Our Criminal Justice System is not perfect. You don't want to believe or feel that all offenders can't be rehabilitated. But the many allegation of other crimes that Albert Gardner committed should have peaked the interest of the judge and prosecutors. The warning of Dr. Matthew Carroll that Albert Gardner never showed any remorse and needed a longer sentence in combine with his previous crimes should have raised the hair on someone neck at his parole hearing. Because of cutbacks, jails overflowing and critical issues in policing such as the lack of keeping track of Albert Gardner when freed is a system that needs to be overhaul. How in this adversarial system of justice we live in, put the right people behind bars? Because clearly some inmates has been unjustly incarcerated. We will have to stay tune for more answers, but in the mean time our prayers goes out to the family of Chelsea King.
Although I believe that the death penalty is unnecessary in this case, the justice system has, as history has shown us, failed to adequately punish sex offenders in our country. The first incident in 2000 where Gardner molested and assaulted a 13 year-old girl, was a grievous crime that not only victimized the girl and her family but also the community at large who’s feeling of security was jeopardized. Adding further insult to injury, the courts, through desire for expediency, plead a paltry 11 year prison sentence to a 6 year tour. It was not long before Gardner, similar to others like him, was roaming the streets near schools and in our neighborhoods causing discontent and fear. The murder of Chelsea King is no surprise, we often hear blurbs on the news about repeat sex offenders and their compulsion to kill and violate. Sensational or not, there is an abstract and perverse nature to sex offenders, and I believe that they cannot be rehabilitated and reinserted into society like any drug dealer or crook. In truth, I hardly think Gardner is to blame for his actions at all, he was acting in a mind perverted and violent, a demeanor he had carried since before his first arrest. The blame here lies in the courts who, out of lack of knowledge or desire for expediency, continue to violate our country by releasing men onto the street who are still very much a danger to all of us. We see this recidivism every day, we know justice is not being done as much as lawyers and judges know these men will continue violate and murder children. Is it ignorance on their part? Or is it apathy? Perhaps our prisons are too full of “real prisoners”. The truth I will never know. If you will, pray for Chelsea King and her family, but more importantly pray for our courts who, despite their responsibility of justice, offer expediency to the damnation of us all.
Albert Gardner deserves to live every single day of his life in a cell. He didn’t just kill once, he killed, molested and raped young girls multiple of times. This is where the criminal justice system messed up and released him early from his sentence. I agree with Dr. Matthew Carroll, in which Gardner did indeed need a “stiffer” punishment. A life sentence is what Gardner deserves not just eleven years. He’s been doing these criminal acts way too long to be let free. It will not be safe for him to live in any community other than a community where he is locked behind bars. We all know prisoners HATE child molesters so maybe we will see his life come to end real soon. Watching Gardner in court, made me want to punch him. He looked down at his hand cuffs, with a pitiful expression on his face. I bet he didn’t have that expression when he was rapping, molesting or killing young, innocent girls. Chelsea King deserved to live; it’s awful how people think these days. King was loved by her family and schoolmates; she was probably a very nice girl. I think sex offenders target innocent, tired, or weak people. She was out for a run and she was probably very exhausted so Gardner took advantage of that. Sex offenders are wimps! I hope to see case end up in the death penalty. He had too many chances to change and he chose not to, so I say never let him free, or sentence him with the death penalty.
Albert Gardner III was a monster! The Criminal Justice system is truly broken to allow such an animal to be a repeated offender! He had a prior history of molesting and beating a 13 year old neighbor in 2000 and now he is accused of murdering 17 year old Chelsea King. It would seem that his actions are those of a psychopath and would fall under the category that psychologist Robert Hare explains in our book as a criminal offender that commits an heinous crime without remorse. According to the article Albert Gardner express no remorse when he had been the 13 year old neighbor. Culture fear is expressed by the anger of community by the act of someone spray painting a message on his mom’s house. Would anyone else not expect this type of response? What if it was your child, sister, niece, cousin, and best friend? May we have the King family in our prayers.
This seems to be a story that keeps repeating itself. Someone is charged with child molestation, goes to jail for it, gets out, and then commits a similar crime or often a even more serious crime. While I believe some individuals can be rehabilitated and understand what they did was wrong, many have serious deep rooted issues which compel them to commit such crimes. I am not sure which punishment would be worse, the death penalty or sitting in prison for the rest of his life. If he gets the death penalty Chelsea's family and friends may feel that justice has been served, however, I think that sitting in a cell for the rest of your life is a harsher and more deserving punishment.
Our criminal justice system is full of holes. We are imprisoning too many people for too long, our jails are too overcrowded already and the wrong people can be let out too early, and our criminal rehabilitation systems are ineffective at best. Our justice system is to focused on punishing criminals, as opposed to rehabilitating them. If more effective procedures were put in place, then the criminal population would steadily decrease to about 6% of what it is now. 95% of the funds that is spend on Corrections goes to building new prisons. The rehabilitaion aspect barely comes into consideration at all. It is of vital importance that criminals are intergrated back into society AFTER they have been taught to follow the norms of soceity. This was a classic case of how a criminal was punished for a crime, but never learned how to accept the rules and laws, and then became a repeat offender
This man has not just hurt the friends and family of the young teenage girl but he has hurt the community. I believe that the death penalty is not the right punishment for Gardener. He should be in jail for life. Our criminal justice system has yet to find a way to rehabilitate criminals. Maybe if we focused more on trying to rehabilitate the criminals we would not have the same criminals going back to jail. Even though Gardener was in jail for 5 years for sexually assaulting a young girl he still went to his old habits. This shows that the prison system did not help rehabilitate him.
The criminal justice system isn't perfect.The criminal justice system hasn't found a way to rehabilitate criminals and it probaly won't for years to come. Albert Gardner served time for five years for child molestation and he was let out. Now he will be going back for the same thing. I believe this time he should go back for life. Alot of criminals go to jail and they serve they're time and they come out. Some people believe they have learned their lesson and they wont commit those crimes anymore because they don't wont to go back. Its true they dont wont to go back, but they still commit the crimes,they just try to be more discrete. Its like a habit for these criminals to commit these crimes. Deep down they cannot break away from it.Gardner committed the same crime again and once again he has been caught. He has caused harm to a family and its entire community. I dont think Gardner could ever be rehabilitated because he will always go back to his old habits. Its a part of him.
