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Echoes- Please don't read any negativity toward the victims into my posted reply as none was intended.

And to your point, the tragedy of the incident is not lessened by the fact that the justice system has it's flaws and the perpetrator would not have been able to facilitate this crime had he been punished appropriately for his first.

As for the individuals involved unless I misread it they are between the ages of 18 and 20, and in my humble opinion don't qualify as "children" in the same sense as someone between say 4 and 12. And at the age of 18 if someone with a gun had asked me to "kneel and face the wall" I honestly have to say there isn't any level of rationalization that would have allowed me to comply. I value my life and will not give it willingly.

My comments were not intended as criticism toward the victim or to inflame but to ask my own question and provide my opinion as to the obvious flaws in a system that allows a child rapist to remain free to commit additional crimes.