Officer Jeff Pelo to Serve, Protect and Rape

A 17 -year former Police Officer, Jeff Pelo is found guilty by a jury in Illinois. He was convicted in the rapes of four women. Allegations going back from 2002. Prosecutors indicate that Pelo was careful not to leave behind evidence like semen, hair, or fingerprints.

The case was based on circumstantial evidence and witnesses who could place then ,Officer Jeff Pelo at each crime scene.

The rape of these women and the guilty verdict goes beyond victims having their day in court. For each rape victim "justice" is a dirty word. They must live with the permanent scars of their rapes, every waking hour of their lives. As do all rape victims. Until the day they die.

A trusted, appointed, lawman. Sworn to serve and protect. For these women the word rape has additional meaning betrayal. From the very system who failed to protect these women from men such as Jeff Pelo. The word rape also stands for:

Repeated- Assault- Police- Entry

In court a familiar song of sorts played out. And at one point during the trial Pelo's wife had an outburst in the courtroom "You've got the wrong man", she shouted.

The "Blue Blemish" is a reflection in a mirror into a system, that cracked long ago.

Tribune story-http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-ap-il-officer-rapecharg,0,5300741.story

http://movingoutmovingon.bloghi.com/2006/07/16/college-town-police-sgt-charged-with-four-rapes.html

www.womenincrimeink.blogspot.com

Cowardly Tin Badge Officers-Rape, Sex & Silence

Did the Florida State's Attorney's office make the right judgement call when they allowed a rapist who was a police officer to take a plea bargin deal? Maybe they didn't feel the victims would be able to go through with a trial and discuss what happened to them on a witness stand in front of a jury। And yet, had the case gone to trial Ragusa would have received life in prison। He'll be out when he is forty-two, and have the ability to live a good portion of his life as a free man। But, for rape victims, it is not so cut and dry। They will forever live with the trauma and fear of what was done to them for the remainder of their lives. They already have and will live the "crime victims prison", a place where the mind replays the criminal act in ways none of us can imagine. http://www.local10.com/news/15292315/detail.html -----------------------------

WINSTON-SALEM -- Former Landis police Chief Charles Childers will serve more than 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to child pornography and Internet-related sex crimes.
Childers stood before a federal judge in Winston-Salem and begged for mercy on Tuesday। Childers could have been given up to 45 years for the child pornography crimes।----------------------------------------------------