Terry Blum case_files_TerryBlum
See Terry Blum'��s history of court filings

In 2010, when Terry Edward Blum, Jr. was 28-years-old, he was initially charged with Aggravated Indecent Liberties with a Child.

According to court charging documents, Blum did ��unlawfully and intentionally engage in lewd fondling or touching of a child who was under fourteen (14) years of age. {victim was 9yrs old at the time of the incident}�� This charge, so long as it is a defendant'��s first offense, carries a sentence of up to five years in prison. A preliminary hearing occurred, the child victim testified, and a judge determined there was enough evidence to go to trial.

Then, however, about six months later, Blum was offered a plea, so long as he admit to two lesser counts: Aggravated Child Endangerment and Aggravated Battery.

It is important to note that neither of these charges are classified as sex crimes. Therefore, Blum was not required, by charge, nor by the special instruction from a judge, to register as a sex offender in the state of Kansas.

Terry Blum was sentenced in August 2012 to 36 months of probation, and was granted time served in jail. Nearly two years after the fall 2010 incident happened, the victim’s mother reluctantly accepted the plea deal.

'��I didn't come up with the plea. It wasn'��t my idea for this plea, [it wasn'��t my idea] for him to be able to walk,'�� said the mother of the victim.

Concern soon arose that the plea negotiation offered to Blum at this time arguably allowed him to allegedly reoffend.

Approximately one year after Blum'��s plea deal, he is arrested once again. This time, initially, he is charged with three new counts of Aggravated Indecent Liberties with a Child.

For the victim'��s mother we spoke with, news of Blum'��s most recent arrest, cause her to have second thoughts about the plea deal.

'��You think you'��re doing right for your child, but then you find out that what you have done has allowed somebody else'��s children to be hurt,' said the mother.

2014 Sex Crime Sampling

2014-sampling
KSN took a sampling of 2014 sex crimes in Sedgwick County. We learned that Terry Blum’s case is actually typical of what happens in the criminal justice system every day.

In 46 cases that were resolved in 2014, 26 cases were plea bargains to lesser charges. That is, defendants were convicted of lesser crimes, and as a result, lighter sentences. This data made up approximately 56 percent of the sample.

Fifteen cases, more than 32 percent of the sample, resulted in guilty pleas or guilty verdicts on the defendants’ original charges.

The five remaining cases, greater than 10 percent of the sample, were dismissed.

http://ksn.com/2015/04/23/sex-crimes-plea-negotiations-in-sedgwick-county/

2469nascar
thats a shame that he could plea out like that,,but hey next time you post ,,PLEASE leave the boxes out,,makes it harder to read and theres n good reson to do so..JMHO..again great news story though,

IamwhoIam1 stated >>>
Sex offenders cannot be rehabilitated. I wish we could burn them in hell. I despise them.

RebelArcher
Dont know the particulars of your Blum case, but maybe the DA was unsure of whether he would get a conviction going to trial....offered a plea and got to pad his "conviction stats".
Several states have some form of Jessica's Law which guarantees stiffer penalties if the victim is under a certain age.
Here are some examples of my states sentencing guidelines:

"" �81.2. Molestation of a juvenile
A. Molestation of a juvenile is the commission by anyone over the age of seventeen of any lewd or lascivious act upon the person or in the presence of any child under the age of seventeen, where there is an age difference of greater than two years between the two persons, with the intention of arousing or gratifying the sexual desires of either person, by the use of force, violence, duress, menace, psychological intimidation, threat of great bodily harm, or by the use of influence by virtue of a position of control or supervision over the juvenile. Lack of knowledge of the juvenile's age shall not be a defense.

E.(1) Whoever commits the crime of molestation of a juvenile when the victim is under the age of thirteen years shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not less than twenty-five years nor more than life imprisonment. At least twenty-five years of the sentence imposed shall be served without benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence.
(2) Upon completion of the term of imprisonment imposed in accordance with Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, the offender shall be monitored by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections through the use of electronic monitoring equipment for the remainder of his natural life.

http://law.justia.com/codes/louisiana/2006/146/78676.html

In this case the {then 9yr old testified in the
preliminary case} and it was the prosecution
attorney {or the lack there of} that brought up
the 'PLEA' arrangement! This Terry Blum
would have had at least 3yrs in the penal
system!

RockGnome stated >>>
Chomos can't be rehabilitated.

The only cure for pedophilia, is a 240 grain slug to the forehead.

I was listening to this rather sickening news while keeping an eye on the local radar late last night; my state never voted for the '3 Strikes Your Out' adjudication guideline from the 1990's and we've suffered our fair share of revolving door meth lab/child molesters/repeat offenders of every shade & shape!

But to hear that so many of these sexual abuse/pedophile/sexual attacks on these minors have been allowed to be plead down to lesser charges and those cretins just keep offending --- OMG I have words but they are fit for reading!!!

Does your state/country have stiffer penalties for such offences?