Judge finally gets probable cause convicted *** offender will re-offend

[chuckster]

Get a load of the case of Kenneth Hinson. He's the *** offender who was previously convicted in a *** crime against a 12 year old girl. He served 9 years of a 20 year sentence. Although two different review teams found Hinson would probably engage in acts of ****** violence if not confined in a secure facility for long-term care, control and treatment, Judge Edward Cottingham let him out early because, according to the Associated Press: "Judge Edward Cottingham wrote the state failed to demonstrate probable cause" that Hinson would re-offend. He moved into a trailer park next to a trailer where two 17 year old girls were staying. Then, Judge Cottingham got his probable cause a couple days ago when, according to ABC News: "Police said Hinson kidnapped the two young women from the mobile home next door where they were sleeping. Authorities said the convicted *** offender dragged them, one at a time, to a wooden underground bunker, which appeared newly built and sat underneath a shed behind his trailer." There, he ******ly assaulted them and then ran off into the woods.

Thankfully, he was just caught, but hopefully will be standing before a different judge this time.

[BarkingSquirrel]

The judge should be standing infront of a judge as well. Public endangerment, Aiding and abetting, Facilitating kidnap and rape - take your pick they all apply.

[theclash]

The girl's families could file a civil action against the judge.

Even if they lost it would be bad news for the judge's career.

[Firetxmi]

So what is your solution? What do you think a fair sentance would have been?

[BarkingSquirrel]

Serving his entire sentence instead of less than half would have been a good start. Not ignoring the warnings of multiple committees whos sole purpose is knowing these things would have been even better.

I hope the bastard judge gets sued for every ****ing penny he has and then some.

[RFSU]

It's fu<ked for sure. drug pushers get more time than peds. rest assured, the blue line does extend into the prison system and MOST of these pricks get their due. Unfortunatly they all re-offend as do the druggies and untill the gov changes it we have to make do.: Its the same all over the west (except France and Israel).

[East Scout]

I followed this story..It was enough to make you puke twice....

[Mastermind]

Make the Judge's responsible if the guy re-offends will make judges completely readjust their liberal attitudes on cases like this. If the Judge trusts the *** offender so much, he can suffer the consequinces if the guy hurts some one.

I know...that's just conservative dreaming. Then the prisons would over flow and society would be so much safer we would have to lay off cops and DEA agents...so it's not gonna happen.

[Firetxmi]

Make the Judge's responsible if the guy re-offends will make judges completely readjust their liberal attitudes on cases like this. If the Judge trusts the *** offender so much, he can suffer the consequinces if the guy hurts some one.

I know...that's just conservative dreaming.

Is that conservative thinking? I thought conservatives liked less gov. and less laws. I ask true conservatives if they think this is conservative thinking. I suspect it is not. I suspect it is YOUR thinking.

[Mastermind]

Have you ever heard of "Sarcasm"? It is where you might over exaggerate a point in order to make the point to the opposition. It also might be mixed with humor and expanded implausibly improbable visualizations. It's really kind of an old fassioned concept. But it is still used and appreciated in some of the more civilized regions of human verbal intercourse.

[Firetxmi]

Have you ever heard of "Sarcasm"? It is where you might over exaggerate a point in order to make the point to the opposition. It also might be mixed with humor and expanded implausibly improbable visualizations. It's really kind of an old fassioned concept. But it is still used and appreciated in some of the more civilized regions of human verbal intercourse.

Thank you for your condescending post. I was trying to emphasize (I won't patronize you by defining it) the fact that I don't believe that what you stated was conservative at all. As my dad has said in the last few months to me, "They (religious right/extremists) have hijacked the Republican party I used to vote for. The Repub. party is no longer conservative anymore- they are just extremists (as are the far left dems).

[Mastermind]

I must then apologise for my overt taxification toward your reply.

I must fully agree with your assessment of the current poltical conundrum the Untied States now faces. I can not, in my wildest musings, comprehend the Republican "strategery". They have stepped on the base so many times they now use them for door mats. The Democrats are astonishingly self destructive and utterly disorganized, having lost just about all of their historically dedicated loyalty to the nation. I strongly feel there is an "under-table" current to it all as if some completely covert entity is really in charge and I have not been able to ascertain his or her (if it is human ...) purpose behind the actions.

We live in very confusing times for common people. Thus the penchant many in here have for self determination and preparation for the gvt to fall apart. I certainly have lost my faith in the gvt to take care of things competently.

[Firetxmi]

I must then apologise for my overt taxification toward your reply.

