(Submitted by a Two Sentz Reader)
The chickens of a bad economy have finally come home to roost
Yes, things are tough all over as they say. But could any of us have ever imagined that they would be so tough that justice would not be served? Could we have ever imagined that the lack of funds would affect the way justice is served right here at home? Well it has.
Today the murdering child molester Thomas Leggs will stand before a circuit court judge in Elkton, Maryland and plead guilty to killing little Sarah Foxwell in exchange for life in prison without the possibility of parole. The States Attorney for Wicomico County has offered the defense a plea bargain because they chose not to spend the money necessary to fully prosecute it. Where are the priorities of our elected officials? The evidence is there to convict Leggs. The members of the law enforcement community involved in this case crossed all their "T's" and dotted all their "I's" but the legal wrangling by the defense will drag this out with appeal after appeal.
I feel we have been lied to. The only fitting punishment for Thomas Leggs is death. Isn't that what they promised us? Isn't that what we were told would happen? The political fallout from this decision will settle everywhere. No one involved will escape it.
Sarah Foxwell became our own daughter as we developed a kindred spirit with her family. We all searched in earnest to bring her home for Christmas. Unfortunately that never happened. But because of money, this animal will enjoy many Christmases. Every Christmas morning we will all reflect on the precious little life that was brutally taken from our community.
I pray that Sarah knows that the face of politics cannot cover the memory of what happened to her on that horrible day. I pray she knows that a community pulled together in a way that is unprecedented in the lives of most of us. And that although it appears that money got in the way of true justice, the people in the community that she pulled together would never place a monetary value on her little life that brought so much light to so many.
The chickens of a bad economy have finally come home to roost
Yes, things are tough all over as they say. But could any of us have ever imagined that they would be so tough that justice would not be served? Could we have ever imagined that the lack of funds would affect the way justice is served right here at home? Well it has.
Today the murdering child molester Thomas Leggs will stand before a circuit court judge in Elkton, Maryland and plead guilty to killing little Sarah Foxwell in exchange for life in prison without the possibility of parole. The States Attorney for Wicomico County has offered the defense a plea bargain because they chose not to spend the money necessary to fully prosecute it. Where are the priorities of our elected officials? The evidence is there to convict Leggs. The members of the law enforcement community involved in this case crossed all their "T's" and dotted all their "I's" but the legal wrangling by the defense will drag this out with appeal after appeal.
I feel we have been lied to. The only fitting punishment for Thomas Leggs is death. Isn't that what they promised us? Isn't that what we were told would happen? The political fallout from this decision will settle everywhere. No one involved will escape it.
Sarah Foxwell became our own daughter as we developed a kindred spirit with her family. We all searched in earnest to bring her home for Christmas. Unfortunately that never happened. But because of money, this animal will enjoy many Christmases. Every Christmas morning we will all reflect on the precious little life that was brutally taken from our community.
I pray that Sarah knows that the face of politics cannot cover the memory of what happened to her on that horrible day. I pray she knows that a community pulled together in a way that is unprecedented in the lives of most of us. And that although it appears that money got in the way of true justice, the people in the community that she pulled together would never place a monetary value on her little life that brought so much light to so many.
