"I also have to consider if there's room in the detention center. On that day in question, the holding facility was overcrowded. Had there been enough room, the teen probably would have been held."
Williams also defended the use of electronic monitoring devices, saying that they usually work.
According to Rick Drost, the Juvenile Court's home monitoring official, the court does not find out if a suspect has violated house arrest until the next day. Gee, that's all really comforting. I wonder how many future rape victims will remember this story and think twice about reporting the guy.
*sigh* Now this poor woman who was already attacked got SHOT IN THE FACE by her rapist.
But it's okay. Because if there had been room, they would've held him.
And usually the anklet's work.
