He's a repeat offender. He confessed. He told the vicinity of where he buried this little girl's body. Now he's been sent back to Florida, where he's snugly in jail, charged with a probation violation and failure to register as a sex offender.
This beautiful child, Jessica, would still be alive but for this guy. Couey has been in jail so many times - 24 I think the news broadcasted - before and I can't think of one good reason for him to have been out in our world to be able to hurt Jessica, or any other child.
I know he has rights too. I regret however, that he does. A rabid dog has no rights. It's shot between the eyes as it sits there foaming at the mouth. John Couey, in my (humble) opinion, should have no more rights than a rabid dog. He and his ilk are every bit as much a menace to society.
Now we get to watch, as he's given medical care, food, shelter and clothes for the rest of his life in jail. He'll get better care than most single mothers and their children who are trying to eek out a relatively decent life here in the good ol' U.S. of A. It's sickening.
We can't give him cruel and unusual punishment, nor can we deny him rights to an appeal if (and he will) he gets the death penalty. He, however, didn't worry about dishing out cruel and unusual punishment to Jessica. Nor was he about to give that child an appeal. He used her, and he killed her. Simple as that.
He was laughing and smiling a couple of weeks back on a news interview regarding smoking in public places. It turned my stomach. His fingernails were filthy, crusted with dirt - and I couldn't help but wonder if it was from Jessica's grave.
Who the HELL did he think he was, that he could just walk into her grandparent's home, take that child, and do what he wanted with her? Why.. why are there those among us who are so compelled to take something precious and beautiful, and destroy it?
I don't want to hear that shit about how he's sick, he's not in his right mind, he needs help. That's bullshit. He knew enough to hide his crime and run. That's all I need to know. In my mind he is inhuman, and I just don't think he is deserving of compassion, or understanding.
These sexual offenders have been proven to do it again. And again. And again. They don't change. They don't get 'well'. They don't stop, they just get worse, sneakier and more dangerous to children each time they're caught and 'punished'. THEY CAN NOT BE REHABILITATED. Why was Couey out there? Because our jails are too full? People who have done worse are in there, why keep up a sex offender, when we have to have the room for 'real' criminals? This is outrageous.
We're one of the richest countries on Earth. Why, WHY can't we invest in a nice frozen island somewhere, nothing tropical, no, something cold and uncomfortable... and send these people there? How to keep them there? This is too simple.
Inject these assholes with one of those VeriChips id chips, keep a staff to monitor them, to be sure they don't move off of this island. Just.. put a little something extra in the chip, a small explosive that can be remotely charged so that if any do escape they just explode, killing the offender instantly. Don't put the chip anywhere that they can dig or tear it out, inject it deep into the testicles, those guys wouldn't want to cut those off or dig around in them to remove the chip, I'm sure. Their saggy old balls are sacred to them.
Don't worry about housing them, just drop them off with a tent and a coat and boots and gloves, we'd not want to be cruel, no no no! Give a little pouch of army style rations of food from time to time (just to shut up the bleeding hearts, I, myself think they could get by digging up grubworms or rats for food) and let them have at each other. A frozen Island for the male offenders, and another for the females. This way no children would be born to these idiots.
Good God when are we going to wise up?
Posted by juel at March 20, 2005 06:51 PM