LIVE: Boy in the Box Trial - Sentencing | FL v. Tim Ferriter
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- Опубликовано: 20 май 2024
- #BoyInABoxTrial - Sentencing - Tim Ferriter was convicted of aggravated child abuse, false imprisonment, and child neglect in connection with keeping his adopted teen son confined to an 8X8 windowless room, with a bucket for a toilet, that had been built in the garage.
Ferriter faces up to 40 years in prison for aggravated child abuse, a first-degree felony. Prosecutors offered Timothy a plea agreement that would have sent him to jail for 24 months, but he rejected it in the days leading up to the trial.
Timothy Ferriter was indicted, along with his wife, Tracey Ferriter, in March 2022 on charges of aggravated child abuse and false imprisonment in Jupiter, Florida.
TRIAL NOTES
00:00:00 ATTORNEY APPEARANCES
00:17:07 DEFENSE WITNESS KERRY WILLIAMS
00:45:23 DEFENSE WITNESS #2 FATHER JAMES PRESTA
00:53:01 DEFENSE WITNESS #3 Maureen Dunne McGraw
00:56:26 TIM FERRITER STATEMENT TO THE COURT
01:11:56 PROSECUTION WITNESS #1 RF
01:17:18 DR. NIKKI WALLER - providing trauma therapy to RF, FF, NF
01:26:19 FF & NF -STATEMENT -
01:47:08 Defense witness. Kathy - Tracy’s mom, privately adopted PF
01:58:13 Argument PRYA MURAD
02:23:58 PROSECUTOR BRIANNA COAKLEY
02:34:11 DEFENSE IS ASKING FOR DOWNWARD DEPARTURE FROM THE MINIMUM OF 75 MONTHS 6.2 YEARS
02:37:09 STATE REBUTTAL
02:41:56 DEFENSE
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*TRIAL NOTES*
00:00:00 ATTORNEY APPEARANCES
00:17:07 DEFENSE WITNESS KERRY WILLIAMS
00:45:23 DEFENSE WITNESS #2 FATHER JAMES PRESTA
00:53:01 DEFENSE WITNESS #3 Maureen Dunne McGraw
00:56:26 TIM FERRITER STATEMENT TO THE COURT
01:11:56 PROSECUTION WITNESS #1 RF
01:17:18 DR. NIKKI WALLER - providing trauma therapy to RF, FF, NF
01:26:19 FF & NF -STATEMENT -
01:47:08 Defense witness. Kathy - Tracy’s mom, privately adopted PF
01:58:13 Argument PRYA MURAD
02:23:58 PROSECUTOR BRIANNA COAKLEY
02:34:11 DEFENSE IS ASKING FOR DOWNWARD DEPARTURE FROM THE MINIMUM OF 75 MONTHS 6.2 YEARS
02:37:09 STATE REBUTTAL
02:41:56 DEFENSE
Yes that is right, Tim Ferriter is definitely the one with the problems.
@@univerz1175the girls letters broke my heart😢, yet the judge... Never mind.😢
5 years for Horrific Child Abuse is NOT Punishment!! Life would be appropriate!!
This does NOT deter others from Mistreating Children!! Where is our JUSTICE System in protecting children? 😢😢😢😢😢
Justice for women and children is rarely just and its a real shame.
Five MEASLEY years for scarring his child for a LIFETIME.
And not just one child, according to the victim impact statements, he's seemingly scarred most of his older children.
@@kellym4747He got 5 years and then 5 years parole. 2 of the 5 years of parole will be house arrest.
@@taratrudeau2029 Thank you! I did find and. post a comment about another source, I think it was WPTV, they had a five minute video on it. You could hear and understand!
Timmy-boy has PERMANENTLY damaged All three of his older children.... They will wrestle with this abuse for the rest of their lives. ( I personally Know and Understand that).
He’s gonna be fine. I was in war prison for 2 years as a minor, in Bosnia. I’m okay. Just good psychological help and all’s going to be fine.
This is a disgrace. Only 5 years
5 years is like 40 for a man of his stature. He'll know what a confined space with little to no freedom and being told what to do is like. Besides it will be on his record forever. After his release, he faces an xtra 5 yrs of house arrest.
