Alex Granados' three-part piece on civil commitments for sex offenders raises valid concerns regarding the rights of individuals who are convicted and punished for committing specific offenses.
Mr. Granados touches on two cases and presents them as evidence to support his point that the laws are far reaching and unfair. Mr. Granados may be right, but his one-sided presentation of the facts of the cases is unfortunate.
Mr. Granados asks us to take Joshua Curtis's mother version of the events surrounding her son's conviction and Mrs. Devoy's version of her husband's conviction for sexually abusing a 16-year-old neighbor. According to Mr. Granados, Mrs. Devoy said that her husband was forced to accept a plea deal that put him on the sex offender list.
Mr. Granados minimizes or ignores the fact that both cases made their way through courts where defendants are considered innocent until proven guilty. Mr. Granados fails to explain how Mrs. Devoy's husband was "forced to take a plea."
Mr. Granados' failure to investigate the other side of these cases and speak with the victims, prosecutors or investigators is a slap in the face to all victim's of sex crimes.
By not conducting a thorough examination of the facts before presenting them as evidence of his argument, I wonder who is taking who down the rabbit hole.
JOHN FARRELL
Manassas
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