So by your logic the murder of Samantha Runnion by Avila was a tribute to justice, because Avila's attorney got him off on the child molestation charge less than a year earlier.
After all, the defense attorney had the better argument, so all's well that end's well--even if that end is a child brutally assaulted and murdered, her body left for the buzzards.
What a bizarre way of thinking. No wonder so many people today believe there is no justice.
Nooooo! Let me try again: According to lawyers (no comment here), the system is based on the prosecutor proving guilt beyond a shadow of a doubt. Dusek did a great job at trial. Problem in Cali is the hippies are still infesting the 9th circuit court of appeals. They could have released the ratbastard if Feldman had not done everything to present every possible alternative scenario. That would have been beyond repulsive. I would like to have seen a public hanging myself (and some societal sanction on the parents). Out here, there is quite a strong opinion from the most unlikely (liberal) sectors: the only innocent in that case is the victim. That being said, my preference would have been to put Westerfield in jail (think Dahmer for the best scenario). This guy will have as much time on Death row as our seriously flawed justices (9th circuit court of appeals again) can give him. Time to come up with appeals and other sick stuff. Regular "Life in prison" OTOH would be shorter for a child killer.