He won't even spend the whole 5 years. Probably be out in 2. Justice in the USA
@@vickis2582 He lost all his kids, the adopted and the biological. And the mother has yet to face the courts. Have to do this all over again.
That judge is out of his ever lovin mind. That 5 years is a kick in the teeth to that young boy. Good job judge. YOU JUST ABUSED HIM ALL OVER AGAIN
5 years is a lifetime for someone like tim. He will be extorted and abused to within an inch of his life. Prison will be very unkind to him.
I believe that he should have gotten as many years as the age of the son he treated so horribly 😏
Actually, it was the boy who begged the judge to give him a chance to get his dad back. The only dad he knows. The judge did what the victim wanted. That's justice!!
Most kids still love there abusers!!! No matter how bad they were treated.
@@AirQuotes848 I think it actually was equivalent to how long the boy had been locked up. I think it started when he was 9
Five years? No, no. Absolutely not. He doesn’t deserve five. He deserves the full sentence.
Oh my gosh ! I am learning the outcome before hearing the end of the video. Five Years makes me SICK ~!!!!! I really thought this judge saw how horrid the actions of Tim Ferritter were. I am TERRIBLY Disappointed in this sentence. (And), it certainly doesn't deter other parents from abusing their children., TEN YEARS HARD TIME would be OK with me. I am Mad about FIVE YEARS!
Why is everyone saying they want him to get more time than the actual victim? It's so presumptuous
You are kidding me right. 5 years for that level of child abuse. America you have lost your soul.
A PATHETIC, DISGUSTING, DISGRACE!! That "judge" should be IMMEDIATELY, PERMANENTLY DISBARRED IMMEDIATELY!!
Absolutely UNJUSTIFIED sentence!! Justice was NOT SERVED TODAY AT ALL!! He should have received NO LESS than 15 YEARS!!
Exactly fire the judge 🤬
Who are strangers to demand more punishment than the actual victim?? Further hurting the child with conflict about his adopted father's sentence?? The kid asked for leniency. Someone finally gave him what he asked for.
@@michah7214 👏👏👏
5 years…… 5 soddin’ years !!!!!!! All his children will suffer a life time & he gets 5 years….😡😡😡😡😡
Good behavior he could get less but Tim doesnt follow rules already. 3 way calling which he was told he couldnt do ...
@@spicyirwin5835
Don’t worry - looks like he virtually WALKED on the terrible abuse of a child, so he won’t be required to follow rules inside, I’m sure. WOW. This is absolutely shocking - except it’s NOT
No, Tim gets a lifetime to of suffering, you can traumatise yourself from your own actions. Ronan, as the victim wants an opportunity for reconciliation, and wanted way less than what Tim got. The abuser taking responsibility for his actions, trying to right the wrong and reconciliation is the preferred outcome for most abused children, including myself. I think the judge is making it a possibility for this family, primarily the children to achieve this.
He should walk away and leave the kids alone unless they ask for contact, and then contact should be with a therapist.
@@spicyirwin5835 The three way calling makes me ILL ! Tracy's mother is a wicked witch who is making excuses for the sins of herself, her daughter and her son-in-law. I cannot believe that she is being allowed to raise Pierce. Pierce will turn out just as screwed up as his biological mother, father and maternal grandmother.
Judge got it wrong on this one. This man will never show remorse because he can never accept that he was wrong. Ruled with an iron fist. 🤬
Sooo upset at judge! This really kills me!! I’m still shocked
Me as well. I can’t find peace. I think it’s because it feels personal. Like my parents are somehow justified for abusing me. It’s like the judge is saying abuse is no big deal.
He was given a lenient sentence
The judge doesn’t hear remorse because he doesn’t have remorse. They keep calling it a “Situation”. He locked his child up FOR YEARS! At many different locations as they moved as a family!!! The judge is rightfully flabbergasted.
Apparently not flabbergasted nearly at ALL since he gave him only FIVE YEARS!!!! I certainly hope it AT LEAST ruins Tim Ferriter’s life.
