I just watched this ABC clip which causes me to question the effectiveness of the sex offender registry if closer tabs aren’t being kept on certain red flag individuals. In one case, a court psych expert warned that a man would be a continued danger to underage girls yet he was released from prison and is now under investigation for the murder of a young girl as well as the disappearance of another.
Police believe a convicted sex offender arrested in the disappearance of San Diego high school student Chelsea King raped and murdered the girl. Arrested on suspicion of first degree murder and forcible rape, John Albert Gardner III, 30, was taken into custody Sunday after police found physical evidence linking him to King, a 17-year-old high school senior who vanished Feb. 25 while jogging in a park north of San Diego. – ABC News
I’m not naive enough to believe there is any possible way of having resources to know where every registered sex offender is at all times, but there has to be a better system in place to keep society safe from dangerous, sadistic people. The court was fully aware of the warning signs presented by this particular evaluation but ignored it. what happened to being proactive? There must come a point where reacting to a crime isn’t good enough. Why should someone have to die before perfectly obvious behavior patterns are acted upon?
There are so many angles that have to be considered when it comes to a person’s ability to be rehabilitated. Some people simply have a sickness about them that can’t be cured. When are we going to learn that putting these people back into the streets over and over again is going to result in the same tragedies? How many victims do they have to create in our communities before something more is done?
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