I truly sympathize with those individuals who want to preserve our judicial heritage of protecting the innocent from being falsely accused. It is reasonable and fair to assume that innocent people are often caught up in the dragnet of a criminal investigation - THESE AREN'T THE CASES I AM REFERRING TO.

A sociopath does not commit a one-time impulse of crime to never return to their perverse behavior, they live a pattern of crimes. More often than not they have been caught and punished before, creating a visible track of victims and make themselves known to the legal system. THIS IS MY TARGET OF ATTACK.

The man accused of kidnapping and murdering Dru Sjodin is not a "new" criminal, he is a sociopath and served 23 years for rape, violent assault and attempted kidnapping. WHY WAS HE RELEASED? Even his family was concerned about his release, would that seem to be an indicator into his character? Why do we ignore these warning signals?

Simply and sadly, because we value criminals rights over the victims.

Now imagine that Dru is YOUR daughter and you are forced to consider your options as to what was the fate of your beloved child: was she raped, then murdered and dumped somewhere? Or was she raped, injured and then left to die alone and cold without the comfort of your love to protect her?

For me, that is how I view EVERY single crime. What if that were my loved one? It makes it exceptionally easy to decide what the course of action should be to deal with those who seek to destroy the fabric of our existence. They are terrorists on the individual level and need to be sought out, isolated and destroyed.

For Dru and her family's sake, I pray they find her alive and well, but if they don't I hope that the monster who took her life is destroyed without a second thought - and by all means make it painful, because the only pain a sociopath can understand is his or her own.