Since I was a victim of a child pedophile, who escaped any punishment for his crimes with other children and me, I have no sympathy for any of those charged in current cases. Yesterday we learned of the capture of one of those monsters who had raped, slit the throat (cutting into her windpipe), and thrown his eight year old victim into an ant hill to die. She lived, set up a Website, and worked tirelessly to bring justice for herself and courage for others to come forward to do the same. DNA evidence will convict the pedophile.
On the Today Show this morning, we see the first pictures of another victim--the twenty-nine year old Jaycee Dugard on the cover of People magazine. As an eleven year old, she was kidnapped, raped, forced to live eighteen years in tents, and made to bear two children by the pedophile. She will testify against him soon.
On the other hand, we hear that direct Roman Polanski is now very depressed as he sits in his jail cell in Switzerland awaiting word of his extradition to California for the pedophilia he committed with a thirteen year old girl some thirty years ago. She was given drugs and alcohol, and then sodomized. Yet Hollywood A listers have stood proudly on steps and spoken loudly on talk shows to demand lenience for him. The only excuse they can offer is that he has made good movies since the rape.
Will we ever be able to give justice to all instead of just those who cannot afford a fleet of high-powered attorneys? I would hope that we could apply the law equally for all. Otherwise, our justice system becomes a travesty for the protection of children.
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