This is incredibly frightening. The worst part is that the charges have been reduced to misdemeanors. IMO, this should be a felony charge for solicitation to commit forcible rape and sodomy. The intent of the two men does not matter at all. It is very clear that the crazy woman wanted the victim to be brutally raped; that it didn’t happen is just a lucky coincidence.
The argument for reducing the charges is like suggesting that hiring someone to kill a person is somehow less evil than killing someone yourself. The intent to commit a brutal rape was there, she lucked out because the “hit men” didn’t go through with it. She is still every bit as guilty as any rapist who attempts to brutally rape another person. And it was a premeditated act, too, as evidenced by her communications with the two men.
She deserves major jail time of *at least* ten years, IMO. And if she used her position at work to obtain any information about the victim or to post ads or communicate with the men, then she should lose her pension as well since committing a felony while working as a public employee can now result in losing one’s pension.