I agree with some people that it's hard to prevent things like this, but we should definitely look into the obvious clues Gardner has given. In the video where he appeared in court he looked like he had absolutely no regrets of what he had done. I'm almost positive that he has shown this type of behavior before. The coldness about his look shows how much of a heartless person he can be. Also, I was reading that he lived near an elementary? I thought he was supposed to be a certain distance from them? Like I said before, I knoe its impossible to completely prevent these things from happening, bur not knowing of his place of residence. The criminal justice system should of shown more interest in him obeying the rules of a registered sex offender after being in prison. I'm looking forward to see what happens on March 18th. I believe he should be sentenced to life in prison without parole or any good behavior release.
It seems to me that after being locked up for one crime that a person would hopefully be rehabilitated somewhat. Even though Mr. Gardner hasn’t been convicted of this rape and murder, it seems like there is at least some suspicion of his involvement. If rehabilitation actually works the way that society says it does (the prison system) then this sort of thing, if indeed Mr. Gardener is found guilty, should not happen. The face that it has happened in the past and possibly in this case as well, would lead one to the natural conclusion that rehabilitation via the prison system does not work for everyone. Mr. Gardner obviously exhibits signs of being a psychopath in that he never showed any remorse for the killing of a 13 year old girl in 2000. The system as advertised doesn’t work, not only in this case has it failed, but in thousands of other repeat offender cases around the country. The states need to look at other options for handling these unique criminal offenders. Perhaps for some of them prison does work, but perhaps for some of them ongoing therapy would be better, and perhaps for another group, therapy and supervised work-release might be a good option, but something has to change because the current system is clearly broken.
When I read this story I was in shock to read that this man was able to be released in such a short time after attacking a 13yr especially with him not showing any remorse. I feel that if a person has no problem harming another person especially a child and does not have any remorse or feelings of wrong doing then this person more than likely will not be a candidate to try a rehabilitate. If you think about it rehabilitation starts with a person having some time of remorse for the actions that they have committed. If there is no feelings of any type of remorse or sorry for their actions then more than likely they are going to commit this type of crime or something even more heinous, as in the murder of this 17yr girl. Not only was this 17yr a victim after he was released from prison, but there was another victim as well. I know that in the “perfect” world that once a person pays their debt to society that they should be given a second chance, but I really believe that is for those that really wants a second chance and to truly leave a life of crime. I do not believe that this works with sex offenders.
The most disturbing thing about this article is that the sex offender, John Albert Gardner III lived near an elementary school and not much was done about it until a death occurred to one of the girls. There should be more emphasis on the security of families and their children than having a sex offender live near their neighborhood. According to the article, Gardner has molested and even intended rape on other girls as well. In 2000, he molested a 13 year old girl and got 5 years of jail time. However, I'm guessing he returned to the neighborhood like nothing at all. I believe he should of lived somewhere else because living close to an elementary school is not safe and could of prevented the death of 17-year-old Chelsea King. The Criminal Justice system could of been more useful in creating a more secure environment for the neighborhood. However, I do believe the sex offender deserves a punishment because he committed rape and murder.
America.!...!. What is going on here, what is wrong with this case.?..?. From the start, this case is a great example to SHOW that our Criminal Justice system sucks donkey butt.!..!. Literally! I stronly believe that this case would so not have occured if John Albert Gardener III was locked up way longer for all his other cases of raping and assaulting other young girls. He was given the chance to change up his fricken act and he chose not to do so. Why them did the system ONLY keep him in for 11 years.?..?. It's even worse to know that John Albert III lived next to an ELEMENTARY school. WTF.?..?. why would a sex offender be able to live next to an elementary school.?..?. They system should have kept him out far from schools in the first place.!..!. This innocent 17 yr old might not have been dead if the system would have done way better in sentencing Albert with all his other crimes committed before he performed THIS crime.
I agree with everyone that says that our criminal justice system is literally broken, especially in Texas (our textbook mentions). This story mentions that Gardner was arrested because of a single piece of evidence that connected him to the crime. My question is, what was this evidence? Why not provide the public with this piece of information if they do believe he is guilty? Yes he is a convicted sex offender but does that mean that every murder that involves a rape should be linked to this man who happens to live in that area where the crime was done? DNA samples taken from her elbow do not have Gardner’s DNA. But what about vaginal swabs? How come they do not prove evidence that way? If they would show that then it would not be mistaken that Gardner did the actual crime. To me it seems that there is no true evidence that he commited the crime. People are just basing themselves with facts from his past. It might be that I understood the story wrong but please correct me if I am wrong.
Where did our criminal justice system go wrong? First of all, Gardner should have never been allowed back into the community so soon. There should have been more evaluations and test done, before he (Gardner)was allowed to be part of the community. Not only that, but there should have been more things to follow up with him once he was released from prison. Gardner should have spent more time under supervision once he was released from prison. Then, Gardner was even able to go back to his neighborhood where there was a school right down the street. Since the psychiatrist didn't see it fit for Gardner to return to civilization, then the system should have found other alternatives for Gardner. How can we, the people, trust our legal system, when we feel it does nothing to protect us from those whom we need protection from?
This is why I think that in some cases there should be no rehabilitation and there should have been something more done. I think that some crimes could benefit from rehabilitation and others should be locked away for 6 years and then but to death. I say six years because first he needs to do some time to give the opportunity for the wrongly convicted to be rescued and then be done away with. The other thing we could do is make them serve the community by doing manual labor that would help cut the cost of taking care of them, under close armed guards of course. I do want to know about the blood found on her elbow. This does not mean though that he is not the man.
There is one thing I never seem to understand when it comes to sex offenders and that is they don’t ever seem to be able to rehabilitate. Why does the justice system feel that after many years with false attempts of rehabilitation that this one guy or any other person will become rehabilitated through our system? At one time men would ask to be castrated, in hopes that he would not sexually offend another person. What they found was that this person would still commit acts of sexual deviance. This crime is not a crime that one day you wake up and realize that you did wrong and decide to do the right thing. This individual has mental issues that need to be found and dealt with. This may seem harsh, but I think that once a person is a sexual offender then they will be that way for ever, unless our justice system develops a rehabilitation system that works with the person for many years, and they seek assistance with rehabilitation once they are released. I find it sad when a offender takes an innocent life and never thinks of the ripple affect it has on the family, friends, and the community.
