Follow up to comment about Bryce L. Ewing July 21, 2008
Posted by Mrs Flipphead in Child Safety, GPS for sex offenders, Things that **** me off!, child molester, sex offender, sexual predator laws.trackback
This post refers to a comment received from Darcy, on a post I made over a year ago on Global Positioning of Child Predators. It has taken me a while but, it is true that there was a case against Bryce L. Ewing.
Given his age (about 80), I can see why the judge bought the Alzheimer’s disease plea. However, if his Alzheimer’s is so bad that he isn’t competent to stand trial, then he probably shouldn’t be living alone and certainly not driving (if he is).
I am hoping that his Alzheimer’s will make it impossible for him to repeat any criminal acts that he may have committed, due to constant supervision. I am very sorry for the families and children who were hurt by this man. At least there is public record of the charges that will show up on criminal background checks. Not that anyone would hire someone with Alzheimer’s, but if that was a ruse–then at least he shouldn’t be able to get a job working with children anywhere.
It’s truly unfortunate that no victims came forward earlier, when competency might not have been an issue. I personally don’t care if he has Alzheimer’s. Automatically enter a plea of “not guilty” then and let the facts and testimony fall where they may. I don’t think it should matter if a legal adult is “incompetent”. If they are capable of committing a crime against another person and that can be proved by evidence, then the person is a danger, regardless of their competency and society should be protected from them.
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