Monday, April 19, 2004

OK, 'splain this to me....

CNN reports that the police have captured one Edward Stokes, a notorious child molester (click here for article). He is described as "one of the worst sexual predators on the West Coast. In a letter to a therapist in the early 1990s, Stokes said he had molested 212 victims and felt like a monster."

Somehow he gets free because his lawyer convinced a judge that he had an unfair trial because his accuser committed suicide and therefore he couldn't face his accusser. He has been arrested at least 5 other times on sexual assault crimes against children.

WHY IS THIS MAN ON THE STREETS AT ALL?

He has been loose since April 6th, so who knows what he was doing the last couple of weeks. The criminal justice system is failing our communities and endangering our children, all in the name of fairness. I am sorry, but I honestly don't care if it is unfair to lock up repeat sex offenders for life. Better that than have them hurt or kill someone's child.

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