂
@@Seashellsbytheseashore21 I was not disrespecting people who live in trailers, I was thinking of a simple opposite of what TF lived in. I know people who live in trailers and they are wonderful homes. TF lived in a millionaire area, he is white privileged if he was anything else I bet his sentence would be far different.
Five years for a torturer? Unreal.
Maybe construct a room the exact same size, and have him serve his time inside with his little bucket as a friend
That poor child, without some kind of transformative therapy he is ruined.
Maybe this is preparing us for our future in a fascist country.
Tim F. talks about how he was attacked, beat up, jumped, etc.,in jail while awaiting trial and he feels EXTREMELY bad for HIMSELF talking about how tough it was, which was an opportunity for him to make a statement about how "hard" it was on him in that position as an adult! If he really was remorseful for his actions you would think he would had commented on if he felt that much pain as an adult he couldn't imagine being a CHILD going thru similar torture by a "parent" He felt so bad for himself having gone thru that in jail but still never felt bad for putting his child thru a similar situation BUT this gives a little bit of hope since the justice system 100% failed these kids that the "prison justice system" will make up for the lack of justice the courts provided them with! This "family" has manipulated RF so severely you can tell by his victim impact statement & he does NOT seem to realize how much better he deserves! I pray the family he ends up with is able to show this child true love and help him to realize how much better he truly deserves! His self worth seems to be low! My husband's perception of it being someone who experienced this first hand was such a real insight! He watches trials with me all the time but he could NOT get through this one w/me b/c of the flashbacks it caused him @ 52 years old he still struggles @ times even though it's been 43 years you can see it still hits him like it's a fresh wound!
The boy in the box. It should be called "The boy in the box in the garage." That's where you put the trash.
I’m utterly flabbergasted that this guy only got 5 years, it’s such an injustice for that young man he abused and mistreated for so long. I just don’t understand it, but I’ll be interested what Julie Grant has to say on her show later