Moral Nihilism: Why can't they just leave that nice Mr. Karr alone?

I know that some lawyers will go to great lengths, at times it seems to any length, to defend their clients. I know that this good for our judicial system and that half-hearted representation has led to some innocent people being locked up. But once a case is decided or charges are dismissed, a lawyer has to know when to cut their ties, especially when their client is as loathsome as John Mark Karr.

Seth Temin is apparently trying strike it rich by being the attorney to the pervs. Why else would he issue this statement after the case against Karr was dropped:

“We’re deeply distressed by the fact that they took this man and dragged him here from Bangkok, Thailand, with no forensic evidence confirming the allegations against him.”

Deeply distressed? Well oh my goodness. I hope Mr. Temin will sleep more restfully when Karr is back in Bangkok trading in kiddy flesh. Maybe Karr will send him a postcard of the little girl he purchased at a flee market and Temin can feel proud all over again that he helped a wrongly accused man return to a life of normalcy. Miscreants.

If someone wants to claim that that this was shoddy DA work and a waste of taxpayer’s money, maybe you could make that case. But to suggest that the pedophile Karr was unfairly implicated or should never have been inconvenienced by being arrested is an affront to a civilized society.

Falsely confessing to raping and killing a child is almost as twisted as actually doing it. How could you not investigate this vermin further? I know that you can’t prosecute someone for their lurid fantasies, but if ever an exception could be made, Karr’s as good a candidate as you’ll find.

There’s also the matter of pending charges in California for child pornography, although Temin probably sees that as just a nuisance issue, like outstanding parking tickets.

Karr is obviously sick. His sickness threatens the well-being of children so he should be quarantined with individuals to whom he poses no threat. Perhaps a special wing could be set up in one of our maximum security prisons to house violent inmates who also happen to be the fathers of young daughters. That would make a good home for Karr. And maybe his pal Temin could visit on the weekends, if he isn’t too distressed.

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