Looks like our prosecutors need to get tough, and quit giving slaps on the wrist to repeat offenders. I hear many stories of first time offenders getting punished to the full extent of the law, while criminals like these get slapped on the wrist. Maybe it's because criminals know how to work the system better than people who have never been in trouble before.
It all comes down to the prosecuting attorneys making their track record look good, and getting the most convictions, even if that means plea baragining the original felony down to a simple misdemeanor, punishable by a small fine. Prosecutors are unwilling to take cases to trial, either because they don't want to put in the hours, or because the cost comes out of their budget... and how can they justify that big raise they are going to ask for next year if they can't stay within their budget!?
Even if our officers make an airtight case, it will usually ALWAYS get plead down to something smaller so the prosecutors can get the person into a plea agreement. Keep that in mind when you read what people were convicted for. There's no telling what they REALLY did to get arrested.
S23246G, I checked into that website you provided. I wasn't shocked as I knew this guy had a history but I had no clue how much. And that showed just what he was convicted of. We may never know about the stuff that was flushed down the toilet to get him convicted, for the things he went to prison for. This website is a good eye opener. For those that didn't go to the site, he was paroled on Jan 22nd of 07 and was in the paper for robbing this guy on Jan 27th of 07. I would say that his stint in prison really taught him something. From the website I can see he is bound to be a repeat offender. He had a history of years of violations. Who will be his next victim? Is he out on bond right now? Will he be out on bond soon? I would like to think not, but if he can get a bondsman to go the bond for him he will be free to walk among us. Kinda makes you want to look over your shoulder. Right?
Holy cow! I looked at the website, also..... this individual appears to be a career criminal.... and yet, out and about, free to roam. Does anyone else agree with me when I quote Shakespeare? ..... "First, we kill all the lawyers". It`s going to come down to a grassroots movement of being fed up with our nation of lawyers and bleeding hearts, grabbing the reins and steering a new course. The Kansas Department of Corrections is a joke. The Carr Brothers. Gary Kleypas. William Marsh. The list goes on. Rehabilitation does not work. Enforce and use the death penalty, if conviction is beyond the shadow of a doubt. Examples need to be set. Thank goodness for concealed-carry.
uniontrooper wrote: Holy cow! I looked at the website, also..... this individual appears to be a career criminal.... and yet, out and about, free to roam. Does anyone else agree with me when I quote Shakespeare? ..... "First, we kill all the lawyers". It`s going to come down to a grassroots movement of being fed up with our nation of lawyers and bleeding hearts, grabbing the reins and steering a new course. The Kansas Department of Corrections is a joke. The Carr Brothers. Gary Kleypas. William Marsh. The list goes on. Rehabilitation does not work. Enforce and use the death penalty, if conviction is beyond the shadow of a doubt. Examples need to be set. Thank goodness for concealed-carry.
Uniontrooper,
I believe the death penalty should be enforced only if there is DNA evidence placing the suspect at the scene of the crime. And stiffer penalties for those who just won't get a day job, and want to leech off of the comunity. Stiffer penalties for those who want to sell drugs, steal, and terrorize the community for a living. It is almost a sure bet at 41 years old this guy isn't going to rehabilitate. We will have to see what they do with him on this case he has been incarcerated on now. Lets try to stay on top of it and see what they do!!!!!!
And yes, lawyers are a huge problem. We need to think about the kinds of things that they get some of these criminals off for. Even though some of these crimes are not VIOLENT, it seems, just as it did with Thurber, petty crime is just a pre cursor to violent crime. And why not? If all you get is probation on petty crimes, that sets the mindset of the criminal that there will be no punishment. A rapist usually starts out as a window peeker, panty thief, stalker, ect......when they don't get caught, or even when they do, and the punishment is weak, that just reinforces that behavior. I'm with you, we need to change our course...I am tired of reading about the Carr brothers having their girlfriends...even in prison. They need to feel some of the pain they inflicted on their victims. Radar is another example......death is not good enough for him as well. Too bad they have civil rights.....they should have those taken away when they killed their first victims.
redd rover, I wasn`t saying enforce the death penalty just to be using it. I said "if conviction is beyond the shadow of a doubt" in which case irrefutable DNA evidence would certainly be one of the defining factors. The vast majority of us were brought up and raised to do the right thing and play by the rules as best we could, and people like you and I seem to be at the bottom of the food chain, if you will. It isn`t right. We pay our taxes, work a regular job and we have to see people like these get away with a slap on the wrist. I`m sure the police are as frustrated as I am, they can only present their reports to the DA.... I was robbed recently. In broad daylight. I recovered my property, but am I allowed to sit outside and wait for the next burglar with a ball bat? Nope. I go to jail for battery. I`m fed up.
Sure Trooper I can understand your fear, I can see that death row is filling up with murderers and people that have no right to breathe. And you and I are paying their rent to sit in the cell on their butts and solicite money from love lorn women that have nothing to do but send them money. This is not acceptable. I am for the death penalty too trooper, I have just watched too many innocent men get out on rape and other charges because our system fail them and the victim. I was just stating that concrete evidence is needed for sure. I think we are on the same page.
Winfield police make arrest after robbery report From STAFF REPORTS
On Jan. 27, the Winfield Police Department received a report from a Winfield man that he had been the victim of what was reported as a robbery. The man reported that he had given a black male a ride from Cads Liquor to a residence in Winfield.
The victim reported that during this time, the man asked him for money. The victim gave the suspect money and then dropped the suspect off at another house.
Winfield police officers located the suspect and interviewed him. The money that had been taken from the victim was recovered and the suspect was released.
Officers were still conducting the investigation into the matter when later in the evening the Winfield Police Department received two calls from residents in the 1200 block Stewart saying that a black male had come to their house asking for change for a $100 bill.
The descriptions that the residents gave officers matched the suspect from the earlier case. Officers began looking for the suspect.
During this time the Winfield Police Department received a call from the victim of the first case. He stated that he had been approached at Wal-Mart by the same black male and he was threatened because he had called the police. The victim reported that he gave the suspect money for fear of being harmed.
Winfield Police Department officers and officers from the Cowley County Sheriff's office conducted two search warrants and one consent search in an attempt to locate the suspect.
During the second search, warrant officers came in contact with Drenda Reed. It was known by officers that she had contact with the suspect. She was asked where the suspect was and she said she had dropped him off at a local gas station.
The suspect was located in her vehicle at the location of the second search warrant.
The suspect, Kelly Troy Anderson, was arrested for two counts of robbery, one count of intimidation of a witness and criminal trespass. He was also arrested for one count of theft of a cell phone that was recovered on his person when he was booked into the Cowley County Jail and an additional count of criminal trespass.
Anderson was out on bond awaiting sentencing on an unrelated case. He is currently in the Cowley County Jail with a bond of $30,000. Reed was arrested for one count of felony obstruction of justice.
This is another fine example of what gets turned out into the public by our flawed system. This is not the first time this has happened. Check it out!
Yep, redd rover, we`re on the same page. Too many leeches who refuse to work and end up in the slammer getting a free ride. I`m really in no mood to type on about this. Maybe later. Take care.