Perfectly said
The judge isn't flabbergasted. All of us are flabbergasted at the weak sentence handed down. I hope the prosecutor gets his sentence overturned on appeal. They don't think he had the authority to lessen the minimum sentence.
Not flabbergasted enough since he gave him less than the minimum. 😡
@@AFAskygoddess I wrote that before the sentence was announced. I agree, the sentence was ridiculous.
A very weak sentence, Judge. Way too much discretionary grace was given to this defendant for his egregious crime of child abuse! Absolutely no remorse, quite possibly he doesn’t even love his child who he abused for so long. There doesn’t appear to be love nor a shred of remorse coming from Tim for his son, only toward his other children. Respectfully, 5 years is extraordinarily lenient and is a terribly bad call, Your Honor! He basically got a slap on the wrist from you for such heinous cruelty to his child. A terrible sentence!
The son didn't want him to have a long sentence.
@@kla631 Yeah well it was not his decision And this man did not make a mistake he did it on purpose and he shows no remorse 0 zip zilch
@@Kickhouse777 Judge took it into account when he read his impact statement.
I can’t find when the sentence was imposed?!
You're obtuse. Go outside.
“Lean into mercy”
What garbage! You certainly didn’t lean into any mercy for your kid Tim
🎯 He is not a tough guy He can dish it out but he can't take it suck it up buttercup get used to it no sympathy over here
My husband was in and out of foster homes, where he had a similar scenario and he couldn't even watch this with me b/c of the flashbacks it caused him! This will FOREVER effect a child just as it did my husband! When we met and bought our house having a master bedroom and all was hard for him to adapt to because ultimately he didn't think he was deserving of it. Their self worth & value significantly decreases!
The Prosecution (State) put a strong case together based on actual facts and the real truth.
Tim is the kind of guy that will get out in 5 years and use his “hard time” as a way to bully people
Yup! He is going to come out even worse. Ugh I hope they take care of him in jail, I cannot stand him or that thick neck of his
*I heard about "prison justice". Perhaps he'll qualify.
@@raynuh138 😂 not the thick neck
he'll have a hard time in prison. other inmates hate child abusers and they will see through this guy.
the crime was horrific and they have allowed him to get away with child abuse
Would you be just as mad had he taken the states plea deal and served 12 months? This verdict makes sense in comparison to the offer. He is tripling the sentence + court cost + can't see his kids + reputation after prison completely gone.
Prison justice will take care of him.
This is sad, but I knew he would get off easy. The boy got more time than he's getting. Judge is weak. IMO
NOT ENOUGH TIME JUDGE.
He destroyed his whole family with his actions. The psychological damage he has done to all his kids will be devastating. He got off way too easy. He has shown zero remorse. All he cares about is what this is doing to him. Stating that he has been beaten and intimidated in jail. You did the same thing to your son.
This disgusting! For the judge to say that he believe what the child said about taking responsibility for his bad behavior. the judge clearly doesn't understand that people who are abused often side with their abusers because they're scared of retribution. This judge is clearly stupid in the emotional intelligence arena, infuriating!Great rebuttal by prosecution!I pray for these children!
All parents and adults now know that you only get 5 years for locking your child in a box with a bucket and physically and emotionally abuse the child 24/7 for 10 years.
... he rejected the two they originally offered. Wth
No remorse - no guilt
He only is remorseful for getting caught.
This is a disgrace! Saddened by this judges decision.
This doesn't even make sense. 5 years in prison, after what this parent has done.
Shamefull!
From what I see, people who are friends with this evil man excuse what this he did to his child. A facility is a great option, not a tiny room with a bucket. As a parent you are to provide for your child, to love and protect your child. These parents were too worried to about themselves and how they were pretrayed by others.
According to the testimony, they were worried about what he was doing or might have done to others.
He was physically abused as well ... Tim, get ready for the guys in prison
The wife ... get ready for gal pals if you go to prison.
