You should have quit while you were behind. Not one person from this blog came to In Cold Blog, and Andy Kahan responded to my comment in a civil manner, which is a lot more than can be said for you.

You baited me, and I didn’t fall for it. Show some class and don’t bait readers of this blog.

If the guy who commits a DUI can walk away without fulfilling his sentence, which includes restitution, those incarcerated and released for violent crimes – including murder – can, too. When it’s good for one it’s good for all.

Andy is on the side of the victim and ONLY the side of the victim. Since he actually spends his days working with victims AND the criminal justice system I’m thinking Andy Kahan may have a little bit of hands on experience from which he is forming his opinion, unlike Mr. DNA. (unless, perhaps, Mr. DNA has a mouthful of sour grapes due to his own personal issues involving in the criminal justice system?)

Now, here’s a question: what type of person straps on some ridiculous Internet moniker and then start posting comments on other blogs that encouraged trolling a site simply because a person wrote an opinion that they didn’t agree with?

Michelle Gray
Editor, In Cold Blog

I know this isn’t an area you usually cover, but I think you – and some of the readers here – might find it of interest.

In Cold Blog, an otherwise fine True Crime blog published this bit of “Victim’s Rights” rhetoric. The author, Andy Kahan, is the director of Houston’s Crime Victims Assistance dep’t – he is essentially advocating open-ended paroles that can only be completed upon full payment of restitution.

Not only does he want to give parolees indefinite parole terms, he wants to make it more difficult for them to pay restitution by preventing offenders from obtaining any sort of professional license (including a driver’s license) until they have paid restitution in full.

In my rather long-winded response, I pointed out that in one of the case histories he uses, it’s possible that the offender would be on parole for 165 years, or – in a better scenario – only 40+ years of parole for a three-year conviction.

Unfortunately, this is the sort of Tough On Crime rhetoric that most of my fellow Texans love to hear. Damn the financial costs, if it gives the mere appearance of being tough on crime, it must be a good idea.

“…The village inspects apartment buildings annually and charges an inspection fee of $50 per building plus $50 per apartment…”

What a racket. If I treated people like that I would worry about being murdered in my sleep.

I must say, he sounds pretty cool.

CWA is completely nuts. If he doesn’t resign, Congress must impeach him? Really? For having uploaded some sexual, seemingly humorous, and entirely legal pictures on websites designed for that sort of stuff? The only people I can tell that are obviously incapable of “objective judgment” when it comes to obscenity laws are the members of CWA.

I did not see anythimg in there about what action is being taken against the worthless, lying bastards that did it to her. Presumably none, as usual.

Hope everyone learns a lesson about the police. You always just avoid them. Any encounter with them carries the potential for screwing you. Your involvement in anything illegal is not necessary. So just avoid them. Always.

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Chicago Woman Wins $7.9 Million for Rescuing a Police Officer; Rachelle Jackson Rescued Officer From Burning Squad Car And Spent Over Ten Months In Jail

http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/chicago-woman-wins-79-million,432558.shtml