This is the headline of a post by Brent King, the father of the late Chelsea King who was brutally murdered by a low life sexual predator whose name I will not print, no more “fame” for him. In his post Mr. King makes some important points, here are a few:
• Why do we not prosecute people who are complicit in allowing violent sexual predators to live where they aren’t registered, go to a public park unsupervised and drink alcohol, and violate parole rules?
• How is it that the cost to incarcerate a criminal who has harmed society is higher than the cost to educate a college student with dreams and desires to better our world?
• Why do we provide a higher level of care for felons who steal our children’s freedoms than soldiers who protect our freedoms with their lives?
• Why is the criminal the only citizen in the United States guaranteed health care?
The King family is living through pain on a daily basis, one I cannot imagine. Through his organization “Chelsea’s Light”, a law was passed here in California, which makes this type of sexual attack a one strike offense, jail for life, off the streets so these lowlifes can never do this again. He was told a law like this would never pass, it did overwhelmingly. Mr. King now wants Chelsea’s Law passed in the other 49 states. I encourage all of you to go on to the Facebook page Chelsea’s Light or the website www.chelseaslight.org and support this cause and this family. There are a number of events we can easily get involved in to help reach their goal.
I am so tired of seeing how criminals are coddled in this country. We hear so much about their rights… what about the rights of innocent citizens. Losing a child is hard enough, losing a child to a sexual predator should never have to happen. We can all play a part in making sure a predator can never do this a second time.
My prayers go out to thing King family, I do not know them, however I think about them often. Let us all help in their fight, and please read Mr. King’s post.
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This is so well said. I never knew Chelsea, but she was in the same senior class as my nephew. I saw what this did to him. I can only imagine what the King family has gone through and continues to experience. My sincerest condolences to all three of them, the pain will never go away.
Not only did that criminal hurt the King’s, he also stole the innocence and happiness of an entire senior class and the others attending the same high school.
The question why criminals entitled to health care is very valid. There are those of us scraping by to pay our own insurance premiums. Even with health care insurance, medical care is very expensive and is not a guarantee right to those of us not behind bars.
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