@@barbaraingram5147with a belt! Comepletely reasonable. Kid was threatening to kill himself and others BEFORE they made the room with no windows. He was a liability. I’m sure once these kids grow up they will either never learn how rotten they are and end up in jail/prison themselves, cuz even when they were spoiled and rotten their feelings were validated and they locked up their parents. OR they will realize their parents were trying their best and they didn’t have it that bad AT ALL. Attrocities one of the kids call it. He was being punished
@@blitzmom2674regardless of what the kid did NOT CHILD DESERVES SUCH A CRUEL ACT TO BE PUT IN A BOX, NO CHILD
@@Vanessanavarrovet Guess what. The poor child (who reportedly broke a family member's bones, stole knives and roamed the house at night with them, tortured the family dogs by running into them with his bike, smashed his toddler brother's face in with a bike, gave the toddler alcohol as an experiment (his words) to see if it would harm him, stole electronics and credit cards, held kids heads underwater, threatened kids at school with a boxcutter and a screwdriver, and slammed a pregnant woman's stomach with a heavy door) was Baker acted for being a danger to himself and/or others and was put in a secure facility. Got rejected or refused admittance to some secure facilities meant to deal with behavior like his because of behavior these facilities decided THEY could not handle. That came out in the preliminary hearing, though the judge denied it as evidence at trial because it would be "trying the victim". In other words, the child got locked up anyway because of his behavior. With no private schools to go to, no AP classes, track team or chess club, no family or prospect of one now. Those parents had tried to give him a normal life, private schools and opportunities. Parents that have kids with RAD have sometimes been forced to either lock themselves in at night, or lock their kids in at night because of the danger these kids can represent. In this case, given they had other children they apparently were afraid they could not protect, they locked the RAD kid up. He still went to school during the day, and had opportunities (track team, martial arts, chess club) until his behavior was such that his parents could not trust him. I'm not saying the parents were not abusive in some respects. But there was a reason for their locking him up. And he admitted himself he "Broke the rules at least five times a day or oftener" to provoke his parents. I wish we could have heard all the evidence. And I wish the family had been given proper mental health help for all of them, rather than this criminal outcome. Because the kid is locked up anyway. No more private schools, siblings or family. And the rest of the family is destroyed. Mental health issues like RAD take a toll on families, and they all needed help, not criminal actions. Before you say "oh the kid should not have been locked up, consider what he was allegedly doing and where he is now. It's been said before that parents of RAD kids get criminal consequences for actions the state turns right around and imposes on the RAD kids because of the same behavior.
l can not believe this judge! what a heartless old man, he probaby dont have kids, 5YEARS ARE FK'IN KIDDING ME!😡😡😡😡😡😡
Go rot in hell judge
No remorse. No admission of guilt. His statement was only trying to show himself in a good light. Too disgusting.
This judge has sent a strong message that child abuse is not taken seriously. Awful judgement, should have been much longer.
I'm shocked...just 5 years. If Ferriter showed remorse I definitely missed it. Here is what will happen. He will write a book, bet on it. It will be about him and what he has been through. Bet on it again. For the life of me I can't imagine why we never heard why he did it. He had resources most of us only dream of. Let's just hope Tracey get the same,,,,,,,at least.
He can’t profit from any books if he does write one.
Ridiculous judgment
Wow. Powerful statements from the children who had to witness this abuse. They were all subjected to it. They paint a very different tale of what went on than their father’s testimony earlier and those that support the family. The judge really missed the mark here.
I know.... you are right. This was not isolated it was systemic in their home and what a miserable place for children and adults alike
Narcissistic abuse disorder father and parents
That child is going to be scarred for life, and that judge gives him only five years absolutely inexcusable and ridiculous. He should not be on the bench.
Wow he totally got away with child abuse
Wrong judge
Wrong judgment
Wrong time Givin
Wrong Wrong Wrong all day!
Kids will suffer all their lives from this abuse. Except baby.
Impossible to follow due to the malfunctín of sound technology.
it is a fact that with abusers are different at home behind closed doors vs being out in public their employment etc
There is ABSOLUTELY no defense for what he did. I treat my animals better. THEY ARE NOT GOINF TO LIKE HIM IN PRISON. HE MAY NOT SURVIVE that 5 years. Furious. Drug dealers doors time😢😢😢😢😢
So people who get caught with marijuana, which is legal in MANY states, get either equal to or a longer sentence than he gets for ultimately torturing a child PLS tell me how that's justified!
