Sex abuse case not only time Kansas judge has been lenient

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas judge who blamed two teenage girls for a sexual encounter with a 67-year-old man has spent a decade on the bench overseeing mostly sealed juvenile and child-in-need-of-care cases behind closed doors.
Since Leavenworth County Judge Michael Gibbens took over the criminal docket for a retiring district judge last summer his rulings have drawn more scrutiny and criticism. In a widely panned decision in December, the judge eased a man’s sentence after saying