10/11/19
Early this month, a police officer in the south suburbs of
Chicago, had to shoot one Joseph Jesk, who was threatening the officer’s
life. We later found out that Mr. Jesk had
been found guilty of murdering his wife fewer than ten years ago but was somehow
not still in prison. Few people made anything
of the latter because, one supposes, it is now so common for vicious criminals,
including murderers, to be given a relative pass by a justice system that seems
confused about the very notion of what constitutes justice, let alone public
safety. And we wonder why we have a
growing crime problem.
The cops have long been frustrated by seeing their yeoman
efforts at catching the bad guys rendered nearly pointless when the perps are
given laughably light sentences by judges who seem eager to demonstrate their
perverted views of “social justice.”
The cases of Mr. Jesk and the like continue to fuel this frustration.
I wrote the following letter to the Chicago Sun-Times
expressing my frustration at the Jesk affair and the many, many more like it
that seem so commonplace today. The letter
wasn’t published, but I thought you’d find it thought provoking.
10/3/19
The Sun-Times reports (10/3/19, page 4) that Joseph Jesk,
who was fatally shot by a Bridgeview police officer, pled guilty in December,
2011 to murdering his wife.
Why in the world was this man out on the street less than ten
years after killing his wife? A seventeen-year
sentence, reduced to just over six years…for murder? And a subsequent slap on the wrist for meth
possession…by a convicted felon?
Perhaps a justice system that is so eager to demonstrate its
compassion by giving violent criminals light sentences ought to reserve some of
that compassion for the future victims of these emancipated predators. Thank God the police officer who successfully
defended himself against Mr. Jesk was not one of those victims.
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