You are so right, but in the end what can we do. Honestly, we ought to (as parents and concerned non-parents) have a 10 million person March on Washington, and camp their for a freaking week. WHAT CAN WE DO !!!
If we don't do something, FoxNews will just continue to make money off of these stories (and the other sicko media outlets)
Agree with a lot of what has been said here. A friend was brutally raped by a man she knew (but was not involved with in any way). He strangled her and left her for dead but she was playing possum, called the cops. They got him a few days later. Ran his DNA and it showed he was responsible for 3 other child rapes and one child rape/murder. He was already out on parole for a child attempted kidnapping. At his trial the judge allowed, in the sentencing phase, women to come forward who had been molested by him starting when he was 12. This evidence was sealed at the trial. He got life without parole. This one monster has done horrible things to a dozen woman, that we know of.
The police were supposed to be watching him, they were not. He was violating every part of his parole, including living with a woman with a child. His car trunk contained a book with long lurid descriptions of sex crimes he wanted to commit. He had written it as part of his court ordered psychiatric treatment. Part of his parole was that he was supposed to give a DNA sample. He had avoided this for two years. The DNA sample was all that was needed to link him to the murder and other rapes.
What I saw in this case reinforces many of the comments made above.
We can start an email or snail mail campaign to our office holders - DEMANDING action on this problem.
I heard some judge say that "mandatory sentencing" was MERELY A SUGGESTION AS TO HOW THE JUDGE SHOULD RULE.
Such arrogance has to be stopped. If a judge makes a ruling based on his private interpretation of the law - he needs to be impeached - IMMEDIATELY. After a few of these cases .. perhaps judges would begin to get the picture.
The House is the sole arbitor of impeachment. The House can impeach these judges who flaunt the law.
Our legislators HAVE TO HEAR FROM US!! It's critical.