That is so true!!
That isn’t even a little true.
@@jlmann8109 well I did NOT pull it out of my A$$ nor the air! I have a VERY close friend who is serving 6.2 years for having marijuana w/no additional items to receive a intent to distribute charge so it was strictly based off of marijuana! This was his first charge and had NEVER had a run in with the law including traffic violations, he NEVER had even rec'd a driving infraction! He is a college graduate and employed so it's not if he was sitting around dealing drugs & breaking the law!
Is anyone else just livid by this sentence?! The judge was not thinking straight today! He has just reabused those children!
Why do you want a longer sentence than the ACTUAL VICTIM??
@@michah7214 What the hell are you talking about?
@@SunnyDays70s the child who was abused, ASKED the judge to give him only 6 months! He said he didn't want to lose his dad forever
@@michah7214 Please do research on trauma bonding and Stockholm Syndrome.
It is devastating to know this victim is suffering in this way and the judge didn’t see through it.
@@SunnyDays70s listen, read up on Stockholm syndrome. The woman it's supposed to be about said that's not what happened. Regardless, I'm glad the judge empowered that child who asked for leniency for his father. Who the HELL are we to demand what WE want. Taking that boy's power more by ignoring his plea would be further evidence to him that it wasn't about him and no one cares. The judge targeted this FOR the boy. That's justice
I need help understanding the leniency (yes, this is lenient IMO). During this man’s speech all he did was talk about woe is me, I’m being beat up, I’m getting my heat beat in!! All his supporters there talking about how wonderful he is and he’s a kind soul! Judge saying he’s amazed of the turn out of support!! Also, how he grew up at an army base.
WHAT ABOUT THE REASON THEY ARE THERE JUDGE!!
I’ll go in order as I typed them up!
During Tim’s speech he NEVER once said he was sorry for his actions, never talked about self-reflection, never talked about his ill treatment of RF, even after RF got up there and said he loved his dad, he made a mistake, Tim never apologized!
NEXT his crying about being beat up in jail…too bad buddy, for him to even whine about this showed he is nothing but a BULLY and has no idea how to reflect on his behavior!
NEXT, the support that showed up for Tim, what about the support for RF???? where were his supporters?? If Tim had all this support why did he willingly, knowingly have a box build for his son! Support means you have people you can rely on and talk things through! BS!!
NEXT, the point the judge made about growing up on a marine base and he suspects that’s where he got a lot of his parenting skills from, I WHOLEHEARTEDLY DISAGREE SIR! Tim did not treat ALL his kids this way, only RF so your theory is unfounded and simply wrong! Judge only saw what he wanted to see ! If it were true that Tim disciplined with an iron fist, there would be four boxes built, not just one! Tim singled out RF! Probably disliked him because RF was smarter than him!!
LASTLY, judge. I really believed you would make the right decision and give him more time. This monster knew what he was doing and thought he would continue to get away with it! RF would still be in that box if Tim never got caught! RF’s two sisters told you the story and you chose to give him a lighter sentence! I’m shocked, I’m disgusted in our judicial system!
Not sure if anyone saw but Tim had a smirk once he saw it was 60 months, so that tells me it was all an act! I bet him coming into court shaking, looking like a beaten, battered poor soul was All an act!!
Judge you even said, from the evidence you saw you basically saw a child acting like a normal child. This whole case from the defense’s perspective was this kid was a monster, but you said otherwise! Then you only give Tim 60 months!?!? Help me understand that!
Sorry for my long comment, but I’m befuddled and needed to get this out of my head…
I can’t even hear the judge
5 years. Disgusting. One really has to question why a judge would do that.
Got off light. Judge is a pushover. Bit of a boys club going on
Exactly. “Problem child”? Gtfo. You can’t cage a child because they’re a problem! this is insane.
Yeah no sh - t!!!! This is OUTRAGEOUS!!!
@@charrielyn1231 bet those prisoners doing life for drug possession with think this more than outrageous. Karma is about to bite him in the ...
