{"id":4143,"date":"2003-01-29T14:03:35","date_gmt":"2003-01-29T19:03:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=4143"},"modified":"2003-01-29T14:03:35","modified_gmt":"2003-01-29T19:03:35","slug":"inconceivable_2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2003\/01\/29\/inconceivable_2.html","title":{"rendered":"Inconceivable"},"content":{"rendered":"

At times, the way that the legal system deals with custody cases absolutely blows my mind<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Since Christmas time, 2001, [Debra] Schmidt has been sitting in a California jail because she refuses to disclose the location of her two daughters, aged 7 and 9 at the time. She is protecting them from their father, Manuel Saavedra, who is a registered sex offender, an illegal alien who has been ordered deported, and an alcoholic. According to a press-release by Stephanie Dallam, research associate for The Leadership Council, the conviction came in the seven-year custody battle “after the judge refused to allow the jury to hear about Saavedra’s sex offense, his status as a registered sex offender, allegations of domestic abuse, or testimony by another ex-wife.”<\/p>\n

And why should they? After all, one of the prosecutors in this multi-jurisdictional case <\/a>thinks the gent is a swell guy.<\/p>\n

Alameda County prosecutor Robert Hutchens, Jr., who believes Saavedra should have custody of the children, stated that “[t]hey keep throwing up this ‘he’s a registered sex offender thing’ … well, that’s going to end come August [2002] [Saavedra is eligible for a certificate of rehabilitation 10 years after his conviction, which would mean he no longer has to register as a sex offender. The decision is up to a court]. He’s led an honorable life from 1992 to present. I’ve met him many times. He’s got a steady job. He’s paid the price. He’s done what was asked. He deserves his certificate of rehabilitation. [The children’s placement] is up to the court, but I think he would be a very good father and he would be very caring to these kids, and I don’t see anything that would put these kids at risk. He’s living with a girlfriend who has a daughter who is 10 years old living in the house, and he’s been seeing [the girlfriend] for about five or six years. There’s nothing to indicate that he would ever do this again.”<\/p>\n

Well, nothing except that new molestation charges have been filed against him<\/a>.<\/p>\n

(via Gamer’s Nook<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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