Priorities in Good Order

Well, it appears that Gwinnett County has their priorities all in order now that they've indicted Jennifer Wilbanks. Every minute and dollar spent investigating and prosecuting this case is another minute and dollar taken away from investigating and prosecuting crimes like rape, murder, robbery, etc. But we have to make sure she's punished! Incidentally, she faces up to 6 years in jail, and many people convicted of manslaughter have not served or will not serve that much time. Sounds about right to me. (My eyes hurt from rolling them so much right about now...)

Nearly every night I watch crime documentaries on A&E or CourtTV, because I'm a nerd like that (and I freely admit it). On one of last night's shows on CourtTV, they made the statement, "Most adult men who are missing go missing on purpose and of their own accord." As in, they WANT to leave their lives and go missing.

So I said to my mother, "Gee, how many of these thousands of men who go missing on purpose each year have felony charges brought against them? How many of them have much of the country demanding their heads on a stake and retribution?"

Thank god I'm not holding my breath waiting for the answer to that question.