Topeka ? Atty. Gen. Phill Kline on Wednesday blasted a Douglas County judge’s sentencing that resulted in two men getting 60 days in jail and probation for the rape of a 13-year-old girl.

“Not to criticize the judge, but the result of that case flaunts justice,” Kline said.

The presumed penalty for rape under Kansas law is at least 13 years.

But last month, Douglas County District Judge Paula Martin departed from the sentencing guidelines, ordering probation and 60-day jail terms for William N. Haney, 19, of Lawrence, and Brian K. Ussery, 19, of Tonganoxie.

Kline said the Lawrence case and one in Topeka, in which a defendant received probation in connection with the aggravated sodomy of a 6-year-old boy, have persuaded him to review whether state law needed to be changed in the way judges can depart downward from sentencing guidelines.

He said the cases came up too recently to have his task force on crime and sentencing consider any changes to state law on the matter.

During a news conference in the Capitol, Kline proposed increased penalties for crimes against children, construction of new prison space, and beefing up the tracking and prosecuting of online predators.

Nancy Baker, of Lawrence, a member of the National Association to Protect Children, attended the news conference but said she hadn’t had time to analyze Kline’s proposals.

“We promote any legislation that will shield our children from the people who prey on them,” Baker said.

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She said Kansas needed to increase penalties against child pornography and against people who try to contact children through the Internet.

Of the Lawrence rape case, Baker said the defendants’ sentences were too light.

“That’s the kind of thing we’d like to make impossible,” she said.