Ummm…..interesting, and sad to think that people like Gardner are out there….. Everywhere, and most are never caught. Although I do not think (personally) that sex offenders can be rehabilitated, I am not quite sure if this case calls for the death penalty. On the other hand I think that Albert Gardner should NEVER be able to see or be around children, and on top of that should have to spend every waking moment in a cell behind bars where he can never hurt, kill, or molest anyone else again. To see that a man who lures a 13 year old in to watch Patch Adams, then molesting and beating her….to then learn that he only served the 5 out of 6 years that were URGED by prosecution, ISN’T Right! The sorrow and memories that that little girl has after the molestation will stay with her way longer than the 5 years that Gardner served. Who knows how many people Albert Gardner hurt or effected with his sexual acts or bodily injury.
Sadly, this crime is just one of the many crimes that happen more then we can count in every state every day. Just reading this took away my insecurity about going running at a park. Articles/news are suppose to warn and give info to society about what’s going on in their neighborhood but it does create fear to the public which in a way makes criminals more powerful. In this case I believe the death penalty may be too much and is an easy way out for him, but a lifetime in prison with no bond or probation is well deserved by Gardner. If he didn't learn from his first crime of molesting a 13 yr old child (which is almost like murder to a little kids innocence), what makes people think that now he will change. No rehabilitation can help this sick man now. He was given his second chance after his first crime to be free into society without even serving his whole sentence. Now he’s taken a life of a teenager that had an aspiring future that will not happen and caused grief and distraught to her loving family and friends that misses her all because of Gardner. I agree he is a "danger to all underage girls" and believes he should be taken out of society and put behind bars where his every move can be watched. From what I remember it is more expensive to put an inmate to death rather than in jail. Also it is also more expensive for rehabilitation then jail. So why spend taxpayer’s money on someone who cannot be helped. We should use that money toward s inmates whom are locked up because of fewer offenses like drugs or burglary, not murderers. This is cruel, but let the other inmates take care of Gardner in prison so he could feel the same fear of the ones he hurt and killed.
I totally agree with everyone about our justice system, it is all screwed up. I would really like to know why police didn’t say what evidence was found against Garner, I honestly believe they really don’t know what evidence they have against him, but have him as a major suspect because he lives in the same neighborhood as Chelsea did. Yes Garner has a background of molestation, and because of that he shouldn’t have been living by a school, the little knowledge I have of molesters is that when they get out of jail and move back home they are required to have a sign on their window showing the public that a child molester or a molester of some type lives in that home, so I ask myself if a judge gave him any kind of restrictions because of his background. And you guys are right it is impossible to prevent crimes like these, because of course we’re no zero tolerance country.
Well! Once again we come across a case sensitive event that affect everyone. I am a father and I find it very difficult to accept and give someone a second chance that have rape my daughter. As I read this article, it bother me emotionally to know that there was statements about this individual behavior that should not have been overlook. No sign of remorse from a previous case and yet he was allowed to freely go about his way in the public. We must take a more sincere approach concerning the where about of these individuals in our neighborhood and communities. As a father and parent these forms of cases goes to the heart because our daughters faces so many obstacles in life trying to be independent on their own. But it only take a moment and they live came be change in an instance from emotional scars to that of death. I send a pray out to these families but if I had to make a decision to choose the death penalty, it will be in the best interest of the family of the victim that I will cast my vote toward. Sex Offenders way of priviledges have hit a new level of awareness and everyone should be informed of their location, type of crime committed, and jurisdiction limitations, and job location.
This is why I'm an anti-pedophile activist. I think pedophiles and rapists are at times given too much leniency by the courts. They are put on probation when they should be rehabilitated. Beyond that, I am not a father, but I relate to this. I have several friends who are like sisters at this university. I would never tolerate any remorseless thug hurting any of my sister-figures. Or brother-figures for that matter. As to this grotesque matter, sex offenders are often compared to sociopaths because rehabilitation, therapy, and harsh prison don't do anything for them. A sex offender who is not mentally ill like a pedo might be able to redeem himself. But many are remorseless. They may not have antisocial personalities/sociopaths, but for some reason it doesn't seem like they can be "cured." Does this mean that there is a determinism to some humans? As if some humans can have free will, but others cannot? Well, look at the animal kingdom. Most animals are mentally healthy by their own species standards, but they have their own psychos in each herd. The good parents and leaders keep the bad animals away. We try to do the same thing with our criminal jsutice system. Often the CRJ system fails and sex offenders strike again. We need to be cautious as possible. Sex offenders can mess up children's lives by abusing them, either through rape or molestation. Innocence is precious, and we should protect it from parasitic and dangerous offenders. If we can't reform or help the offenders learn how to live within the norms of society, that is their tragedy. The worst people are those who enjoy destroying innocence. I have no sympathy for those people. I mean, I'm against the death penalty, but I will not protest at all if we execute someone who loves nothing else than to destroy innocence.
To me it sounds like investigators do not have enough information to go on to give Gardner the death penalty. It is amazing to me that if found guilty, this will be the third or forth time that Gardner would have either committed or attempted to commit this crime with 3 or 4 victims. What does it take to rehabilitate him? We know jail has not worked. He has spoken to a psychologist. If found guilty should he be put to death or not? Many would say no and even as a firm believer in the death penalty I would have to say no as well. I do not believe more jail time or "locking him up and throwing away the key" would be beneficial to Gardner. I believe he needs severe psychological rehabilitation. It is situations like this that are very hard to deal with. Who's to say what the right answer is?
First of all, we take sex offenders to lightly. If it's hard for a drug addict to be rehabilitated, then why don't our justice think it's just as hard for a molester. I put the blame on our criminal justice system, because Gardner had already had previous run ins that involved molesting and battering young women on more than one occassion, so it was very clear that he had a problem that needed psychological attention from professional. I truly feel that Gardner should be admitted into a mental health facility to deal with his problem and there is truly a problem at hand.
I see this horrible situation happen over and over again, given that the criminal has had offenses before related to the crime. Our criminal justice system is broken to where we let the same crimes occur when they could’ve had the chance to be stopped. When someone commits a crime of molestation and seem not to be bothered by it, it should ring a bell to people that this person brings harm to our society and should not be allowed to roam our streets. This man deserves to sit his life in prison and not just take the easy way out. He has caused tremendous hurt and suffers to the Kings and so should he.
