Our Judicial System

This past year I know someone who was called to jury duty. The case that was presented was a horrible case of Criminal Sexual Conduct in the first degree to a child. The person on the jury took their role serious, listened to the evidence(which was he said she said) and really struggled with the decision to not convict. It turned out to be a hung jury and that they would have to re try the case.

When the case was over the judge talked to the juriers and told them that it was ok b/c the person was already in jail for some other horrific act and would be there for a long time. (Which the jurors did not know until then.) Then in the mail the person received a letter from the court saying that the convict entered a gulity plea to Criminal Sexual Conduct in the first degree. This really pisses me off! Not only did this jerk get to enter his case in a court of law, he had to taint this persons life w/ that story! That person never had to know about this girl's hard luck. I knew there are sick people it just sucks when they get a chance to tell their horrible acts in a court of law and make innocent jurors sit through it and have that in their memory forever! It just seems like there should be a better way to get that plea before a trial! Cattle prod?