You Can Run, And You Can Hide March 2, 2008
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Fugitives can run and don’t have to hide
One breezy spring day in 2002, Eloy Williams thought the law had finally caught up to him. Wanted for a rape in Florida, Williams was stopped while prowling around an apartment complex in Georgia.
He tried to lie his way out of capture but eventually gave his real name, which the officer checked in a national fugitive database. Williams’ name wasn’t listed. He spent a night in jail - for lying about his name.
Then he was freed.
Over the next 14 months, Williams raped four women and a 14-year-old girl - victims of breakdowns in America’s patchwork system of fugitive hunting.
A Post-Dispatch investigation has found that in state after state, year after year, fugitives have been let go by police, only to victimize more people.
Between crimes, fugitives have used their real identities to get new drivers licenses in new states. Some have registered with police as sex offenders and still avoided arrest.
And if they are caught, convicted and imprisoned, that will only increase the prison population. The news a few days ago about so many Americans being in prison did not seem to make the Post happy.
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