Posted on 12/09/2004 7:41:59 AM PST by SmithL
A convicted sex offender broke into a San Francisco home in the Ingleside district and raped a 9-year-old girl in her bedroom in an hourlong attack that ended when the girl's mother walked into the room, San Francisco police said.
The man, police say, fled on foot and was chased by the girl's father, who at one point struck him with a 2-by-4. The man continued fleeing through several backyards and was captured by police and identified as Roberto Gamero, 36, of San Francisco, police said.
"It's a parent's worst nightmare,'' said San Francisco police Deputy Chief Morris Tabak of Sunday's attack. "It's pretty horrific. All of us who are parents, it sends chills up your spine.''
Gamero, a prior sex offender who was on probation for an earlier domestic violence case in San Mateo County, . . .
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I don't believe that one bit. They need to give this guy a choice -- cut his thing off and shove him in prison for the rest of his natural life with no chance of parole housed with the most dangerous gang in the California prison system. Or, just cut his thing off and let him bleed to death.
That's why my kids and I sleep in the same room. safety first
"He'll get his comeuppance in prison."
I'm sure that is a great comfort to the little girl.
I don't think children under 12 are unreformable enough to kill them.
"Locked away forever" creates a number of problems which you should think through.
First, it's very expensive. There are probably 50 000-100 000 eligibles right now, and many of them are wily enough to be out, or in prison for only short stretches. Converting them all to life will cost a fortune.
Second, the non-predator prison population will suffer enormously as a result of your proposal. And you can't put them all in solitary, most men cannot tolerate 30 days of solitary, much less fifty years.
Thirdly, there is the practical problem of escape.
If you could design an isolation facility (a penal colony) which was escape-proof and capable of agriculture, so that our costs would be limited to guarding the wall, I could go for it.
But killing them right away wins hands down, in my book, because it's cheaper, safer, and better for the non-predator inamtes who we will still need to incarcerate.
Not all cities do and SF being such a LIBERAL city, I doubt that they do.
May I be on that jury, please?
1 posted on 12/09/2004 7:41:59 AM PST by SmithL
Hopefully he won't have the opportunity to be released. Hopefully, the other inmates will take care of that.
I agree. It is just one of those things that I don't want to be in charge of deciding :)
But if I could get my hands on this guy...
Richard Allen Davis
There is something deeply wrong with our society that this animal is still alive.
Interesting. You pick up something new every day.
There is some legislation in discussion in California right now, though, that would mandate taking DNA samples from every person accused of a felony, even if they are not convicted. As you can imagine, this is not the most popular legislation in Calibfornia. But, in my opinion, if you have done nothing wrong, you should be fine with law enforcement having your DNA characteristics in a database.
You are exactly right. A few years ago a convicted sex offender broke into the house of a friend (young daughter at home). He was inside the house when her two dogs took him down. He got out of the house but was no longer able to travel fast. The police had no trouble nabbing him.
Isn't that the monster that kidnapped and killed Polly Klaas? What a horrible crime. Her father, however, has really done some great things for missing children in the wake of that tragedy, though.
You give me an even better reason to get a dog.
Unless that .22 is the conversion kit for the .45, you need to step up to a larger bore. Anything that starts with a '4' would be good. I suppose a .22 is better than nothing, but it is a long, long way from what Robert Raurk called "enough gun."
Yeah one can hope the prison justice system can give her some relief. But, this is mindnumbingly barbaric.
Presumably, the victim is young enough that she will not be interrogated live in court. Her testimony may be taped and then played for the jury. But, you are right. She does have a difficult time ahead of her.
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