This is not a topic that I typically write about, but I've finally read too many stories and watched too many news programs about these crimials with mile-long criminal records to stay silent.

What we need to have is a system of legal accountability in our courtrooms.  Too many judges are letting second, third, fourth, fifth, etc..-time offenders get by with sometimes not even a slap on the wrist.  There is something terribly wrong with this picture.

If someone commits a crime and gets off with a warning, or a slap on the wrist, that's fine.  Everyone deserves a second chance.  The next time that happens, however, the judge had better be strict.  If not, and the criminal commits another crime, then I think that the judge, or whoever let the criminal go free, should be sitting right along side the defendent.  Show some accountability for the actions of those who are supposed to be upholding our basic laws.

Too many sex offenders, child molesters, rapists, murderers get back on the street multiple times over.  It's time to put the people who put the criminal back on the street behind bars.  Charge them as an accessory to the crime that has been commited by the criminal and let them deal with the consequences of their actions.