Personally, I think anyone who rapes kids deserves far worse than hanging. Take him out in the woods somewhere far from help. Strip him naked and set his family jewels out on a tree stump. Nail them to the tree stump, and leave him there with his hands tied behind his back. He can either starve to death, or he can rip himself loose and try to walk back to civilization.
Either way, he'll never rape anyone again, ever.
There are many criminals I can see mitigating circumstances in their behavior. They still need to recieve consequences for their actions, but I can at least understand what pushed them to it, and find it in myself to feel some leniency.
I cannot understand, cannot forgive, and cannot find it in my heart to feel sorry for anyone who rapes a child. Just thinking about it makes me want to take a baseball bat and beat them to a bloody pulp. Anyone with that kind of twisted mental disease needs to be exterminated. At the very least we need to make sure they cannot EVER commit their crimes again. It has been proven time and time again that this particular perversion of humanity cannot ever be cured. The only thing that has successfully controlled it and allowed these men to carry on a somewhat normal life is chemical castration. Even that is not 100% effective, because it relies on them taking their medication. I firmly believe that once a man (or woman) has served their sentence imposed by our justice system that they should be allowed to return to the world and live a normal life. These people cannot. Giving them jail time for this will not cure them, will not in any way affect their urge to do it again. It's a waste of taxpayer money and a waste of time.
Perhaps this judge knew what she was doing after all.