Tuesday, May 12, 2009

What's wrong with one strike, you're out?

Have you heard about John Floyd Thomas, Jr.? He's 72 years old, and police think he may have raped and strangled more than thirty women. They are looking at other cases as far back as the 1950's. I have one question. Why was this man out of jail? He has previously been convicted twice of sexual assault. I suppose the argument could be made on one conviction that he knows he was wrong and he's reformed, so we should give him a second chance. But the second conviction is proof he was not reformed, and he should have been locked up for life after that one. Just how many chances do we want to give a man to murder thirty women?

"Suspected serial killer identified." The Dallas Morning News; May 1, 2009; p. 9A.

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