This Is How The Grossly Deviant Should Be Prosecuted!

Fred Everts, a convicted child molester was sentenced to 800 years in prison in San Jose, California yesterday for sexually abusing three boys, aged 3, 9 and 11. Steve Fein, who prosecuted Everts, asked for the maximum sentence of 1,175 years to life. Due to California's three-strikes law, Everts is going away for a LONG time, having already been convicted in 1993 for a similar offense, twice.

Now, why can't other law systems around the world adopt the same kind of thinking? Ok, truth be told, the three-strikes rule is ridiculous when it comes to lesser crimes such as burglary, theft, and vandalism. Well, lesser when you compare it to say rape, murder, etc. So here's my suggestion: for serious crimes, put these people away after their second conviction. Why would you wait for someone to murder another person, serve a few years in prison, get out on "good behavior", then kill another person within a short period of time, and then send him back to jail, only to be released so he'll do it again. After the second time, one would notice that the perp hasn't learned he's lesson, and should be put away for good. Or does it really take three times before those in charge realize that maybe this person shouldn't be out walking the streets, free to do anything he wishes?

Then again, 800 years is slight overkill, but the guy molested his 3-month old biological son! Now you'd think that would be enough on the first time... Now, let's all sit down and think about this. Why is it that someone who smokes a joint at a party and gets caught can go to jail for decades, whilst a man who rapes a young girl gets off with a few years on a first offense? How's about a murderer who slaughters a family of four gets off with like 10 years, whilst a middle school teacher gets 40 years in jail for having porn on her work computer, which her students happened to see? Do I make my point clear? Who would you rather have walking amongst us? The guy who smokes a joint every now and then, the teacher who likes lesbian porn, the child rapist, or the maniac murderer? Think about. (If you study or practice law, or happen to have connections higher places, DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!)

Source: Yahoo! News