Infamous Sodomy Cop Justin Volpe Begs Pardon

So how many years should a police officer spend in jail for sodomizing a handcuffed suspect with a broomstick? Justin Volpe, the cop who was convicted of torturing Haitian immigrant Abner Louima in a Brooklyn precinct in 1997 and who has been behind bars in a federal prison for nearly 12 years without any chance of parole, is petitioning the Justice Department for a reduced sentence. He's currently sentenced to 30 years, but letters from family, friends, and a priest pleading for leniency have been sent with his petition. (In 2004, GQ tagged along with Volpe's father, a retired NYPD cop, during depressing visits with his son.)

One sympathetic friend tells the Post, ""Just[in] was a wonderful kid who used to feed the homeless on Thanksgiving. What happened that day was 30 seconds of something that was unspeakable, horrible. But isn't 12 years enough?" New York officials say the average incarceration of a violent offender in state prison is 7½ years, and murderers serve an average 24 years. But the judge in Volpe's case sentenced him under a federal guideline that allows harsher penalties for cops. The request is currently being considered, and you can bet this year's alleged NYPD sodomite is watching the outcome of this very closely.

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By John Del Signore in News on December 15, 2008 5:07 PM

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alexandre mcfly

Well if he doesn't like sitting behind bars for another 18 years he could always see if NY might want to execute him.

Spanjo091 Spanjo091

this motherfucker should 12 dicks rammed up in his asshole at once and 37 cocks in his mouth for every single fucking day

williamrobinsonb

this man should of had his neck stretched out in the town square by a rope to send a message to the other cops!! jail is to good for this ass-----hole!!!
sorry for the second post i had to register and didn't know the original post was excepted .
still this man shouldn't ever see freedom!!! in his lifetime unless the man that he did it to finds a way to have mercy making him beholden to his victim forever!!!
better yet make this ass his victims personal slave with a termination collier that is push button activated by a button on his victims wrist with a termination on the event of his victims death and a termination if he moves outside 1200 feet of his victim. he cut his victims life span he should not be aloud to out live him!!!
this was a murder delayed by medical expertise!
but a murder never the less.
a callas sadistic murder that is prolonged and agonizing!!!
every day his victim lives in pain and every day he has been robed of health compounds the crime!!! he should be given lime disease aids and hepatitis with no antibiotics!!!
one shot to slowly kill this man. if god saves him after that then its because god has changed him else let him die a horrible death of absolute agonizing pain!!!.Iim a wight man and all men are equal under God !! all men.!
life for a life , eye for an eye , tooth for a tooth , natural law!! Gods Law. true justice. rehabilitation is not justice for natural law, ever!! do no harm to another. your crime is your punishment.
the pain you inflict is your pain!
i hope this ass sees this!! he does have access to the web.
may God make your life a living hell until you reach your reward in hell.
consider the endangerment of police everywhere that this man has caused. are constitutional protectors are endangered by this disgrace with implied distrust and cop fear racist reinforcement!

williamrobinsonb

this man should have had his neck stretched out by a rope in the county square to send a message to the other cops!!!
jail is to good for this pervert ass----hole!!!!!!

Brian Berthiaume

@AnthonyM your e hard as fuck. Say that to a black dude in real life please. Then enjoy the dental bill after all your redneck teeth get knocked the fuck out.

AnthonyM

He should be let out,murderers do less time,Hell,he should have just killed the nigger,he would have done less time.

MrManhattan

Hey maybe we should "throw him a bone" after all this time.

Like give him that nice sweet young rookie who attacked the bicyclist as a new cellmate.

grantrules

B-b-but he volunteered on the most popular day to volunteer! Doesn't THAT mean something!?

widefive

Let him rot...

Brooklynbobby

I wonder if he's been sodomized in prison. If he hasn't, then he doesn't know what he's talking about and should STFU.

endthereign

it is so rare that we see examples of justice and putting this guy away for a very, very long time is the least we can do to protect us from the likes of him - a monster who needs to be incarcerated and rehabilitated. he made a mistake that he must pay for. he went beyond abusing his power. considered?! what's to consider ? tell his family, friends, and the priest to write again in 18 yrs.

west side Michael

Part of this story is that Volpe's dad was

a cop here as well on the NYPD art crimes detail

Should have thought of his dad too!

He should stay in jail, don't forget not only

what he did to this man but

what the settlement cost

us poor taxpayers.

qwerty

"Just[in] was a wonderful kid who used to feed the homeless on Thanksgiving. What happened that day was 30 seconds of something that was unspeakable, horrible. But isn't 12 years enough?"

Since you asked, the answer is no, it's not enough.

What, is poor baby suffering in prison? THAT'S THE FUCKING POINT OF PRISON.

Reflect

yea murder and torture are not alike. As read in a article te plunger handl didnt just enter a little, it was shoved through his intestines and through his bladder. Thats torture plus murder. Smug fucker shoulda got life. Let someone kill him or come out a old washed up67 yo who cant afford a cheap head.

ANGRYGOD11

For 2 years Justin Volpe lied about what he did. He dragged other cops down with him, let his lawyer suggest the victim was into gay S&M and poisoned community relations. The last one was the worst. You think the people in that area wanted to cooperate with the cops? If riots had taken place how many people could have been hurt or killed? But Justin Volpe knew all this and didn't care.

Screw him.

NannyState

I don't know, maybe he should hang out another twelve years while we think about it.

Steven

You do the crime you should be able to do the fine. If this case he should do the full 30 year sentence.

jaycjay

"...I don't think too many people are thinking highly of sodomizing cops at the moment."

Doesn't really matter what anyone is thinking, except for George W. Bush. And since Presidents historically move positively on more clemency requests during their lame duck periods than any other time, it's really do it now... or wait 4 or 8 years.

boricuachick

Cry me a river.....

doppelganger

Am I the only one who thinks this is poor timing? You know with that other sodomy case going on, I don't think too many people are thinking highly of sodomizing cops at the moment.

ides_of_march

Bush only pardons Mexican drug traffickers. Sorry Joe.

jaycjay

He is in fact [b]not[/b] asking for a pardon, but for a commutation of his sentence.

A pardon would forgive the crime and in essence remove the conviction. This request, if granted, would not do that but would simply mean he'd be released.

The Post headline likely has that key word in quotes because they're making a pun, not trying to be accurate. Begs pardon, get it?

Spirit of 76

It wasn't just 30 seconds. It was also almost two years of denying that he committed the act.

Kevin Walsh

He has not yet served half his sentence and needs lots more jail time

www.forgotten-ny.com

Gothamist_Cynic

They should give him a pardon only if he sits on a broom himself all the way down to bristles.

w0wzers

WAHH WAHHH WAHHH i want my asshole cop son out of jail WAHH WAHH WAHH

MissPinkKate

I would be very surprised if this pardon was granted.

handsomedevil

But the judge in Volpe's case sentenced him under a federal guideline that allows harsher penalties for cops.

Makes sense. If you are a cop you are expected to know the law. You see victims of sexual assault all the time so you would know the consequences of your actions. And society has an interest in the police of all people not victimizing the public. So, all of that adds up to "rot in jail."