C.Meeke After reading this article I became aggravated with the criminal justice system. If the function of criminal law serves a legal function then in his case the justice system failed to teach Gardner any morality. He clearly committed intentional evil acts of crime against society and somehow slipped through the system the first time. I would say that Gardner has self control behavior issues. He was very impulsiveness by only seeking self gratification. His aggressive behavior could be linked to his structure of personality theory related to Freud. My problem is he molester of a 13 year child and took away their innocence. He was not indentified and labeled harmful to society under substantive law. The court system seem justified to partipacate in a plea deal. Does this article not give all the information about this case? It is truly unfortunate that he decided to murder his next victim who was only 17. What is disturbing is you had a psychiatrist interview Gardner and believed him to be a threat to society. A stiffer sentence was his recommendation in 2000. It is hard to comprehend how a child molester would have his prison time reduced and then be allowed to walk free and commit another evil act against an individual. In regarding Gardner the criminal justice system was broken.
I don't see how a sex offender is able to commit more than one sex crime. I mean his first offense was a thirteen year old girl and it said he only like five to six years. Why do they get off that easy? Your talking about a little girl who obviously can't defend herself next to a grown man, it just amazes me how he got off so fast. If he had just been locked up then he would have never been able to hurt his next victim. His evil acts some how got set free again and now a family has to deal with loosing their daughter. I think its jus so disturbing that a human being could hurt or do something so horrible to young kids like that. In my opinion I feel that they should get the death penalty, no questuions asked.
Tiffany I agree with you 100%. If that was my daughter I couldnt live knowing the the ANIMAL that did that horriable thing to my baby was walking the streets a free men! I dont blame those people who take matters on to their own hands. Taking away a little kids innocence is just as bad as murder. Why are we letting these people off so easy?
I worked for a Federal Deff atty for about 2 yrs and I have seen people be put away in Federal Prisons for 40-life for drugs and white collar crimes. Shouldnt we do the same for child molesters and rapest!?? I think they should get the AUTOMATIC DEATH PENALTY with no appeals! Some kids who are molested at a young age grow up having soooo many issues with society. Its hard to believe that people like this can ever be rehabiliated. It should happen, but what are the odds that someone soooo sick can do so.
I totally understand how many people may want to lock this man up for a million years but it’s been proven more than once that a sentence given that proceeds over 2 years is pointless. So the question at hand is do we just go ahead and put him in jail for life, give him just 2 years (which obviously wouldn’t be near long enough for the amount of crimes that he has committed nor the extent of effect his actions have had on the community of the people), do we give him 2 years in prison then put him on death row, or do we throw the option of prison out of the window all together and just prosecute. Death row maybe better on his part anyway, seeing that the prisoners already in jail go after the sex offenders and rapers that come in as their first targets of prison crime. But the cost of a prisoner being put on death row ends up costing us tax payers too much money, so why not just put him in jail for longer than 2 years? We would be saving a lot of money if we just let the criminals in jail take him out. By the end of the day, they would be doing us a favor. (lol)
Gardner is a sick SICKKK man. The ability for someone to feel the need to overpower innocent women and children makes me sick. The want to take advantage of them sexually, physically, and emotionally is purely discussing.
Why did it take a young woman finally being killed for him to be tried for harsher punishment? The fact that in December he was accused but never seen guilty of attacking a woman while in the park is beyond me. This being after he was already convicted of child molestation, this article states that there was linking evidence therefore what was missing or went wrong?? (Especially with his previous record) How is it that this community was not aware of the dangers of this man? Why is it that the psychiatrist who interviewed Gardner before stating that he was a "continued danger to under age girls in the community" not take more seriously? This article has left me with so many unanswerable questions....
It is very surreal how many people are able to get away with countless numbers of crimes but not until something major (death) occurs it is taken more seriously. As a somewhat irrelevant example child abuse. Greg always uses the illustration of an officer persistently needing to be called to a residence were child abuse occurs. Nothing is done, nothing is done, until finally the child is beaten to death. Is this just another fluke in the criminal justice system or is it the fact that certain laws are preventing initial action to be taken when needed
What was this guy doing out on the streets? Our justice system is sadly lacking when a predator such as Gardener is running loose. The results are never good. The judge and everyone involved with letting him go after he molested the 13 year old child should be held accountable. She can’t get back her innocence and now Chelsea can’t get back her life. A super max system lock up should do it for him. Gangs don’t like molesters. No death penalty so he can appeal for years. Twenty years in a prison, he won’t make it. This is a consequence of his own choosing a result of a willful choice to harm another innocent human. The lifestyle theory explains why some people are more likely to become victims than others. There is a greater safety net when two are more go out into public. It is a sad fact that we have to always watch our backs.
There really isn't anything the Criminal Justice system can do to prevent these things. As I see it, it just keeps happening over and over again. From what i see, the only thing that can minimize these crimes is what the victim can do on her behalf. Don't go alone in some places. Run with a buddy. Don't put yourself in situations that will likely to get you raped/kidnapped. Etc.
The psychiatrist, in his first case, argued for a longer sentence!!! Why was this man free?? He should have been locked up a long time ago and never released. Disgusting people like him should have no rights or freedom. To take away the innocene of a child, to rape and to commit murder, I mean, come on can someone put him in a cell with another convict and let what happens, happen. I don’t care if I sound offensive, this man deserves nothing less than all the torture he inflicted upon his victims. He should have been castrated years ago! It has been proven that sex offenders can not be rehabilitate therefore he should have NEVER been released from the first sentence. This is where the CRJ system angers me. He should have never been released. I don’t care about the over crowding because of him being released, more lives were taken away and more families were torn apart. This animal should be treated like one.
I don't understand what goes through the minds of our courts allowing a man who pleaded guilty to killing an innocent young girl to be let outbid jail after a few years thinking he wouldn't do anything like that again? But, the weird thing is he tries to commit the exact same thing again! I don't think that molesters and murderers should be let off the hook so easily. As the King family suffers for the lost of one of their loved ones, this man who took her away from them is let out of prison and tries it once more. I agree that the jails are filled with too many people and the jails are allowing the wrong ones to be let out and be back into the world without hardly enough time for the crime they commited. We need to fix our court and jail systems and the way they think.
The victim’s death is on the State of California for neglecting to take the proper steps in protecting its citizens from scum like Gardner. This sex-offender needed to receive extensive treatment and should have been monitored closely by his probation officer.
