Man spared jail time for raping 13-year-old girl because he is blind

A 36-year-old man has been spared from jail time after being convicted on rape charges, in part because he is legally blind.Benjamin Lawrence Petty, of Oklahoma, was sentenced to 15 years probation for raping a 13-year-old while he was a cook at a summer camp, according to local media reports.Murray County District Attorney David Pyle said that Petty’s blindness, and the fact that the victim’s family lives in Texas and didn’t want to travel back and forth for a trial, played a