Jeopardizing Judgements

Here at the Crapper we strive to write about the safety of our front line defense against crime. We can obviously see that crime is way out of hand right now and with all the armed robberies around town, the violence is just escalating. Many concerned citizens are asking themselves why? Why aren’t the police, the Sheriffs Deputy’s and State Troopers doing anything against this horrible injustice against the good, hard working people of the lower shore? Well here at the Crapper we have touched base with our network of inside people in and out of the criminal justice system in the lower three counties. Now at the Crapper, we have known for some time that the troops on the front line have been busting there ass to keep the streets free of crime. We also have had some insight on the ongoing, underlying problem that our society really faces. Well here is the cold hard truth people.

The problem isn’t at the front line; the problem lies within the court system. This system is failing horribly. The Judges in Wicomico County and Somerset County, from the research we have done, shows that a large marjority of the judges are complete morons. We now have a system in place were these judges are constantly letting repeat offenders back out into society. If these judges like, Judge Davis, Judge Whitehead, Judge Price, Judge Hayman actually get enough nerve to send someone to jail there suspending all the jail time and approving work details. A few of us at the Crapper have personally been victims of crimes and have sat through some of these proceedings while awaiting our own turns at prosecution. What a total disappointment! Here at the crapper we have heard the outrage voiced by Officers and victims alike. These “bad guys”, these criminals, have rap sheets that are as think as novels, yet these Judges give them these minuscule sentences and with good behavior are back on the streets before the ink has dried on their fingerprint cards.

What is going on with these Judges? Is this a joke to them, do they get brain washed in law school, or do they simply not care about the underprivileged and hard working people that strive to just get by. Is this because they’re too busy at their socials and luncheons. Are the Judges not worried about crime as they make their large salaries and sit back in their nice homes, in the nice part of town, with their security systems and alarms. We at the crapper think these Judges need to step up to the plate, punish people who constantly do wrong and make the point that we as a society aren’t going to tolerate this type of behavior. We need to strike fear into the criminals and have them know that if they break the law, there ARE going to be consequences.

As citizens we have to be concerned when we have judges who are letting DUI offenders go with a slap on the wrist after 3, 5, sometimes 10 and more convictions. We need to be concerned about people who are just given fines after numerous "driving while suspended" convictions. These people jeopardize our safety constantly with their poor decisions and habitual law breaking. They jeopardize our friends safety, our loved ones safety, and our families safety. Maybe the only way for one of these judges to realize the importance of punishment is for them to experience the pain of losing a loved one by a person who should have been incarcerated in the first place. Here at the Crapper we don’t wish anything bad on anyone, but simply want the community we live in to be a safer one. We just wish we could get these Judges on the same page as our front line troops who risk their lives day in and day out, for the better of all mankind; including the Judges who live in the communities they protect.