Our Criminal Justice System is not perfect. You don't want to believe or feel that all offenders can't be rehabilitated. But the many allegation of other crimes that Albert Gardner committed should have peaked the interest of the judge and prosecutors. The warning of Dr. Matthew Carroll that Albert Gardner never showed any remorse and needed a longer sentence in combine with his previous crimes should have raised the hair on someone neck at his parole hearing. Because of cutbacks, jails overflowing and critical issues in policing such as the lack of keeping track of Albert Gardner when freed is a system that needs to be overhaul. How in this adversarial system of justice we live in, put the right people behind bars? Because clearly some inmates has been unjustly incarcerated. We will have to stay tune for more answers, but in the mean time our prayers goes out to the family of Chelsea King.
ReplyDeleteAlthough I believe that the death penalty is unnecessary in this case, the justice system has, as history has shown us, failed to adequately punish sex offenders in our country. The first incident in 2000 where Gardner molested and assaulted a 13 year-old girl, was a grievous crime that not only victimized the girl and her family but also the community at large who’s feeling of security was jeopardized. Adding further insult to injury, the courts, through desire for expediency, plead a paltry 11 year prison sentence to a 6 year tour. It was not long before Gardner, similar to others like him, was roaming the streets near schools and in our neighborhoods causing discontent and fear. The murder of Chelsea King is no surprise, we often hear blurbs on the news about repeat sex offenders and their compulsion to kill and violate. Sensational or not, there is an abstract and perverse nature to sex offenders, and I believe that they cannot be rehabilitated and reinserted into society like any drug dealer or crook. In truth, I hardly think Gardner is to blame for his actions at all, he was acting in a mind perverted and violent, a demeanor he had carried since before his first arrest. The blame here lies in the courts who, out of lack of knowledge or desire for expediency, continue to violate our country by releasing men onto the street who are still very much a danger to all of us. We see this recidivism every day, we know justice is not being done as much as lawyers and judges know these men will continue violate and murder children. Is it ignorance on their part? Or is it apathy? Perhaps our prisons are too full of “real prisoners”. The truth I will never know. If you will, pray for Chelsea King and her family, but more importantly pray for our courts who, despite their responsibility of justice, offer expediency to the damnation of us all.
ReplyDeleteAlbert Gardner deserves to live every single day of his life in a cell. He didn’t just kill once, he killed, molested and raped young girls multiple of times. This is where the criminal justice system messed up and released him early from his sentence. I agree with Dr. Matthew Carroll, in which Gardner did indeed need a “stiffer” punishment. A life sentence is what Gardner deserves not just eleven years. He’s been doing these criminal acts way too long to be let free. It will not be safe for him to live in any community other than a community where he is locked behind bars. We all know prisoners HATE child molesters so maybe we will see his life come to end real soon. Watching Gardner in court, made me want to punch him. He looked down at his hand cuffs, with a pitiful expression on his face. I bet he didn’t have that expression when he was rapping, molesting or killing young, innocent girls. Chelsea King deserved to live; it’s awful how people think these days. King was loved by her family and schoolmates; she was probably a very nice girl. I think sex offenders target innocent, tired, or weak people. She was out for a run and she was probably very exhausted so Gardner took advantage of that. Sex offenders are wimps! I hope to see case end up in the death penalty. He had too many chances to change and he chose not to, so I say never let him free, or sentence him with the death penalty.
ReplyDeleteAlbert Gardner III was a monster! The Criminal Justice system is truly broken to allow such an animal to be a repeated offender! He had a prior history of molesting and beating a 13 year old neighbor in 2000 and now he is accused of murdering 17 year old Chelsea King. It would seem that his actions are those of a psychopath and would fall under the category that psychologist Robert Hare explains in our book as a criminal offender that commits an heinous crime without remorse. According to the article Albert Gardner express no remorse when he had been the 13 year old neighbor. Culture fear is expressed by the anger of community by the act of someone spray painting a message on his mom’s house. Would anyone else not expect this type of response? What if it was your child, sister, niece, cousin, and best friend? May we have the King family in our prayers.
ReplyDeleteThis seems to be a story that keeps repeating itself. Someone is charged with child molestation, goes to jail for it, gets out, and then commits a similar crime or often a even more serious crime. While I believe some individuals can be rehabilitated and understand what they did was wrong, many have serious deep rooted issues which compel them to commit such crimes. I am not sure which punishment would be worse, the death penalty or sitting in prison for the rest of his life. If he gets the death penalty Chelsea's family and friends may feel that justice has been served, however, I think that sitting in a cell for the rest of your life is a harsher and more deserving punishment.
ReplyDeleteOur criminal justice system is full of holes. We are imprisoning too many people for too long, our jails are too overcrowded already and the wrong people can be let out too early, and our criminal rehabilitation systems are ineffective at best. Our justice system is to focused on punishing criminals, as opposed to rehabilitating them. If more effective procedures were put in place, then the criminal population would steadily decrease to about 6% of what it is now. 95% of the funds that is spend on Corrections goes to building new prisons. The rehabilitaion aspect barely comes into consideration at all. It is of vital importance that criminals are intergrated back into society AFTER they have been taught to follow the norms of soceity. This was a classic case of how a criminal was punished for a crime, but never learned how to accept the rules and laws, and then became a repeat offender
ReplyDeleteThis man has not just hurt the friends and family of the young teenage girl but he has hurt the community. I believe that the death penalty is not the right punishment for Gardener. He should be in jail for life. Our criminal justice system has yet to find a way to rehabilitate criminals. Maybe if we focused more on trying to rehabilitate the criminals we would not have the same criminals going back to jail. Even though Gardener was in jail for 5 years for sexually assaulting a young girl he still went to his old habits. This shows that the prison system did not help rehabilitate him.
ReplyDeleteThe criminal justice system isn't perfect.The criminal justice system hasn't found a way to rehabilitate criminals and it probaly won't for years to come. Albert Gardner served time for five years for child molestation and he was let out. Now he will be going back for the same thing. I believe this time he should go back for life. Alot of criminals go to jail and they serve they're time and they come out. Some people believe they have learned their lesson and they wont commit those crimes anymore because they don't wont to go back. Its true they dont wont to go back, but they still commit the crimes,they just try to be more discrete. Its like a habit for these criminals to commit these crimes. Deep down they cannot break away from it.Gardner committed the same crime again and once again he has been caught. He has caused harm to a family and its entire community. I dont think Gardner could ever be rehabilitated because he will always go back to his old habits. Its a part of him.