The sound is bad, why does nobody fixed it⁉️🤔
So bad! 2 out of 3 hours were terrible- right during the stuff I wanted to hear.
I was unable to hear the oldest daughters letter to the judge until now and WHOA, she let it all out. The entire household was under pressure!!! These people should never have any access to kids anymore!!!! It is awful they treated all their kids wrong.😢😢. 5 years is nonsense. Im not so fond of this judge anymore.
😢
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.
He deserves every year allowable
Well, he did say he had been beaten up several times during his short duration in jail. So wait until he gets to prison. He may not survive the 5 years. To say the least, it won't be pleasant. Plus his name & reputation are disgraced for life. His children will never see him again (except probably small boy). Life as he knows it is over & he will probably suffer his own PTSD upon release. I think he should have gotten more, but karma will be biting him soon enough.
i sure hope so
I too sure hope so as well.
can you imagine how angry those prisoners who are doing hard time for less will be with him. His life will be hell for the next few years. He will be extorted and abused daily.
I'm certain a lot of prisoners were abused as children and a lot of guards love their children. I think justice will be served as soon as he gets in the general prison population.
Those who 'discuss' their feelings to Tim, should get donations to their commissary funds.
Wow! This got contentious.
He deserves more time! The boy is ruined for life because of what he did to him!
Glad the judge said he didn’t hear remorse in the father’s statement, but the sentence should have been longer.
Now, I am pretty darn certain that Tracy will get probation in a plea-deal after the prosecution ponders what the outcome was for Timmy-boy. This entire family MAKES ME SICK ( and SO DOES THE JUDGE) !
I was thinking the same thing about Tracy.What a joke and not much of a deterrence for other child abusers.😮
The mother of Tracey who hasn’t been convicted yet but will be so a known child abuser was allowed to adopt the youngest child, and she still has contact with Tim and Tracey!!!!, WTF!!!!, obviously the girls foster parents are not going to allow unsupervised contact visits because their child abuser parents could be there!!!!
Wonderful audio
Evil crim should never be in society. That boy will suffer for years.
Hope he gets the max! Ty JLR!
It sounded like a reasonable sentence. Importantly, he is ordered to take anger management and parenting classes.
People think they know how to parent. It does take some training. It's 3 years longer than he would have had if he had taken the plea deal.
*Will the prosecution appeal this joke of a sentence? Make no mistake, it IS a joke!*
The prosecutor already said they will appeal the sentence today. They don't think the "judge" had the authority to lower it below state minimum for the crimes.
@@AFAskygoddess *Thamk you for that! I missed that bit of info. KUDOS to the prosecution!!!*
@@AFAskygoddessWell that is a relief. I cannot come to terms with this sentence!
@@SunnyDays70s*Neithet can I. Neither can I. Smh*
RF's victim statement was so moving. He has so much grace to be able to feel forgiveness towards Tim F. So sad for everyone involved 😢. God bless RF
I remember RF testifying that he abused his toddler brother as an experiment to see if it would harm him. I remember RF testifying that he goaded his father, breaking the rules "At least five times a day" to get a reaction out of him. I remember testimony about RF abusing sibings, schoolmates, stealing electronics and credit cards. I confess I had a hard time listening to the audio testimony from the ring camera because the audio was so bad. That doesn't excuse child abuse, but I wouldn't say that he has "so much grace".
@@blitzmom2674Umm didn’t you hear the judge say today that there was no proof that RF did anything that normal kids don’t do? Not sure where you’re getting your misinformation from.
I suggest you look into trauma bonding and Stockholm Syndrome. This isn’t grace, it’s trauma. All you so called Christian’s try to use grace as an excuse to overlook serious crimes.
