I was wondering how the residents of Minnesota feel about this one?

"He was released on $15,000 bail earlier this year in Becker County, Minn., after being charged with molesting a 6-year-old boy. Police in Fargo had been looking for him since he failed to check in with a probation agent there in May."

So.....Minnesota released Duncan who then went on to Idaho where he stalked a little girl and her brother, murdered their family with a shotgun and hammer so that he could kidnap the children. He eventually murdered the little boy and was found in Denny's with the little girl.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,162417,00.html

The reason I ask is that I once argued with someone from Minnesota about Texas' judicial system and how it's too tough on criminals. (Her opinion) She liked Minnesota's way better.

So....when are all the states going to stop coddling these child sexual offenders???

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It seems that sex offenders repeat their crimes over and over. And one that originally was convicted of rape at gunpoint should never be let out again, IMO.

And then to be released on parole aver a 2nd charge, is ridiculous. It SHOULD be taken into account that this is a 2nd charge and bail denied.

Sorry not to have sympathy for child sex offenders, but these are sick people who society needs to be protected from, by preventing their release back into society.

Yeah. I'm waiting to see what Raytri says about it. I believe he's from Minnesota.

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"This is a time for a national imperative not to fail in Iraq." Condoleeza Rice, January 11, 2007

Maybe they did it thinking the weather would kill him.

$15K is ridiculous, he should have to put up well into six figures to even have a sniff of release.

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JMS gets another English lesson:

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there is no "mostly unique;" thats like saying "sometimes always," its an oxymoron - its either one or the other.

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By the mid-19th century unique had developed a wider meaning, “not typical, unusual,” and it is in this wider sense that it is compared. The comparison of so-called absolutes in senses that are not absolute is standard in all varieties of speech and writing.

We continue to hear of this kind of thing happening over and over again. This is the kind of important stuff our legislators should be involving themselves in: cracking down with laws on these kinds of child predators. Instead of the political crapola they engage in......let's see them do something about this. IF enough people write them, call them.....become outraged, then maybe they'll listen. Maybe they'll do something to STOP turning these evil people back out onto our streets to hurt and kill more children.

The whole story of this guy sickens me.....including those who let him go. IF I lived in Minnesota I would be outraged at the Parole Board for letting this guy back out on the streets. I think in ALL states.....including mine.....we should buy houses by each of the parole board members...AND everyone they are releasing should be made to live on their street as THEIR neighbor for a period of one year. I'll just bet they would give it a whole lot more consideration. Don't you?

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"This is a time for a national imperative not to fail in Iraq." Condoleeza Rice, January 11, 2007

The social liberals will call me a bigot but I heard that before. The only way to remove this type of filth from society is to dispose of it by recycling it the "natural" way.

All child molesters should be placed alive into the tanks of a sewage treatment plant. They will die by drowning and their bodies will join their closest relatives; bacteria. Eventually their bodies will be eaten up by their relatives, bacteria. After they are completely processed they become " natural lawn fertilizer".

I still prefer the fertilizer made by Scott's , but I like chemicals better than bacteria.

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...contact our governors and tell them to pass the Jessica Lunsford law as Florida has and I believe 3 other states. It is a mandatory 25 years for the first offense and life for the second offense. This would not allow these liberal judges any discretion of the sentencing of this slime.

This is a perfect example why we need more conservative judges. Would you let your 6 year old play in your front yard unattended? Keep electing liberal judges and your kids won't be safe locked in your own house.

The Star Tribune did a story on this aspect of the case. Registration is required, so here's the key parts of the article:

Lots of things are clear in hindsight. And I think a growing body of evidence makes it clear that sex offenders are at high risk of relapse and should be treated very carefully.

But in the end, bail and sentencing decisions are made by weighing the facts in front of you and consulting sentencing guidelines. Unless we want to remove human judgment from the mix, all we can do is make sure the guidelines are as specific as possible, and that judges have as much information at their disposal as possible.

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Here is an idea...

No bail for sex offenders...

25 years mandatory sentence for first offense.

Triple blind citizen parole board... in other words, to get parole a sex offender has to go through three sets of parole boards put together from the ranks of possible jurists.

Death for a second offense.

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this judge had a lot of info in front of him. I think what we need to do is to tighten the guidelines when it comes to sex offenders. If you are convicted and later accused of a new offense there should be bail guidelines that require the judge to jump through hoops if he/she wants to go around those guidelines. This is happening FAR too often now.

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JMS gets another English lesson:

Quote:

there is no "mostly unique;" thats like saying "sometimes always," its an oxymoron - its either one or the other.

The result:

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By the mid-19th century unique had developed a wider meaning, “not typical, unusual,” and it is in this wider sense that it is compared. The comparison of so-called absolutes in senses that are not absolute is standard in all varieties of speech and writing.