ReplyDeleteI agree with some people that it's hard to prevent things like this, but we should definitely look into the obvious clues Gardner has given. In the video where he appeared in court he looked like he had absolutely no regrets of what he had done. I'm almost positive that he has shown this type of behavior before. The coldness about his look shows how much of a heartless person he can be. Also, I was reading that he lived near an elementary? I thought he was supposed to be a certain distance from them? Like I said before, I knoe its impossible to completely prevent these things from happening, bur not knowing of his place of residence. The criminal justice system should of shown more interest in him obeying the rules of a registered sex offender after being in prison. I'm looking forward to see what happens on March 18th. I believe he should be sentenced to life in prison without parole or any good behavior release.
ReplyDeleteIt seems to me that after being locked up for one crime that a person would hopefully be rehabilitated somewhat. Even though Mr. Gardner hasn’t been convicted of this rape and murder, it seems like there is at least some suspicion of his involvement. If rehabilitation actually works the way that society says it does (the prison system) then this sort of thing, if indeed Mr. Gardener is found guilty, should not happen. The face that it has happened in the past and possibly in this case as well, would lead one to the natural conclusion that rehabilitation via the prison system does not work for everyone. Mr. Gardner obviously exhibits signs of being a psychopath in that he never showed any remorse for the killing of a 13 year old girl in 2000. The system as advertised doesn’t work, not only in this case has it failed, but in thousands of other repeat offender cases around the country. The states need to look at other options for handling these unique criminal offenders. Perhaps for some of them prison does work, but perhaps for some of them ongoing therapy would be better, and perhaps for another group, therapy and supervised work-release might be a good option, but something has to change because the current system is clearly broken.
ReplyDeleteWhen I read this story I was in shock to read that this man was able to be released in such a short time after attacking a 13yr especially with him not showing any remorse. I feel that if a person has no problem harming another person especially a child and does not have any remorse or feelings of wrong doing then this person more than likely will not be a candidate to try a rehabilitate. If you think about it rehabilitation starts with a person having some time of remorse for the actions that they have committed. If there is no feelings of any type of remorse or sorry for their actions then more than likely they are going to commit this type of crime or something even more heinous, as in the murder of this 17yr girl. Not only was this 17yr a victim after he was released from prison, but there was another victim as well. I know that in the “perfect” world that once a person pays their debt to society that they should be given a second chance, but I really believe that is for those that really wants a second chance and to truly leave a life of crime. I do not believe that this works with sex offenders.
ReplyDeleteThe most disturbing thing about this article is that the sex offender, John Albert Gardner III lived near an elementary school and not much was done about it until a death occurred to one of the girls. There should be more emphasis on the security of families and their children than having a sex offender live near their neighborhood. According to the article, Gardner has molested and even intended rape on other girls as well. In 2000, he molested a 13 year old girl and got 5 years of jail time. However, I'm guessing he returned to the neighborhood like nothing at all. I believe he should of lived somewhere else because living close to an elementary school is not safe and could of prevented the death of 17-year-old Chelsea King. The Criminal Justice system could of been more useful in creating a more secure environment for the neighborhood. However, I do believe the sex offender deserves a punishment because he committed rape and murder.
ReplyDeleteAmerica.!...!. What is going on here, what is wrong with this case.?..?. From the start, this case is a great example to SHOW that our Criminal Justice system sucks donkey butt.!..!. Literally! I stronly believe that this case would so not have occured if John Albert Gardener III was locked up way longer for all his other cases of raping and assaulting other young girls. He was given the chance to change up his fricken act and he chose not to do so. Why them did the system ONLY keep him in for 11 years.?..?.
ReplyDeleteIt's even worse to know that John Albert III lived next to an ELEMENTARY school. WTF.?..?. why would a sex offender be able to live next to an elementary school.?..?. They system should have kept him out far from schools in the first place.!..!. This innocent 17 yr old might not have been dead if the system would have done way better in sentencing Albert with all his other crimes committed before he performed THIS crime.
I agree with everyone that says that our criminal justice system is literally broken, especially in Texas (our textbook mentions). This story mentions that Gardner was arrested because of a single piece of evidence that connected him to the crime. My question is, what was this evidence? Why not provide the public with this piece of information if they do believe he is guilty? Yes he is a convicted sex offender but does that mean that every murder that involves a rape should be linked to this man who happens to live in that area where the crime was done? DNA samples taken from her elbow do not have Gardner’s DNA. But what about vaginal swabs? How come they do not prove evidence that way? If they would show that then it would not be mistaken that Gardner did the actual crime. To me it seems that there is no true evidence that he commited the crime. People are just basing themselves with facts from his past. It might be that I understood the story wrong but please correct me if I am wrong.
ReplyDeleteWhere did our criminal justice system go wrong? First of all, Gardner should have never been allowed back into the community so soon. There should have been more evaluations and test done, before he (Gardner)was allowed to be part of the community. Not only that, but there should have been more things to follow up with him once he was released from prison. Gardner should have spent more time under supervision once he was released from prison. Then, Gardner was even able to go back to his neighborhood where there was a school right down the street. Since the psychiatrist didn't see it fit for Gardner to return to civilization, then the system should have found other alternatives for Gardner. How can we, the people, trust our legal system, when we feel it does nothing to protect us from those whom we need protection from?
ReplyDeleteThis is why I think that in some cases there should be no rehabilitation and there should have been something more done. I think that some crimes could benefit from rehabilitation and others should be locked away for 6 years and then but to death. I say six years because first he needs to do some time to give the opportunity for the wrongly convicted to be rescued and then be done away with. The other thing we could do is make them serve the community by doing manual labor that would help cut the cost of taking care of them, under close armed guards of course. I do want to know about the blood found on her elbow. This does not mean though that he is not the man.
ReplyDeleteThere is one thing I never seem to understand when it comes to sex offenders and that is they don’t ever seem to be able to rehabilitate. Why does the justice system feel that after many years with false attempts of rehabilitation that this one guy or any other person will become rehabilitated through our system? At one time men would ask to be castrated, in hopes that he would not sexually offend another person. What they found was that this person would still commit acts of sexual deviance. This crime is not a crime that one day you wake up and realize that you did wrong and decide to do the right thing. This individual has mental issues that need to be found and dealt with. This may seem harsh, but I think that once a person is a sexual offender then they will be that way for ever, unless our justice system develops a rehabilitation system that works with the person for many years, and they seek assistance with rehabilitation once they are released. I find it sad when a offender takes an innocent life and never thinks of the ripple affect it has on the family, friends, and the community.
