Campus rapist given lenient sentence to avoid "severe impact on him"

At least four out of five of them could be any of a number of judges in S.C. County, unfortunately. (#5 and #6 are essentially the same thing)

Not being a judge, I’m unsure how these cases are assigned. It could be rotating thing, lottery, or a chief judge appoints. But you are correct that something needs to change. I just don’t know how to do it without creating even bigger problems.