I must fully agree with your assessment of the current poltical conundrum the Untied States now faces. I can not, in my wildest musings, comprehend the Republican "strategery". They have stepped on the base so many times they now use them for door mats. The Democrats are astonishingly self destructive and utterly disorganized, having lost just about all of their historically dedicated loyalty to the nation. I strongly feel there is an "under-table" current to it all as if some completely covert entity is really in charge and I have not been able to ascertain his or her (if it is human ...) purpose behind the actions.

We live in very confusing times for common people. Thus the penchant many in here have for self determination and preparation for the gvt to fall apart. I certainly have lost my faith in the gvt to take care of things competently.


It will be an interesting next couple of years to see how things pan out for sure. As they say, times are a changin'. In my opinion, neither party is doing a very good job of much lately (I'm guessing that is in agreeance with you).

My History professor believes, and I guess I can see where he is coming from, that the above dillema is largely due to voter apathy. Obviously when only the extremes vote (the people who tend to vote most often these days) and the majority of people (who I would like to believe are a little more moderate and ride the fence a little more) are apathetic and do not vote- you only get the extremes elected or nominated for each party. I guess thats my voter apathy rant- I will step off the soapbox now. :D

Oh, and thanks for the apology, I think we all get a little worked up on here ocassionally. :D

[Mastermind]

I think voter apathy is part of it. But, I also think a deliberate balancing act is being performed by the media and political elites in charge. The more balance between the electorate (look how close the last three national elections have been) the more cancellation of the electorate you have. Really, neither partie's politicians have to pay much attention to their main stream support base as long as they have this balance in effect. Look how both parties now can ignore the black vote in USA. The Democrats take the black vote for granted and the Republicans have all but given up on getting any major votes from blacks...so they are sadly ignored in all but appearances.

The fringe voters thus are the only voters recieving attention. Their meager two to five percent is all the candidates need to pull an election victory.

The other critical issue is the special interest influence with the recent campaign contributions laws devolving into an utter sell off of the interests of the nation.

[Firetxmi]

I think voter apathy is part of it. But, I also think a deliberate balancing act is being performed by the media and political elites in charge. The more balance between the electorate (look how close the last three national elections have been) the more cancellation of the electorate you have. Really, neither partie's politicians have to pay much attention to their main stream support base as long as they have this balance in effect. Look how both parties now can ignore the black vote in USA. The Democrats take the black vote for granted and the Republicans have all but given up on getting any major votes from blacks...so they are sadly ignored in all but appearances.


Very interesting. I never thought of it that way. I guess that is fairly plausable. How far reaching do you think it would have to be assuming it is deliberate? Any guess as to who is behind this, or is this the only bipartisan agreement going on right now? :D

[Mastermind]

I think it is an evolutionary event, really. There are three basic entites involved in a modern political environment; The politicians, the voters and the disseminators of communication.

One of the tactics employed by politicians in the early learning curve of modern polticis was to break the electorate down into ever smaller chunks of special interest groups. This allows politicians to promise specific results in exchange for support. For example, for the NRA, polticial resistance to gun control - for senior citizens, continued support for more SS benefits, for blacks, continued support for affirmative action legislation. Notice, these three groups exampled, do not have much common ground, so it is not likely the seniors are going to be concerned about the other two and so it is for the other groups. Thus, the politician, with help from the communicators, gets the isolated attention he needs without getting the detrimental effects from the mass electorate. This strategy worked well in the short run. But became overly complex as time went on. You can see this effect of this complexity manifesting now in the Democrat party, which is what I believe has led to their utter dissarray...they have promised so much to so many they are now caught in ever expanding conflicts and hypocrisy. The Republicans, playing catchup to the Democrats are finding themselves in the same pool. Thus Bush is not able to support border control because of his grasp for the brown vote and his inability to come to a proper energy policy because of his promises to the energy industry (which supply his poltical monetary base)...among many other conflicts.

Ultimately, the news media come to the party with one goal and that is a need to sell papers (viewership), and fulfill the majority of their writers need to satisfy a liberal bias culled from their educational process (liberal universities produce liberal citizens as graduates) lending more confusion ...the vast maority of voters are more conservative than liberal and the vast majority of news and commentary witers are liberal...notice the decline of print and television media for not serving their readers and the expanison of conservative radio media for serving it.

The end result is, the only viable political "cash" is available at the fringe. therefore, the politicians drift outward from the middle becasue the middle is fairly digested and can be ignored. This will be the case for many years to come unless some event of national importance shiftes the middle drastically, even temporarily, to the left or right as was the case with 9/11.

Anyway...that's my take on the thing.