In 1979 20 year-old Louis Brooks was sentenced to a Florida state prison
for house breaking and burglary. He was released in 1982.
In 1985 Brooks, now 26, was sentenced to 15 years for sexual battery and
making a threat with a deadly weapon. He served six years and was
released in 1991.
In 1992 he broke into the home of a 68 year-old woman and raped her.
Once again he was sentenced to 15 years in prison. Once again, he only
served six years. He was released this year after his sentence was
shortened for "good behavior."
A few days ago, four months after being released from prison for the 3rd
time, Louis Brooks broke into the house of the same woman he had raped
in 1992 and raped her again. The 75-year-old woman woke up in the middle
of the night to find Brooks standing over her bed, brandishing a butcher
knife. He threatened to kill her for putting him in prison. Then he
raped her on the floor of her dining room. The elderly woman was injured
in the attack and lay on the dining room floor for 20 minutes before
going to a neighbor's house to seek help.
They say that many women don't report rapes. Is that any surprise, when
the rapists are free to return and attack again?
Florida Department of Corrections spokeswoman Frances Marine: "No one
can really say if any of this could have been prevented." Really? A
man who has served 3 sentences and been convicted twice of rape - no way
of keeping him in prison?
If a 33 year-old man breaks into the home of a 68-year-old woman and
rapes her, he should die. Given that sort of justice, we're pretty sure
he wouldn't do it again.
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