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Judge Rapkin is not as many believe here. I am the first to admit to the insanity of FL Judges for various reasons. FL has sentencing guidelines, the prosecutor can not offer a sentence that is not in the guidlines, the Judge can not accept a sentence outside the guidelines.

Make no mistake, I am not defending the killer scum. However this is not a judge who does the same kind of bias games as been demonstrated in the Schiavo case.

What were the guidline scores the judge had to work with? what was the offer from the prosecutor? The prosecutor may have offered the sentence and the judge signed off on the plea.

From the article, his most serious charge was kidnapping which went to trial and he won a not guilty. The most recent charges were not violent but drug related. The aquital could not be considered. FL has a truth in sentencing law, you have to do no less than 85% of the time is charged. Some charges are hard time with no time off for good behavior.

BTW the failure to pay a court cost or fine seldom gets a person put in jail when they are underemployed or out of work. It is that whole FL and the USA does not have debtor's prisons. Now if the person is employed and refuses to pay, that is different story.

In short I am saying we need to choose our battles. There is an investigation now, this particular Judge is not one who does not do things by the book, not good not bad. No I don't know him personally.

If you don't pay your tickets, you don't go to jail they suspend your license. It is a civil infraction. There is no risk of jail for a violation of FL Statutes Ch 316 which is the traffic laws.

The REFUSAL to pay a fine is different from the inability to pay a fine. The Refusal is contemptuous. (intentional disrespect to the court.) You have to have a court hearing to show the failure to pay was not intentional and have an opportunity to purge the contempt.

Judge Rapkin had a decision to make re: coke charges last year. FIVE YEARS or rehab? Judge Rapkin chose rehab for scumbag predator Smith. Why didn't Judge Rapkin look at ANY of the prior arrests back when he gave the predator rehab? Rapkin is a bleeding heart judge worried about the criminal's rights. JUDGE RAPKIN MADE A BAD DECISION BACK THEN. All that followed would be moot because the killer would have been serving the remaining FOUR years of his five year sentence and CARLIE WOULD BE ALIVE.

I really really appreciate your post. Even an even tempered person like me is wanting someone to blame for this and it is all to easy a reflex to pick the first judge that "someone says" is at fault.

It seems that the 2nd judge to let him off after his 2nd assault on a female is the real culprit here. I wonder who that is and if people are targeting him for their hate mail and destruction rituals.

There are a few jobs in our society in which there is no room for error.

The role of judge in this society is perhaps the most important job of all. Judges enforce our laws, protect the public, and whether they like it or not, set the cultural climate for our nation.

There is no room for error in our courts and even less room for negligence.

America's courts have become a millstone around her neck. The entire system needs to be revamped before its too late. Any judges who cannot handle this great responsibility need to be removed from the bench.

Americans are tired of seeing politically motivated celebrity judges destroy our nation one bad decision at a time.

Any and all persons in the Florida court system who allowed this piece of scum to float through, are responsible for Carlie's death.

No excuses....No hiding from the truth....This child's death could have and should have been avoided.