In an Oklahoma’s Own In Focus, News On 6 examines the growing outrage over the sentencing of a man convicted of sexually abusing two young girls he knew.

A Tulsa County jury found Shawn Canady guilty of two counts of child sexual abuse in September, and the jury recommended he be sentenced to 20 years on each count, but Judge Sharon Holmes sentenced him to 20 instead years of trying.

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The affidavit says Canay gave one of the victims drugs and alcohol and touched her inappropriately. He is said to have groped the other victim and made sexual remarks to her.

Both girls are so outraged and disappointed by the judge’s decision that they have decided to share their stories because they say they feel they have been robbed of justice. They say going through the trauma of coming forward and testifying was all for nothing.

Ariel Harrison and Lily Johnson say what Shawn Canady did to them consumed the last four years of their lives. It’s been hard enough for them to tell their story to strangers over and over again, but knowing Canady isn’t behind bars makes them feel violated all over again.

“Sitting there hearing her say that he’s not going to do any jail time, any jail time just completely broke my heart. I felt completely hopeless again,” Harrison said.

Harrison says Shawn Canady sexually abused her when she was 14 and sexually abused her cousin Lily Johnson when she was 12. Harrison never planned to tell anyone about the abuse, but when he did it was the hardest thing he’s ever had to do.

“It was extremely difficult to be able to look at myself most days,” Harrison said.

Canady’s first trial ended in a hung jury, so a second trial was held last month, where the girls had to testify again. The jury found him guilty and recommended 20 years on both counts.

“I felt like everything I did was finally for something,” Harrison said.

The girls were back in court this week for sentencing and read victim impact statements.

“I made a comment about how it’s hard to change, it’s hard to shower, it’s hard to look at myself because all I see is 14-year-old Ariel and the things she said she wanted me to do so do their actions. She said she was heartbroken and every time I look in the mirror she doesn’t want me to feel that way, she said she wants me to feel empowered.

Judge Sharon Holmes went against the jury’s recommendation and gave Canady 20 years of probation, leaving Lily and Ariel stunned and heartbroken. Lily Johnson sent News On 6 a statement that said in part, “That’s why people are afraid to say something. This is why people don’t want to go through the court system and put everything they have out there for years just for nothing. to be done”.

The judge ordered Canay to pay for the girls’ therapy.

“That piece of our life, those four years, money can’t bring that back. We can’t have that childhood back. Her entire childhood, most of mine, or my teenage years were taken away from him,” Harrison said.

News On 6 went to Judge Holmes’ office to ask why she made that decision, but her clerk said Judge Holmes doesn’t make statements about her decisions in court.

“It’s constantly in the back of my mind that I’ll see him driving down the road, I’ll see him at the store, and I didn’t think I’d have to go through that again,” Harrison said.

Canady must register as a sex offender as part of his sentence. I called Canay’s lawyer and left a message but did not hear back.