Alabama Man Won't Serve Prison Time for Raping 14-Year-Old

[johnlucas]

22. No, I don't like vigilantism either. But if the courts won't do what they're supposed to do...

I'm very aware of the downsides of vigilantism.
But court cases like this are inexcusable.
And I don't give a damn about upholding the U.S. Justice System if it is not in the business of justice.
Maybe we need a new system. Scrap this current one because it's not serving society like it should.

I told you my honest feelings.
I wouldn't have took it to the streets before the one who raped my hypothetical daughter was charged.
I would have let the man go through the justice system first & get his trial.
But when the rapist is shown to have done it & STILL gets virtually no punishment, what do you expect a person to do?
He's found guilty AND MORE IMPORTANTLY there's evidence that he actually committed the crime.
But they give him no prison time & all he has to do is pay $2,381 for REPEATEDLY victimizing a young girl???

At that point my regard for the justice system will be discarded & I'd take things into my own hands. Real talk.
Rapists simply shouldn't be walking the streets without having done prison time first.

Vigilantes are Pandora's Box. I'm well aware of this.
If you don't wanna see that inevitability, the courts are gonna have to do a better job punishing criminals like these.
If the U.S. Government sent drones to attack homegrown political dissidents, a lot of people would lose faith in the goodwill of that government & would stop honoring the bylaws & rules put down by that government.
Nobody would believe in "voting them out" & more people would believe in "snuffing them out".
A police force shoots up the citizenry in a massive abuse of power.
The people of that town would do less "filing a complaint with the superiors" & start doing more "shooting back at the police".

There's something BEYOND the written laws of a land.
And when the laws of that land don't do what they're prescribed to do, the people go into what's beyond those laws.
It damages the power of the courts every time travesties like this verdict result happen.
If enough people don't believe in the goodwill of the law system, they become lawless.
Very fragile balance.
John Lucas