Someone Is Listening

Well well I stand corrected. The Post Dispatch has reported two more sex crimes that I have read about. Both are male teachers having sex with teenage girls. They are making front page news as well as top stories on TV. With all due respect they are innocent until proven guilty so I hope the stories are not true. Unfortunately most of the stories turn out to be true. Let me share one thing with you. This is a true story and happened about 2 years ago. There was a man in a local community who was hard working, provided for his family, loved his wife and children and had a nice home and a good life. He had a bit of a problem with with the internet and was attracted to pornography. He was drawn into a sting much like the one in St. Louis. He agreed to meet with this girl and her motherat a local restaurant. The man drove to the restaurant, came to his senses, and without parking, drove away. The police chased him and arrested him anyway accusing him of attempted statutory rape. His face was in the paper and on the news. He lost his name, credibility, job, and his wife over the ordeal. Months later he was found NOT GUILTY and was acquitted of all charges. Whoops! Sorry about that! Too bad dude, you lost everything. Granted what was he thinking in the first place? Obviously he didn't start thinking until he got in the parking lot. I guess the moral of the story goes to my previous post that we need to have innocent until proven guilty back in our society. With 24 hour media coverage and instant access to the news, the media tries and convicts people in the court of public opinion. Thus the innocent get placed next to the guilty. There are more people getting set free today because of DNA testing. There are many innocent people in prison today. I find that frightening. A Southeast Missouri man was recently set free (see www.semissourian.com). After spending time in prison for a murder, DNA testing recently exhonerated him from the charges. He lost 14 years of his life that he will never get back. Police need to do a better job at obtaining the proper evidence to convict the guilty and stop arresting people who are only guilty of making stupid decisions. I hope these innocent people get millions in lawsuit money. They will not be able to buy back their lost years but I suspect they would gladly trade the money in to have those years returned.