Rabbi allegedly fondled student NEW YORK — A rabbi of an all-boys Orthodox school who has been charged with sexually abusing two students is accused of fondling a third. Rabbi Yehuda Kolko faced a Brooklyn judge Wednesday on new charges of sex abuse and child endangerment. He is accused of molesting a first-grader in 2005 at the Yeshiva-Mesivta Torah Temimah, where he worked for several years. Kolko’s attorney, calling the case against his client weak, said the charges stemmed from an angry student who had it in for the 61-year-old rabbi. The attorney also criticized the high bail set by the judge, $50,000 bond or $25,000 cash.
the charges stemmed from an angry student who had it in for the 61-year-old rabbi.
This is another major concern!! FALSE ACCUSATIONS! Remember....in this great country of ours, that the tables of justice are turned in the public opinion polls. You are GUILTY until proven INNOCENT!
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
Okay so here ya have it folks. This Cabrera guy breaks a 15month old kids arm in 2006. And he is out walking the streets FOR OVER 1 YEAR!! They say that the 'case is till pending'. And what the hell does that mean?
Was there a bond set?? and..... Innocent until proven guilty(that is the only thing keeping us from vigilante gang-banging)
...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......
The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.
STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS
Who cares if a bond was set!!! The jerk breaks a 15month olds arm and is still walking the streets!! So what was the consequences for his actions? NONSENSE!
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
Who cares if a bond was set!!! The jerk breaks a 15month olds arm and is still walking the streets!! So what was the consequences for his actions? NONSENSE!
yup, that's our paradox......
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Main Entry: par·a·dox Pronunciation: \ˈper-ə-ˌdäks, ˈpa-rə-\ Function: noun Etymology: Latin paradoxum, from Greek paradoxon, from neuter of paradoxos contrary to expectation, from para- + dokein to think, seem — more at decent Date: 1540 1: a tenet contrary to received opinion 2 a: a statement that is seemingly contradictory or opposed to common sense and yet is perhaps true b: a self-contradictory statement that at first seems true c: an argument that apparently derives self-contradictory conclusions by valid deduction from acceptable premises 3: one (as a person, situation, or action) having seemingly contradictory qualities or phases
...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......
The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.
STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS
—Republican Iowa state legislator, on the state legislature’s support of a 2,000-foot state-wide residency restriction361
In 2002 Iowa legislators passed a law prohibiting registered offenders whose victims were minors from living within 2,000 feet of any school or child care center.362 Violators face up to two years in prison and a $5,000 fine.363
Legal challenges delayed it from taking effect until 2005, when a federal court of appeals declared the law constitutional. The restrictions apply regardless of the length of time a former offender has lived offense-free in the community— and the restrictions remain in place for life.364 The restrictions apply to all individuals convicted of a sex offense against a child, regardless of whether the conviction required them to register as a sex offender. The only exception to the law is that offenders do not have to move from their residences if they had been living there before the law was enacted.365
The Iowa law has had the effect of excluding sex offenders from entire communities, driving them underground or across state lines to municipalities without residency restrictions. For this reason, some of the toughest and most vocal critics of Iowa’s residency restrictions are law enforcement officials.
As one law enforcement official points out, “We’ve taken stable people who have committed a sex crime and cast them out of their homes, away from their jobs, away from treatment, and away from public transportation. It’s just absolutely absurd what these laws have done, and the communities are at greater risk because of it.”366
The Iowa County Attorney’s Association asserts that the state has lost track of over half its registered sex offenders since the restrictions went into effect.367 Lynn County, Iowa Sheriff Don Zeller reports that his county had 435 sex offenders registered in 2002. After the residency restriction went into effect in 2005, 114 moved, 74 have been charged with violating the ordinance, and others disappeared. “We went from knowing where about 90 percent of them were. We’re lucky if we know where 50 to 55 percent of them are now … the law created an atmosphere that those individuals can’t find a place to live.”368
Douglas Dykstra, a probation and parole supervisor for the Iowa Department of Corrections says that many individuals can be safely supervised in the community without distance restrictions. “You can’t take any law and blanketly apply it to everybody, because people are different and pose different degrees of risk to the community,” Dykstra said. “To all of a sudden up the ante and treat everyone as if they are the highest risk is not really a wise use of resources.”369
The county attorney of Dubuque, Iowa, Fred McCaw, worries about the law’s inflexibility: “The law doesn’t take into account the ones that have behaved themselves for however many years and have done the rehabilitation programs and are now contributing members of the community. None of that is considered.”370
In January 2006 the Iowa County Attorney’s Association issued a statement opposing Iowa’s 2,000-foot sex offender residency restriction law, citing the fact that the law “does not provide the protection that was originally intended and that the cost of enforcing the requirement and the unintended effects on families of offenders warrant replacing the restrictions with more effective protective measures.”371
Iowa resident Zane S., who was convicted of child molestation in 1997 and released in 2003, explained to Human Rights Watch why the law led him to leave the state. “When I was released, I went to live with my grandmother, who is sick. I thought I could help take care of her. But then the zoning law went into effect and, because I moved in with my grandma after 2002, I could not stay there—she is too close to a daycare. There was nowhere I could live legally in the county that I could afford. A group of sex offenders were thinking about living in a trailer park at the edge of town, but I didn’t think that would be good for my recovery. So I had to leave my grandma. I decided to go live in Nebraska, because there were no residency restrictions.”372
Registrants in Des Moines, Iowa’s largest and most densely populated city, have had a particularly hard time finding housing outside the sex offender-free zones created by the residency restriction law. In effect, sex offenders who have committed crimes against children are zoned out of Des Moines.
