Mixed Opinion

First of all, Happy New Year to all. This will be my first full year out of jail so I am looking forward to it. Even with the crime and SORB always impacting my life, I am gainfully employed with a productive life. Hopefully things can continue to improve in 2010. And to all those other SOs out there, just trying to do the right think, atone for the past, and be a productive member of society, God Speed.

I was reading this article about a SO with old charges coming back to haunt him (article). The article is a little confusing, but note that at the time of the crime, the accused was 15 and the victim was 13. My post isn't about the story itself. It's about the comments. It's good to see a healthy debate on a small-scale newspaper. Here are some good ones.

• Confusing post, so he was 15 when this happened? Can they really charge somebody for that? Why did it take 7 years to find this guy and why couldn't they find him at his place of residence or work? As noted above, all that info it on several government websites.
• 'Why did it take 7 years to find this guy and why couldn't they find him at his place of residence or work?' He was already charged with this crime, read the articles.
• Have to admit, these articles are all jumbled, doesn't even make sense, the public has the right to have the CORRECT information. Try writing this over MDN....
• Its sad when children of those ages say things and they don't know the consequences of their actions and people end up looking bad and having these charges on their records for the rest of their lives, people need to learn to fight for their rights, it's tough to do so when it's so expensive to fight for your innocence and some people just can't afford it.