ReplyDeleteUmmm…..interesting, and sad to think that people like Gardner are out there….. Everywhere, and most are never caught. Although I do not think (personally) that sex offenders can be rehabilitated, I am not quite sure if this case calls for the death penalty. On the other hand I think that Albert Gardner should NEVER be able to see or be around children, and on top of that should have to spend every waking moment in a cell behind bars where he can never hurt, kill, or molest anyone else again.
ReplyDeleteTo see that a man who lures a 13 year old in to watch Patch Adams, then molesting and beating her….to then learn that he only served the 5 out of 6 years that were URGED by prosecution, ISN’T Right! The sorrow and memories that that little girl has after the molestation will stay with her way longer than the 5 years that Gardner served. Who knows how many people Albert Gardner hurt or effected with his sexual acts or bodily injury.
Sadly, this crime is just one of the many crimes that happen more then we can count in every state every day. Just reading this took away my insecurity about going running at a park. Articles/news are suppose to warn and give info to society about what’s going on in their neighborhood but it does create fear to the public which in a way makes criminals more powerful. In this case I believe the death penalty may be too much and is an easy way out for him, but a lifetime in prison with no bond or probation is well deserved by Gardner. If he didn't learn from his first crime of molesting a 13 yr old child (which is almost like murder to a little kids innocence), what makes people think that now he will change. No rehabilitation can help this sick man now. He was given his second chance after his first crime to be free into society without even serving his whole sentence. Now he’s taken a life of a teenager that had an aspiring future that will not happen and caused grief and distraught to her loving family and friends that misses her all because of Gardner. I agree he is a "danger to all underage girls" and believes he should be taken out of society and put behind bars where his every move can be watched. From what I remember it is more expensive to put an inmate to death rather than in jail. Also it is also more expensive for rehabilitation then jail. So why spend taxpayer’s money on someone who cannot be helped. We should use that money toward s inmates whom are locked up because of fewer offenses like drugs or burglary, not murderers. This is cruel, but let the other inmates take care of Gardner in prison so he could feel the same fear of the ones he hurt and killed.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with everyone about our justice system, it is all screwed up. I would really like to know why police didn’t say what evidence was found against Garner, I honestly believe they really don’t know what evidence they have against him, but have him as a major suspect because he lives in the same neighborhood as Chelsea did. Yes Garner has a background of molestation, and because of that he shouldn’t have been living by a school, the little knowledge I have of molesters is that when they get out of jail and move back home they are required to have a sign on their window showing the public that a child molester or a molester of some type lives in that home, so I ask myself if a judge gave him any kind of restrictions because of his background. And you guys are right it is impossible to prevent crimes like these, because of course we’re no zero tolerance country.
ReplyDeleteWell! Once again we come across a case sensitive event that affect everyone. I am a father and I find it very difficult to accept and give someone a second chance that have rape my daughter. As I read this article, it bother me emotionally to know that there was statements about this individual behavior that should not have been overlook. No sign of remorse from a previous case and yet he was allowed to freely go about his way in the public. We must take a more sincere approach concerning the where about of these individuals in our neighborhood and communities. As a father and parent these forms of cases goes to the heart because our daughters faces so many obstacles in life trying to be independent on their own. But it only take a moment and they live came be change in an instance from emotional scars to that of death. I send a pray out to these families but if I had to make a decision to choose the death penalty, it will be in the best interest of the family of the victim that I will cast my vote toward. Sex Offenders way of priviledges have hit a new level of awareness and everyone should be informed of their location, type of crime committed, and jurisdiction limitations, and job location.
ReplyDeleteThis is why I'm an anti-pedophile activist. I think pedophiles and rapists are at times given too much leniency by the courts. They are put on probation when they should be rehabilitated. Beyond that, I am not a father, but I relate to this. I have several friends who are like sisters at this university. I would never tolerate any remorseless thug hurting any of my sister-figures. Or brother-figures for that matter. As to this grotesque matter, sex offenders are often compared to sociopaths because rehabilitation, therapy, and harsh prison don't do anything for them. A sex offender who is not mentally ill like a pedo might be able to redeem himself. But many are remorseless. They may not have antisocial personalities/sociopaths, but for some reason it doesn't seem like they can be "cured." Does this mean that there is a determinism to some humans? As if some humans can have free will, but others cannot? Well, look at the animal kingdom. Most animals are mentally healthy by their own species standards, but they have their own psychos in each herd. The good parents and leaders keep the bad animals away. We try to do the same thing with our criminal jsutice system. Often the CRJ system fails and sex offenders strike again. We need to be cautious as possible. Sex offenders can mess up children's lives by abusing them, either through rape or molestation. Innocence is precious, and we should protect it from parasitic and dangerous offenders. If we can't reform or help the offenders learn how to live within the norms of society, that is their tragedy. The worst people are those who enjoy destroying innocence. I have no sympathy for those people. I mean, I'm against the death penalty, but I will not protest at all if we execute someone who loves nothing else than to destroy innocence.
ReplyDeleteTo me it sounds like investigators do not have enough information to go on to give Gardner the death penalty. It is amazing to me that if found guilty, this will be the third or forth time that Gardner would have either committed or attempted to commit this crime with 3 or 4 victims. What does it take to rehabilitate him? We know jail has not worked. He has spoken to a psychologist. If found guilty should he be put to death or not? Many would say no and even as a firm believer in the death penalty I would have to say no as well. I do not believe more jail time or "locking him up and throwing away the key" would be beneficial to Gardner. I believe he needs severe psychological rehabilitation. It is situations like this that are very hard to deal with. Who's to say what the right answer is?
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, we take sex offenders to lightly. If it's hard for a drug addict to be rehabilitated, then why don't our justice think it's just as hard for a molester. I put the blame on our criminal justice system, because Gardner had already had previous run ins that involved molesting and battering young women on more than one occassion, so it was very clear that he had a problem that needed psychological attention from professional. I truly feel that Gardner should be admitted into a mental health facility to deal with his problem and there is truly a problem at hand.
ReplyDeleteI see this horrible situation happen over and over again, given that the criminal has had offenses before related to the crime. Our criminal justice system is broken to where we let the same crimes occur when they could’ve had the chance to be stopped. When someone commits a crime of molestation and seem not to be bothered by it, it should ring a bell to people that this person brings harm to our society and should not be allowed to roam our streets. This man deserves to sit his life in prison and not just take the easy way out. He has caused tremendous hurt and suffers to the Kings and so should he.
