Our wonderful government @ work...

[Amina516]

http://cbs3.com/local/molestation.de...2.1394096.html

THIS GUY..this fuckin guy right here, was allowed to continue practicing as a PEDIATRICIAN YEARS after complaints abour his sexual inappropriateness with children was brought to light. How many molestations could they have stopped had they just been taken seriously and investigated appropriately in the first place?

Read the article! Sex acts on kids as young as 6 MONTHS!!

I am the most livid i have ever been. So if this doesnt make sense, thats why...ugh. I feel sick.

Wheres a Deathnote when you need one....

[Greenday]

Whoa, hold on a second. "Our wonderful government @ work..."? The thread title is kinda misleading. I was expecting something along the lines of...I dunno...the government? Where does the government come into play with this pedophile?

[Amina516]

Whoa, hold on a second. "Our wonderful government @ work..."? The thread title is kinda misleading. I was expecting something along the lines of...I dunno...the government? Where does the government come into play with this pedophile?

Police didnt act right away...police are government employees.

As i said in the first post, i was pissed when i posted. Best title i could think of at the time i guess. *shrug*

[Greenday]

Well, now that there is somehow a video the cops can do something about it.

"I think my doctor may have done something to my kid without my knowledge" isn't much to go on.

But if there were multiple complaints, I think that should have warranted an actual investigation.

[Nyoibo]

Police don't act right away on allegations, they investigate them first, when the investigation started however the hospital should have put him on leave, that's got nothing to do with the government though.

[XiaoTortuga]

Well, now that there is somehow a video the cops can do something about it.

"I think my doctor may have done something to my kid without my knowledge" isn't much to go on.

But if there were multiple complaints, I think that should have warranted an actual investigation.

The following quote from the article would seem to indicate they had a little more to go on:

A woman who said she watched Bradley inappropriately touch her daughter in 1999 during a doctor's visit said she filed a report with state police at least four years ago after hearing of similar complaints from other parents.

However, as much as we don't like it, if the police had notified the hospital or the medical board of their investigation, the suspect would have found out and likely covered his tracks, and probably the investigation would have not resulted in enough evidence to charge the guy. Yes, those kids would have been spared, but the guy could then move on and start the whole process all over again, with another slow police investigation after enough credible complaints were made.

[Greenday]

I'd just like to point out that the statute of limitations is only one year for most crimes. I'm pretty sure murder is the only exception. So If she reported four years ago, in 2005-2006, that's a little outside the statute of limitations for a crime committed in 1999. Which brings me to wonder, if the mom thought the way he touched his daughter was so bad, why did she wait SIX years to report it?

[XiaoTortuga]

I can see a lot of reasons for her waiting, I would guess that what she witnessed wasn't blatant, but something the felt wrong, after hearing similar complaints from other parents she decided there was something to it and then reported it.

And no, murder is generally the only thing that has NO statute of limitations, but many many crimes have longer than 1 year SoL. Also, for some crimes, you have a year or three years or whatever after you DISCOVER the crime and report it for it to be pursued.

But I will own up to not having paid attention to the dates! :P My bad there, and yeah, her waiting so long definitely makes it less credible.

[Amina516]

I'd just like to point out that the statute of limitations is only one year for most crimes. I'm pretty sure murder is the only exception. So If she reported four years ago, in 2005-2006, that's a little outside the statute of limitations for a crime committed in 1999. Which brings me to wonder, if the mom thought the way he touched his daughter was so bad, why did she wait SIX years to report it?

If somethings happens to someone under the age of 18, the statute doesnt go into effect until they turn 18 regardless of their age when it happened (or something like that...my google-fu is not working today..lol.)

What crimes have statutes of a year or less? That seems like such little time.

[jackfaire]

What sucks about the statute of limitations is that in some cases a prosecuter will wait until an offender is 18 then prosecute so they can try the person as an adult even if they commited the crime years earlier.

[Greenday]

What crimes have statutes of a year or less? That seems like such little time.

Looks like they vary. Canada has a 6 month one for lesser crimes. Misdemeanors in the US have a short statute of limitations. Regardless, six years is a LONG time to wait to report it. Months or up to a year I could understand. But six?

[Sarah Valentine]

Wheres a Deathnote when you need one....

Why don't you ask L? But seriously this guy should be nowhere near kids, I personly belive that anybody that even thinks about a kid that way deserves a bullet.

Sorry, I got a little carried away. I just get really mad whenever I read/see/hear anything like this.

[Amina516]

Why don't you ask L? .

Hes dead unfortunately. I guess itd have to be Near....And I dont like him as much...

[Wingates_Hellsing]

Why don't you ask L? But seriously this guy should be nowhere near kids, I personly belive that anybody that even thinks about a kid that way deserves a bullet.

A step too far, I'd say. So I'm going to go ahead and assume you were employing hyperbole. IMO, one of the noblest achievements in the book is to have a compulsion like that and resist it successfully. I can't deny that I've thought about brutally murdering people on several occasions, but a civilized society judges people on their actions and not their thoughts.

[McDreidel09]

Looks like they vary. Canada has a 6 month one for lesser crimes. Misdemeanors in the US have a short statute of limitations. Regardless, six years is a LONG time to wait to report it. Months or up to a year I could understand. But six?

I thought the statue of limitations for rape was 7 years. I don't remember where I heard that. I could be wrong.

However, I do think for statutory rape, the statue of limitations is until the victim turns 18.