A Broken Legal System
The idea that our legal system has long been broken is no secret. However, this morning I arrived in the newsroom to find yet another blatant example of just how broken the legal system really is.
In 2002 Edward Rolon Rodriguez of Rochester, New York stabbed a woman eight times, including twice in the heart. He then dumped her body along some railroad tracks and set it on fire. In 2004 a jury found Rodriguez guilty of murder and a Judge sentenced him to 25 years to life in prison. But, now he could go free! No one questions whether he committed the killing because he freely admits he did it. But, now the case and the sentence could be thrown out because of a technicality.
Thrown out on a technicality!? The guy readily admits he did it, and now it could be thrown out on a technicality? No wonder people are losing faith in the judicial system. It just might be true – criminals do have more rights than the victim.
It’s a sad state of affairs when a person who admits he not only killed a woman, but stabbed her and then set her on fire, might go free because of some legal loophole. Instead of looking for technicalities to get criminals off, maybe more time should be spent on closing the loopholes.
Just my two cents,
Dr. Rus
