Wondering: Handicapped Man Plays System

Item: Prosecutors reluctant to press charges in child porn case: Peterson has been deemed unfit to stand trial on two previous occassions /Marc Stewart, Coeur d’Alene Press

Wondering: I just caught the absolute tail end of an interview with Christie Wood on KREM. Apparently this man has a guardian who says he is totally harmless. His hobby is just taking pictures of people in the neighborhood. He is not a pedophile. Then explain please the child porn on his computer. Explain the previous incidents. The problem here lies not with the CDA police, but with the public defender who gets him off the hook each time. And with a judge who goes along with the PD without having him evaluated. wrong. … If the court cuts him loose, there is nothing the police dept. can do.

DFO: I can’t remember if I mentioned it yesterday, but I met this fellow at a garage sale a coupla years ago. I remember him b/c he’s very small, with a distinctive appearance. Also, he had all kinds of computer equipment for sale. His adopted mother was there, too. I can see how he’d be a natural for bullies to pick on. I’d guess he’s pretty harmless. I wouldn’t want to be responsible for determining what the state does with him, one way or another. Tough call.