Ahh yes the wonderful intelligent mentality that 2 wrongs make a right. Most people are outraged when any voiceless creature (inclusive of children, the elderly and animals) is mistreated in any way. You obviously don't care if one of God's (if you believe in him) loving creatures is tortured to death. I would be willing to bet that you are one of these people that do nothing to help anyone/thing yet sit around and criticize others who speak up about injustices. I have spent countless hours volunteering with animal rescues, children charities and elderly agencies. I don't ever recall hearing other volunteers gripe about people volunteering to help people instead of animals or vice versa. Thats because these people are too busy taking action. The only people that I have ever seen or heard gripe about this subject are those that sit on their butts and do nothing but run their mouths. Also, I would very much like to see your validating evidence of your claim that alot of child perpetrators get less jail time. Occasionally that may happen but there's always going to be a fluke in the system.