Second Chance

Don't you always wonder how many chances SHOULD someone get? Does everyone deserve a second chance? What about a third? This is one issue with this country. We keep giving people more chances. At some point, we have to identify people as the kind of guy/girl that cannot play by society's rules. For example, Charles Manson was in jail multiple times, twice for rape, and several times for theft, yet he kept being released. You probably know the rest, he led a group that went on a killing rampage. What if they would have kept him in jail after his third or fourth arrest. They didn't, and a bunch of folks died.

Here is what brings me to this.....Last week, someone entered a local church beat up a 60 yr. old lady almost to death, then killed the preacher. This idiot robbed a church. Here is the guy they arrested:

Oct. 2010 - aggravated assault with a deadly weapon
May 2010 - aggravated assault with a deadly weapon
2008 - Theft (note, there were no crimes between 2008-2010, he was in jail)
2007 - Theft (note, there wasn't much activity in 2006, he spent most of that time in jail)
2005 - unauthorized use of a vehicle

This guy committed five major crimes in 6 years, and he was in jail about half of that time. My question is why do we keep letting him out? Now he is again in jail for capital murder. He is accused of killing a preacher and almost killing a 60 yr. old lady in a church! This just makes me nuts. If only we would have locked him up for more than 4 months following his second conviction for assault with a deadly weapon, these two victims would be alive today. By the way, following his second conviction in less than a year for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, he got 8 months probation. 8 months probation.........wow! Gotta love our "justice" system. Maybe this time, he will get a stiff fine and have to pick up trash for a couple weeks!