Sex offender awarded custody of 3 year old

[freecell]

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/07/18...est=latestnews

How do you feel about this?

[Conley]

That's awful, sounds like they are making a mistake. The man was in his mid 30s when he impregnated the 14 year old mother of the child, and now that she's died and the child is more vulnerable than ever, he gets custody? Granted incest and pedophilia are different but I can't think this is a good move when the mother's mother could have raised the child.

[freecell]

I could not trust him around a young child. I hope for her sake everything will be ok but what is this judge thinking?

[MMC]

It does make one wonder.....what Judges are thinking in their dispostion towards Justice.

[Conley]

Only thing I can think of is there must be more to the story? Blood is blood, but sickos are sickos and you don't want to ever take a chance with a kid's life. Terrible terrible.

[Mister D]

Sometimes I guess they can't use their common sense and have to apply the law as written. Dunno... ???

[Conley]

Sometimes I guess they can't use their common sense and have to apply the law as written. Dunno... ???

That would make sense -- then they use their discretion as they are able, for example, in the Casey Anthony trial the judge sentenced her to the max he could for the charges she was found guilty of.

[Mister D]

Sometimes I guess they can't use their common sense and have to apply the law as written. Dunno... ???

That would make sense -- then they use their discretion as they are able, for example, in the Casey Anthony trial the judge sentenced her to the max he could for the charges she was found guilty of.

I'm not sure how it works but I don't imagine that these judges are that crazy. They must be bound by certain rules and obligations.

[MMC]

I dunno about that many of these judges are in their late 60's and 70's dimensia and alzheimers, plus a host of things affect seniors. How do we know he isnt thinking about his arthiritis or what size depends he has to send his wife out to buy from the store..... >

[Conley]

True, there are always crazies in every profession, judges, doctors, positions you'd think would require a certain degree of sanity, discipline, and a balanced nature...