@@SunnyDays70s He didn't allow a lot of that evidence in, did he? Said it was "Trying the victim" to do so. According to the testimony I did hear, RF took a boxcutter and a screwdriver to school and threatened others with them, collected knives, hit the family dogs with his bike, reportedly broke a family member's bones, stole electronics and credit cards, held other kids underwater, bashed his baby brother's face in "playing rough" with his bike, and according to his own testimony, gave his baby brother alcohol as an experiment. When he was asked in testimony whether that couldn't be dangerous to a toddler, he said "that was the experiment". Very coldly too. This kind of behavior was one of the reasons why his parents were nervous about him around the other kids when he could not be watched. He also said he deliberately broke the rules at least "five times a day" to get a rise out of his parents. At a pre-trial hearing, when his parents were trying to get some of his behavior, pre and post the parents' arrest in, as a defense, the prosecution objected. It came out that he was "Baker Acted" post the parents arrest, and put in a secure facility for being a danger to himself and/or others for some of the behavior the parents were dealing with. And then was bounced (rejected) from some secure facilities for behavior THEY couldn't handle. The judge disallowed that evidence too. So I got it from the trial itself, or pre trial hearings, either from law and crime or court tv. I'm not excusing the parents' behavior. The lack of light and air I consider cruelty. OTOH, RF probably did have RAD, according to some of the medical testimony, which can be extremely difficult to deal with. Don't call it misinformation, when its clear you either didn't watch the trial, or you have a selective memory.
This young man is truly remarkable. It’s evident that children will bond with their abusers. I’m sure his sense of mercy is a combination of his bond with his father as well as his Godly upbringing. I pray he continues to get the love and therapy that he needs.
Notice Tim Ferriters reaction when his son and vitcim said he feel forgivness (around 1.15) I think he still belive l he has done nothing wrong,
I agree. not an ounce of remorse
and the boy reinforced that for him in his mind. The sisters saw the injustice and spoke up for him, but he had to be this saint who saw no injustice in what was done to him; despite running away repeatedly.
Prayers for all concerned 🙏😔
The verdict makes sense because the prosecution had offered 24 months in plea deal so now he’s doing more than double that, 60 months (5yrs) plus all the $$$ it cost him for his defense and losing the kids, all of which was a consequence of his own actions! His life as he knew it is over. I hope the kids are able to get therapy to help them in their life and that they thrive. Most importantly RF, it was not your fault. Give yourself all the love you need. It’s there, for you ❤
Also there was no physical violence or actual torture involved, this was mostly psychological- which hurts and scars just as much- but the judge probably took into consideration all these factors
My thoughts exactly. I was shocked there were attorneys and others betting 10, and even 15+. That made no sense to me, I was thinking 5 and 7 at the very most. But you are right, in comparison to the plea deal getting so much (obvious) more time, even if "allowable" under the sentencing guidelines, would be bad judgement on the sentencing and courts end.
Will it be 5 years? In CA, it would end up being less than 2 years, with our system.
@@KayleeMcC
The judge should be put in the same box so he knows how it feels.
5years!!!!!
OMG, the audio!!!
Pathetic that the defense lawyer is trying to make the dad seem remorseful, saying the he said in his statement he’s sorry for the way he handled the situation. That’s not an apology for his treatment of his son, not an admission of guilt and not by any stretch of the imagination showing remorse for his actions.
Maybe he will get prison justice everyday hes in there.
I hope so.
This sounds horrible
5yrs wtf
this is what those prisoners doing life for drugs will think, and it will not go down well for tim
I'm sorry but reactive detachment disorder is common amongst adoptees, if you are going to adopt, it's your job to know about it before adopting and be prepared for that possibility and so you can decide if you are capable of dealing with it or not, people act like adopting is like getting a puppy from the shelter. It requires a lot of research and preparation.
It’s actually quite rare, and not common.
@@jlmann8109 that's not true, RAD is MOSTLY seen in adoptees.
@@jlmann8109 It's definitely not rare for children who come out of understaffed and underfunded orphanages in poor countries. And that's where the victim came from.
Waste my time to watch this case. I don't believe he's only receiving 5 years jail, and he's stupid son forget him for locking him in the room. I can't stand that defense attorney,
Yeah I wish that boy was as smart as his sisters who spoke up about the abuse while he cried for his abuser. Just plain stupid on his part.
@@ronniemead805 It’s not stupid, let’s not pick on or put down the victim, it is like Stockholm syndrome, a symptom of what has been done to him, leading him to say what he did. Hopefully he can heal and be in a better place.
