Who Is Protecting Our Families? Not The Massachusetts Legislature.
Today there is yet another story in the Boston Herald of a woman being viciously attacked by a repeat sex offender. A violent level-three sex offender who has been charged and convicted of various sexual assaults since 1996 has spent little time in jail for his offenses.
Prosecutors tried to have David Flavell declared a sexually dangerous person in 2006, but Judge Richard T. Moses disagreed and allowed him to go free. Since then, Flavell has been charged with sexual crimes twice, once in 2007 and again in 2008 when he tried to rape a woman. Today we can add another charge to the list.
So it makes any sane person wonder why our legislature fought so hard against tough mandatory sentences for convicted sex offenders. A mere ten-year sentence was called "draconian" on the house floor. The majority of states have a mandatory 25-year sentence.
Massachusetts has some of the weakest laws for sex offenders in the country. We must strengthen laws that protect families and children and close the myriad of loopholes that let repeat sex offenders go free and unmonitored.
Our legislature continues to fail all of us when it comes to public safety.
About Me
- Shaunna O'Connell
- I see a need for bold change on Beacon Hill, so I am taking action and running for State Representative in my hometown of Taunton, Massachusetts. We need to put government back in the hands of the people, and that starts with electing new candidates who are committed to serving the needs of the people they represent. Help me bring accountability and public service back to Beacon Hill.
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