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ReplyDeleteAfter reading this article I became aggravated with the criminal justice system. If the function of criminal law serves a legal function then in his case the justice system failed to teach Gardner any morality. He clearly committed intentional evil acts of crime against society and somehow slipped through the system the first time. I would say that Gardner has self control behavior issues. He was very impulsiveness by only seeking self gratification. His aggressive behavior could be linked to his structure of personality theory related to Freud. My problem is he molester of a 13 year child and took away their innocence. He was not indentified and labeled harmful to society under substantive law. The court system seem justified to partipacate in a plea deal. Does this article not give all the information about this case? It is truly unfortunate that he decided to murder his next victim who was only 17. What is disturbing is you had a psychiatrist interview Gardner and believed him to be a threat to society. A stiffer sentence was his recommendation in 2000. It is hard to comprehend how a child molester would have his prison time reduced and then be allowed to walk free and commit another evil act against an individual. In regarding Gardner the criminal justice system was broken.
I don't see how a sex offender is able to commit more than one sex crime. I mean his first offense was a thirteen year old girl and it said he only like five to six years. Why do they get off that easy? Your talking about a little girl who obviously can't defend herself next to a grown man, it just amazes me how he got off so fast. If he had just been locked up then he would have never been able to hurt his next victim. His evil acts some how got set free again and now a family has to deal with loosing their daughter. I think its jus so disturbing that a human being could hurt or do something so horrible to young kids like that. In my opinion I feel that they should get the death penalty, no questuions asked.
ReplyDeleteTiffany I agree with you 100%. If that was my daughter I couldnt live knowing the the ANIMAL that did that horriable thing to my baby was walking the streets a free men! I dont blame those people who take matters on to their own hands. Taking away a little kids innocence is just as bad as murder. Why are we letting these people off so easy?
ReplyDeleteI worked for a Federal Deff atty for about 2 yrs and I have seen people be put away in Federal Prisons for 40-life for drugs and white collar crimes. Shouldnt we do the same for child molesters and rapest!?? I think they should get the AUTOMATIC DEATH PENALTY with no appeals! Some kids who are molested at a young age grow up having soooo many issues with society. Its hard to believe that people like this can ever be rehabiliated. It should happen, but what are the odds that someone soooo sick can do so.
I totally understand how many people may want to lock this man up for a million years but it’s been proven more than once that a sentence given that proceeds over 2 years is pointless. So the question at hand is do we just go ahead and put him in jail for life, give him just 2 years (which obviously wouldn’t be near long enough for the amount of crimes that he has committed nor the extent of effect his actions have had on the community of the people), do we give him 2 years in prison then put him on death row, or do we throw the option of prison out of the window all together and just prosecute. Death row maybe better on his part anyway, seeing that the prisoners already in jail go after the sex offenders and rapers that come in as their first targets of prison crime. But the cost of a prisoner being put on death row ends up costing us tax payers too much money, so why not just put him in jail for longer than 2 years? We would be saving a lot of money if we just let the criminals in jail take him out. By the end of the day, they would be doing us a favor. (lol)
ReplyDeleteGardner is a sick SICKKK man. The ability for someone to feel the need to overpower innocent women and children makes me sick. The want to take advantage of them sexually, physically, and emotionally is purely discussing.
ReplyDeleteWhy did it take a young woman finally being killed for him to be tried for harsher punishment? The fact that in December he was accused but never seen guilty of attacking a woman while in the park is beyond me. This being after he was already convicted of child molestation, this article states that there was linking evidence therefore what was missing or went wrong?? (Especially with his previous record) How is it that this community was not aware of the dangers of this man? Why is it that the psychiatrist who interviewed Gardner before stating that he was a "continued danger to under age girls in the community" not take more seriously? This article has left me with so many unanswerable questions....
It is very surreal how many people are able to get away with countless numbers of crimes but not until something major (death) occurs it is taken more seriously. As a somewhat irrelevant example child abuse. Greg always uses the illustration of an officer persistently needing to be called to a residence were child abuse occurs. Nothing is done, nothing is done, until finally the child is beaten to death. Is this just another fluke in the criminal justice system or is it the fact that certain laws are preventing initial action to be taken when needed
What was this guy doing out on the streets? Our justice system is sadly lacking when a predator such as Gardener is running loose. The results are never good. The judge and everyone involved with letting him go after he molested the 13 year old child should be held accountable. She can’t get back her innocence and now Chelsea can’t get back her life. A super max system lock up should do it for him. Gangs don’t like molesters. No death penalty so he can appeal for years. Twenty years in a prison, he won’t make it. This is a consequence of his own choosing a result of a willful choice to harm another innocent human. The lifestyle theory explains why some people are more likely to become victims than others. There is a greater safety net when two are more go out into public. It is a sad fact that we have to always watch our backs.
ReplyDeleteThere really isn't anything the Criminal Justice system can do to prevent these things. As I see it, it just keeps happening over and over again. From what i see, the only thing that can minimize these crimes is what the victim can do on her behalf. Don't go alone in some places. Run with a buddy. Don't put yourself in situations that will likely to get you raped/kidnapped. Etc.
ReplyDeleteThe psychiatrist, in his first case, argued for a longer sentence!!! Why was this man free?? He should have been locked up a long time ago and never released. Disgusting people like him should have no rights or freedom. To take away the innocene of a child, to rape and to commit murder, I mean, come on can someone put him in a cell with another convict and let what happens, happen. I don’t care if I sound offensive, this man deserves nothing less than all the torture he inflicted upon his victims. He should have been castrated years ago! It has been proven that sex offenders can not be rehabilitate therefore he should have NEVER been released from the first sentence. This is where the CRJ system angers me. He should have never been released. I don’t care about the over crowding because of him being released, more lives were taken away and more families were torn apart. This animal should be treated like one.
ReplyDeleteI don't understand what goes through the minds of our courts allowing a man who pleaded guilty to killing an innocent young girl to be let outbid jail after a few years thinking he wouldn't do anything like that again? But, the weird thing is he tries to commit the exact same thing again! I don't think that molesters and murderers should be let off the hook so easily. As the King family suffers for the lost of one of their loved ones, this man who took her away from them is let out of prison and tries it once more. I agree that the jails are filled with too many people and the jails are allowing the wrong ones to be let out and be back into the world without hardly enough time for the crime they commited. We need to fix our court and jail systems and the way they think.
ReplyDeleteThe victim’s death is on the State of California for neglecting to take the proper steps in protecting its citizens from scum like Gardner. This sex-offender needed to receive extensive treatment and should have been monitored closely by his probation officer.
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