Thursday, February 11, 2010

Column



Stalking is something that courts take lightly now days.

Florida woman, Alissa Blanton, filed for an order of protection against a man who had continually sent her harassing e-mails and stalked her since she was a waitress at Hooters.

The court ruled her evidence to be not enough to rule her protection, and protection is something she didn’t have when she was shot and killed in a parking lot.

I think it is incredibly sad the courts don’t take stalking and harassing behavior seriously.

Clearly they should pay more attention to these kinds of allegations because it has cost someone their life.

The man that shot and killed Blanton, turned the gun on himself, now there is no one to service justice for this crime.

Who should pay the price for her death?

I think that the courts should be held responsible for her death, because with an order of protection, maybe this poor woman’s life would have been saved.

No one’s voice should go unheard, and no ones fear should go unnoticed, this should be a lesson to all. 

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