Molester Is Sentenced to English Instruction
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LA CROSSE, Wis. — A Hmong immigrant who molested his young stepdaughters was sentenced to English lessons when he could have gotten 80 years in prison, shocking the girls’ relatives and members of the community.
Family members complained Judge Ramona Gonzalez misunderstood the victims’ views on punishment. They expressed outrage at the suggestion from Sia Ye Vang’s lawyer that sex with girls is accepted in Vietnam, from which Vang immigrated.
“There are no cultural differences to allow a man to molest children that age,” said Denis Tucker of the Hmong Mutual Assistance Assn. Vang, 32, got 24 years of probation and was ordered to continue English classes and perform 1,000 hours of community service.
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