People often say that pedophiles and rapists get off far too easily in the eyes of the law. But what is not taken into account is that they say that the justice dealt out in prisons to pedophiles and rapists is far worse than any other.
Inmates, many of whom are often victims of sexual abuse, view these offenders as a prize and a step ladder to notoriety within the prison hierarchy. But in 1984, one man wanted to deliver his own justice as he dished out a final act of vengeance.
The man was Gary Plauche, a man whose son had been taking karate lessons under the guidance of instructor Jeffrey Doucet.
The 25-year-old instructor had reportedly been sexually abusing Gary’s son, Jody Plauche for a year or more before abducting and whisking the child away from Louisiana’s capital Baton Rouge to Los Angeles.
Having been captured and extradited back to Baton Rouge, Gary plotted his revenge. Acting on a tip-off by an employee of the TV news station WBRZ-TV, Gary Plauche learned the time and place where Doucet would be escorted back to Baton Rouge.
Wearing a disguise and carrying a gun in his boot, Plauche waited by a bank of phones for a handcuffed Doucet to be escorted past. Turning around and whipping the gun out, he shoots the accused at point blank range.
We hear one of the detectives shout, “Gary why!?”. In later interviews, Gary Plauche is reported to have said, “If it had been your child, you would have done the same thing too.” Plauche was understandably displaced and struggling with his son’s sexual abuse.
A psychological examination revealed that at the time of the shooting, Plauche could not determine the difference between right and wrong as a result of his distress.
After entering into a plea bargain reducing his charge from murder to manslaughter, Plauche received the minimum sentencing for his crime.
This amounted to just 300 hours’ community service, a 5-year suspended sentence and probation. The whole incident was caught on camera by a local news crew.
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