" the state didn't put enough value on his life than a ridiculously short time in jail"
And that is the problem. I am so beyond fed up with abusers, rapists, murderers and their being allowed to minimize their actions to escape responsibility.
We have a similar, but pending sentencing for a baby rapist here in Mich. Unlike the Davis child, this baby didn't die...yet. Her father's sentence ( after he admitted twice, and in writing to what he did ) has been plead down to an attempt. Guidelines call for zero to 9 months jail time.
If we don't start placing the same value on children that the courts place on criminals, we are all doomed.