Who Judges The Judges?

How many Shasta's, Jessica's, Sarah Michelle's... before we come to our senses?

On 8-year old Shasta Groene's kidnap/rape case and in the murder of her family, why was suspect Joseph Duncan on the streets? It does not take a legal genius or criminal justice who's who for the question to come to mind. In fact, it was the title of the interview transcript posted on The O'Reilly Factor Interview Archive page in Foxnews yesterday.

Time and again the question occurs about suspects, or is at least alluded to, in even very recent cases like those of Jessica Lunsford, Sarah Michelle Lunde, Carlie Brucia, and others.

When a prosecutor does not look into a repeat offender's background and requests a judge for a ridiculously low bail, when the judge does not do his homework and obliges the prosecutor, when cops allow a stone unturned in their search and rescue operation that would have led to the safe recovery of the victim, when the system fails an innocent young life, who holds whom accountable?

Too many times, in the telling of these horrendous crimes against children, the phrase "offenders that fell through the cracks" is used. When are the cracks ever going to be sealed?

How many more Shasta's and Jessica's and Sarah Michelle's are we going to sacrifice to the altar of social engineering before we bow down to God and admit that he has been right all along: That man is totally depraved and unless transformed by Jesus Christ and living under the control of his Spirit is a potential monster capable of unspeakable crimes that should not really surprise us if we understand what "fallen nature" is that the Word of God says applies to mankind.

But no, we have become so smart we believe we can transform man ourselves. We believe in our certificates, licenses and diplomas and we tell God to stand aside while we release calculating predators through revolving jail doors into an unsuspecting community, believing that we have rehabilitated them into outstanding citizens through our ingenious programs.

Fox News Senior Judicial Analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano put it very well: The government had better monitoring of Martha Stewart (referring to her ankle bracelet) than it did of Joseph Duncan. And their crimes don't compare at all. Are we missing something here?

According to ThrowAwayThe Key.org:

Politicians talk tough, but did you know:

The average time served
for rape is just 6 years.

The average time served for molesting a child
is just 3 years.

2/3 of felons released this year will be rearrested for
a NEW crime within 3 years.

The only way to make our families safe is to keep dangerous criminals behind bars longer. But if YOU don't speak out, it will not happen.

We've heard from the men who let Carlie's killer repeatedly violate his probation without consequence. We've heard from the men who let John Evander Couey, lifelong criminal, have chance after chance to destroy lives. It's time they heard from YOU. It's time to throw away the key.

And that's a good place to start because it involves you and me. It starts with our hearts. And by God's grace we may overcome our own frailties.

But what about the judges? What about the prosecutors? What about the cops? What about our representatives in government and their priorities? What about the laws? What about the budget, what our teachers teach that passes for education, what our TV, movie, and computer screens show that passes for entertainment?

It's time we judge the judges.