@@ronniemead805human emotions and relationships are VERY complicated. I would never dismiss the love a parent has for their parent, because what is important is the abused child's feelings are taken into account. The sentence isn't for our satisfaction
@@michah7214 it is for the satisfaction of every child who is being abused by abusive monsters who will be empowered by this fake ruling.
I cant even believe that the Judge said that RF even said he did things that he should not have done. OMG he is a kid he was told he was bad so he thought he was bad. Its like saying a child molester is because the child was spreading there legs. All of this is victim blaming.
5 years???? wow...
I LOVE this judge.
He never said he did wrong, that witness Kerr is the same kind of person as Tim Ferriter, don’t read her books please! Me as a abused survivor, I know how tough as a mom can be to defend our kids, but some of us fight back! And save our children. My heart goes with the kids…it will be a long journey to heal and recover.
Omg!! So this makes me sick that he only got 5 years for abusing his son! Wow!!
Damn. He already looks scared out his mind from the little time he's been incarcerated.
The judge blamed the victim a child for being abused were looking at the behavior of the child
Those kids will suffer the rest of their lives…what a damn shame!
The sound is horrible
Shame shame shame
This evil sociopath has screwed up the minds of all of these children. How dare he talk about how he loves his kids. Makes me sick!😡
I’m sure he does love his kids he did some bad stuff but don’t think he was a terrible person
He only got 5 years.
Tim is getting his butt whippings via other inmates….lol!! Boo…hoo…I can think of a lot of things he deserves and it’s not getting slapped around a little!! He wanted RF to be “a man and man up”…Timmy better “man up”!!!!!! You got some time in there & a long time to figure out how to survive and again “man up” tough guy!!!! Justice for RF
He’s sorry for what everyone is going through, he just doesn’t get it to the level he needs to see it. He needs to be sorry for what he caused!!I hope he gets some therapy to help him make a thorough and selfLESS true confession and act of contrition for the acts he committed within his home that so deeply and severely affected his children and his entire family.
That defense att needs to stop, i am with the judge. So why didn't they get help for the boy versus prisoning him in the BOXXXXX
who has all day to hear a verdict? Shame on court TV for stalling and having guests talk about what we just saw. sick to death of that!
I went over to Law and Crime and saw verdict live only 3 hours earlier. Court TV was still talking to guests.
I remember the good days when Court TV had more respect for their viewers.
It's all about face time now.
I expect it should be at least 10 years and up.
The state offered him 2.
5 years?!! Shame on this judge! Either this judge have no kids or he is also abusive…. Someone should look into that
Very disappointed in the leniency of the Judge.
When is the trial for Tracy…. hearing with the other two daughters wrote on their victim statement was very powerful…. I pray for healing for all the kids
Wow only 5 years.
Romans witness impact statement really got to me, it’s really the first time I have heard him being so emotional, he still has love for Tim and forgiveness and I’m not sure if I were in that position I would have that but that might be because he is still going through therapy but also because he feels grateful that he was adopted. I cried a river listening to him. It’s the first time I have seen Tim really look very upset and show some emotion aswell. The older sister has no such compassion for her parents and I don’t blame her at all. The judges sentencing was very bad, I hope the prosecution appeal it.
The boy was a nightmare. Hisbehaviour was out of control.his behaviour escaltes all this. A wjole family is now destroyed
Tim should be locked up for every year his son was locked in that room. Five years is way to lenient.
OMG!! Y IS THIS JUDGE DEFENDING THIS MANS ACTIONS. HE ABUSED HIS CHILD COM ON NAH. JUS HURRY UP N PUT THIS FOOL IN A LIL BITTY CELL JUS LIKE HE DID HIS CHILD.
Sad case of affairs.
Well at least is cellmates arent taking it as low ligitly as the judge seemed to with that verdict. He might not oast that long.
That goes to show you what money, power and the privileged life gets you. I saw the sentencing except the decision. I didnt think his lawyer did a good job. It's a shame what these peoplr people get away with.
I doubt the wife will get any time.
The audio is very bad.