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Posted: 03-10-2013 12:18 Post subject:

Ahhh.. I see what you're saying, Skinny. Not naive, just irritated at law enforcement. Yeah. If there's not enough hard evidence, and the parties maintain their innocence, there's not much they can do. They can only wait and hope someone comes forward.

I spoke with a judge recently who was appalled when a perp met an extremely high bond. He was forced to set bond by law. Then, he had to let the man out when the bond price was met.

And this is where I'm frustrated. I see what you're saying to a certain extent Escargot, but this man did not have money for bond. Someone helped him - most likely his family. He is not a threat to his family. He was caught attempting to abduct a child and the evidence in his car showed that he most likely would have murdered the child after. But, he's threatened suicide in the past and that's probably why the family wanted him at home. Rolling Eyes

If that was my family member, I'd feel terrible for him because he's obviously sick - but I wouldn't put others in harms way to help him.

Posted: 13-10-2013 10:34 Post subject:

Not much Fortean about this, but a really engaging doco about boxing Irish clans in Ireland and England carrying on a hardcore feud through fistfighting. Hits close to home, coz some of my father's uncles and cousins are Quinns and his mother was a Clarke and her mother's people were Joyces. All that boxing culture's gone from our generation and we've no sons ourselves. 7 daughters (but they've still got the stiff-necked strain - no doubt about that. Cool

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Knuckle: Irish Bare-knuckle Fighting clans