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Tuesday, August 4, 2009
News N.C. isn't protecting us from repeat offenders
Posted By Cheris Hodges on Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 10:05 AM
Over the last month, we've seen how horribly the justice system is failing. [And now the General Assembly is about to hit us in the head with new taxes that some law maker will lie and say that money will fix things.]
First, the Gaffney serial killer, Patrick Burris, was paroled and then five people died.
Then there was Jerry Case, a convicted killer out on parole who took a family hostage.
Now, a sex offender, Duncan Bynum is facing charges of raping two young girls and taking nude pictures of them. Why in the hell was he out of jail in the first place?
He was convicted of sexual battery of a 14-year-old in 2007 and sentenced to two years of probation.
Probation for sexual battery? Didn't Michael Vick do more time for dog fighting? Of course that wasn't in North Carolina. People say crime doesn't pay, but in the great state of North Carolina, you don't pay for your crimes either. The three men in these cases should've been doing time. Why does North Carolina keep putting criminals back on the street with little to no oversight?
Especially sex offenders.
Here's what police say they found in Bynum's hair salon, where I'm sure he was surrounded by young girls at all times:
The warrant shows that police confiscated miscellaneous photographs, two DVD cases full of discs, eight CDs, two disposable cameras and a video camera from the Hair It Iz salon at 1800 Shamrock Drive. They also took marijuana, the warrant said. Bynum worked at the salon.Police say that Bynum, 39, sexually assaulted the girls there about three weeks ago after forcing them into his red Jeep at gunpoint.
Although the warrant doesn't make clear what kind of photographs were seized, it does say that Bynum took photographs of the girls, ages 14 and 17, before sexually assaulting them.
It obvious that prison doesn't reform people and in Bynum's case, he never even went to prison for abusing a girl. What's wrong with this picture? The prison and parole system in this state is a joke and until someone steps up to make what's wrong right, we're all in danger from repeat offenders.
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