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John Gardner's Case

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John Gardner's case is a classic example of how failed the Criminal Justice system was in

this case even as the perpetrator admitted to two first degree murders and previous reports

showing a man under state supervision. Gardner admitted at attacking, raping, and then killing

17-year-old Chelsea King and a 14-year-old girl named Amber Dubois, who was killed as she

was on her way to school (John Gardner In His Own Words Pt. 1 I could not stop

myself [Video], n.d.). After investigations were conducted, law enforcement discovered

Gardener's semen on his victim's pants, and on being arrested, Gardner admitted to committing

both crimes as a way of avoiding the death penalty.

In my view, Gardner was supposed to be sentenced to death. This is a testament that the

implementation of the death penalty is an issue in California. The reason is that Gardner had

served five-year parole in 2000 for using violence and sexually molesting a young girl (Wilkens,

2016). For one, the families of the victims cried foul because the perpetrator had a severe

criminal record involving the rape and assault of his victims. Moreover, Gardner had been

arrested in 2003 with mental health problems and placed in a mental health facility because he

was considered a threat to the public and himself. He completed his parole in 2008, having

severally violated the terms. This was a dangerous person that was allowed to roam freely for too

long, and as in the parole report, he is considered a "Mountain lion" (Wilkens, 2016).

In my view, the defendant was given too much of a light sentence despite confessing to

carrying out two-second degree murders of innocent girls. In a video where he talked to the

media for the first time after he had avoided a death penalty, Gardner laughed it off and even

offered to meet the parents of his victims (John Gardner In His Own Words Pt. 1 I could not stop

myself [Video], n.d.). Gardner had also led investigators to the crime scene where the bodies of

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Running head: JOHN GARDNER 1 John Gardner's Case Student Name Institution Affiliation JOHN GARDNER 2 John Gardner's case is a classic example of how failed the Criminal Justice system was in this case even as the perpetrator admitted to two first degree murders and previous reports showing a man under state supervision. Gardner admitted at attacking, raping, and then killing 17-year-old Chelsea King and a 14-year-old girl named Amber Dubois, who was killed as she was on her way to school (John Gardner In His Own Words Pt. 1 I could not stop myself [Video], n.d.). After investigations were conducted, law enforcement discovered Gardener's semen on his victim's pants, and on being arrested, Gardner admitted to committing both crimes as a way of avoiding the death penalty. In my view, Gardner was supposed to be sentenced to death. This is a testament that the implementation of the death penalty is an issue in California. The reason is that Gardner had served five-year parole in 2000 for using violence and sexually molesting a young girl (Wilkens, 2016). For one, the families of the victims cried foul because the perpetrator had a severe criminal record involving the rape and ass ...
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