As one law enforcement official points out, “We’ve taken stable people who have committed a sex crime and cast them out of their homes, away from their jobs, away from treatment, and away from public transportation. It’s just absolutely absurd what these laws have done, and the communities are at greater risk because of it.
There ya have it Suzie, Eddy and the rest of the dysfunctional county legislatures. It clearly does not take a rocket scientist here folks....If a criminal has paid their debt to society, then LEGALLY they are FREE!! If they are still a danger to society, then they need to be kept incarcerated!!
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
Sch’dy County should have started over with sex offender law
At a special meeting on Aug. 23, the Schenectady County Legislature amended a law restricting all levels of sex offenders from residing within 2,000 feet of certain designated areas where children congregate to exempt Level 1 offenders, and among others, establishing a work group to include representatives of law enforcement and treatment agencies as well as representatives of communities that stand affected. It rescinded the law requiring all sex offenders to relocate by Oct. 1 if they were already living within a restricted area. A long-planned family commitment in California kept me from attending the suddenly scheduled special meetings. The closest I could get to participating was to ask the GOP caucus to represent my views: Rescind both sex offender laws, establish a work group made up of law enforcement and treatment agencies responsible for sex offenders, and community representatives. The GOP caucus did its best, but being reminded by the majority that votes to rescind the residency law were nine against, it settled for amending the law, including forming a work group: The Schenectady County Council to Prevent Sex Offenses. Political compromise has a place, but in this instance its value is dubious. Starting again with a clean slate would at least free all participants to honestly express their professional opinions and represent their communities without being constrained by political considerations, given how closely most of the representatives charged with developing recommendations are tied to or are part of the county’s majority leadership. Nor does the amended law correct its basic flaws: Level 2 and 3 sex offenders will still be relegated to rural areas of the county, where supervision will be diffi cult and employment and treatment opportunities limited; that it will fail in its intended purpose of protecting children by driving offenders underground and further isolating them, as all studies of such restrictive residency requirements demonstrate; and that it will burden county taxpayers with costly lawsuits. Protecting children from becoming victims of sex crimes is a worthy goal deserving of a thoughtful, comprehensive approach, not a quick political solution. Responsible legislation would consider how to protect adults as well as children from becoming victims of sex crimes. It would not solve a problem at the cost of neighboring communities. A step in this direction would be for the county to fully participate in the Capital District Coalition for Sex Offender Management [CDCSOM], as do Albany and Rensselaer counties. Although we belong officially, it is in limited capacity, as we have not committed the necessary $20,000 annual fee. The work of the newly created Schenectady County Council to Prevent Sex Offenses can be expedited, if given full access to all CDCSOM’s resources and expertise. Isn’t it time to join our neighbors in working together to develop solutions for all of us, instead of pitting one against another? CAROLINA M. LAZZARI Schenectady The writer is county legislator for Duanesburg, Rotterdam
A step in this direction would be for the county to fully participate in the Capital District Coalition for Sex Offender Management [CDCSOM], as do Albany and Rensselaer counties. Although we belong officially, it is in limited capacity, as we have not committed the necessary $20,000 annual fee. The work of the newly created Schenectady County Council to Prevent Sex Offenses can be expedited, if given full access to all CDCSOM’s resources and expertise.
Where are our STATE leaders???
MR. SILVER??? MR. BRUNO??? MR. SPITZER???
Isn't the track season over......show me the $$ trail.......
...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......
The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.
STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS
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