[muir_redwoods]

We had an attorney here in CT whose young daughter was molested and the strange old man in the nest door apartment was the prime suspect. The father confronted and shot the old man whose DNA, it turns out, didn't match that of the perpetrator.

Another suspect was arrested and confessed when his DNA was a match. The father is doing a 20 year sentence.

The legal process we have is imperfect. It evolved over many centuries to deal with situations like this. I hope the rapist dies a horrible death but vigilante and mob justice are pretty awful things.

[moonman]

"... but vigilante and mob justice are pretty awful things."

The phase, "Taking the law into your own hands" does not fit with our Constitution. The People have never given up the law. Laws are ours, not designated to the government or a agency of government.

We hire government and various agencies on a temporary basis to do our dirty work. When they prove they are not up to the tasks for which they were hired, WE do it!

[Wilhelm Tell]

The liberals think they are creating a gentler society by not having severe punishment for violent criminals. They don’t consider that when people have lost faith in the system, people are more likely to resort to things like mob violence.

[Pharmboy]

Yeah...I remember that one. The little girl (I think she was about four) evidently (mis)identified the next door neighbor as the perp. That was a bad case.