Van Hollen fails on Internet sex predator cases (by Jon Richards)

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http://www.postcrescent.com/article/20140517/APC06/305170091/Van-Hollen-fails-Internet-sex-predator-cases?nclick_check=1

When Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen ran for re-election in 2010, he said, “Let it be known to Internet predators ... law enforcement, along with the people of Wisconsin, has no tolerance for your actions.”

He was right. Wisconsin has no tolerance for the monsters who prey on our children.

That’s why I, along with thousands of Wisconsin parents, are horrified by the Department of Justice’s mishandling of countless child pornography and Internet sex predator cases. There’s a crisis in leadership on this issue and an unwillingness to be forthright about the mistakes made and how to address them.

News outlets statewide have reported the Department of Justice let tips coming into Van Hollen’s task force languish, sometimes for more than a year. In one case, one sex predator who wasn’t brought to justice went on to molest a child. Another became a counselor for teenagers without having to register as a sex offender.

This is unacceptable, and the same attorney general who said Wisconsin “has no tolerance for (these) actions” is now stonewalling questions about his agency’s failures and scapegoating a few unfortunate employees who are speaking out about the systemic problems in his department.

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Jon Richards has my vote!!!

[Lefta Dissenter]

1. Hey, give JB a break!

He has to focus on the important things, like appealing the Sing Along cases that have been dismissed by the Circuit Court Judges. I mean, what could be more important than prosecuting people for singing or walking in a circle? Predator, schmedator!