Dear Judge McKeon

Elaine Olund
4 min readFeb 29, 2020

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(I wrote this piece a couple years ago, and it is sadly not an isolated example of injustice when it comes to household violence against children and women in particular.)

Dear Judge McKeon,

A 40-year-old Montana father raped his 12-year-old daughter. Repeatedly.

You sentenced him to 60 days, of which he will serve 43. For good measure, he must pay $80 and “future medical care for…

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Elaine Olund

I try to imagine what the world could be, and see how it really is.