http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2010/03/02/thousands-of-sex-offenders-unlisted/
In this article it states that there are 63,000 sex offenders that are not registered and 22,000 of those are in California alone. Some of those the state defends are "low risk in general" yet there are innocent people killed by those low risk offenders. And the main one I want to talk about is Chelsea King whose body they found yesterday.
This article goes more into detail about the case it self and explains that this may be a capital punishment case because it was a rape and murder case. If the DA decides to take the death penalty off the table then it is still 25 to life in prison. The reason for his arrest was due to DNA evidence found on his clothing.
The psychiatrist for the case wants the offender to be put in prison for as long as possible because of his previous charge that he served 6 years in prison for before paroled in 2008.
To those that take the time to read the article I would love to get your opinion on what should be done about our system the allows sex offenders to slip through the cracks and commit worse crimes then before and also I question if a person has show to be capable of such evil once if they should be allowed back into society without strict supervision?
I find this case devastation. The fact that a psychiatrist evaluated Gardner after his first offense and claimed him to be dangerous and he was still let go after only a few years is beyond me. It reminds me of a show I saw called "Too Young to Kill" which is about children under 18 that have committed horrible crimes. One boy had several mental problems and went to therapy every day. His parents knew that therapy wasn't enough for him so they wanted to enter him into a mental hospital but the court wouldn't allow it. Shortly after that, he ended up killing people. What I don't understand is why our legal system fails to recognize psychologists/psychiatrists. These people spend their lives in this field so they know what they're talking about. If the court would have just listened to the psychiatrist many years ago, Chelsea King would still be alive.