Friday, March 25, 2005

Kids Under Seige: Keep Sex Offenders Locked Up

An Amber Alert that had been issued for ten year-old Jetseta Marie Gage was cancelled after her body was found in rural Iowa.

The young girl was allegedly taken from her home in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and killed by an aquaintance who had a criminal record for sex crimes against kids.

This follows a terrible situation in Florida where a sex offender kidnapped and killed young Jessica Lunsford. The entire nation hoped that Jessica would turn up safe, but was disappointed when it was discovered that Jessica had been murdered more than a week later.

We either need to lock up these offenders permanently or change the system so that they can be closely monitored and tracked. Enough of this! The police have a difficult enough time finding first-time offenders, but to lose track of these idiots who have already been convicted of crimes against children is intolerable.

Kids are dying at the hands of these crazed lunatics. The criminal justice system needs to do much more to prevent this from happening again and again.

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