We ask what is wrong with the world today? This monster is a good example! The court system has failed us, the citizens, in protecting us from such an evil monster. The one good thing the court did was to rule that TM could never be around his own child and gave a restraining order without an ending date. On his many other charges, the judge should have realized this was an evil person when he was stripped of being around his own child! Judges open your eyes, look at the many charges a person has, and you be the strong judge to throw him in jail for the maximum sentence!Judges must start cleaning our society up. IMO.[/QUOTECouldn't agree more, and would recommend to all the book "The Sociopath Next Door" by Martha Stout. On a board like this I'd assume these disorders have probably been discussed ad nauseum, so if I'm coming across the wrong way please know that I don't mean to. But she lays out how most of these folks fly just under the radar, even if they end up in the court system (often repeatedly), with little consequence. Not to mention that many of them don't mind what consequence they do suffer relative to the "payoff" - easier with little to no conscience and there's no way to get back what was taken (money, power.....a soul, etc).The problem is that one court may not know what is presently or has already happened in another court - even in the same jurisdiction, let alone different time zones. And then, even if everyone is well aware, there may be restrictions on what is allowed in court. Even if the judge is "aware", they may be required to consider it a "separate and unrelated" matter. If they appear to be biased the ruling could be overturned, they could face sanctions, and you can believe in a jury trial anything the defense attorney finds (or is part of discovery, and you can't bring it up in court if it wasn't disclosed in discovery) from the past will be quashed as much as possible. They know if it comes up it's hard for laymen to not have it in their minds (thus jury selection process, sequestering, etc)....I leave it to the resident legal beagles to correct me if I'm mistaken, but if I'm not: what would you recommend to pursue legal reform? Granted, we all have our moments we'd rather leave in the shadows.....but when it's not just an isolated poor decision or wrong place/wrong time and more an extended and persistent pattern of behavior: it really should be permissible in court. (Now, getting that info if you don't already know is another matter..........).
I pray they are safe and this guy does the right thing.
