Doesn't anybody know how to throw away the key?

We'd have a lot less crime in this country if we'd keep dangerous criminals where they should be -- behind bars. The latest atrocity is that Phillip Garrido was let loose. He's the perverted nutcase who kidnapped Jaycee Dugard 18 years ago and has kept her as a slave ever since.

In 1976, he kidnapped Katie Callaway Hall from a parking lot and raped her in a warehouse. She was rescued by a police officer who noticed her car and became suspicious. Garrido said that he did not think what he did was wrong. He was sentenced to 50 years. Someone can't count, because he was let out in 1988. By the way, he married while he was in prison. How stupid is that?

In April 1993, he was sent back to jail for a parole violation. That means he should have 39 years left on that 50 year sentence. However, he was out in four months. In 2001 and 2002, a neighbor called the sheriff's department concerned about the tents in his backyard. Despite the fact this man was a convicted rapist, I guess law enforcement thought the neighbor was the one who was nuts, because nothing was done.

If Garrido had been where he should have been, in prison until 2026, Jaycee Dugard would have been able to grow up with her family. How sad that we take the protection of our children so lightly.

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