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by VDC staff
A convicted sex offender with a history of violent offenses and parole violations has been released again into the community, this time to the town of Milton.
According to a statement from the Chittenden Unit for Special Investigations, on Tuesday, August 5, the Vermont Parole Board released Christopher Edwards, 37, from a State Correctional Facility. He will now be supervised by the St. Albans Probation & Parole office.
Edwards was first convicted at age 20 for sexually assaulting an intoxicated 15-year-old girl. He was later convicted of sexually assaulting a second intoxicated 15-year-old girl. Despite repeated incarceration, officials say Edwards has struggled to comply with parole conditions and has continued to commit violent crimes.
The Vermont Department of Corrections has assessed Edwards as being in the high-risk category for both general and sexual recidivism, compared to other incarcerated sex offenders. Based on his pattern of offending, officials believe that if he were to re-offend, the likely victim would be an intoxicated or otherwise vulnerable adolescent female—possibly someone known to him.
Edwards is currently residing in the town of Milton.
Authorities are encouraging residents to be aware and to report any suspicious behavior.
If you or someone you know has been a victim of sexual assault—regardless of when it occurred—confidential help and support is available. Free advocacy, medical care, and counseling are available statewide.
For help, call the 24/7 confidential hotline at 800-489-7273, or visit the Vermont Network Against Sexual and Domestic Violence at http://www.vtnetwork.org.
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Categories: Public Safety
Releasing repeat sex offenders, especially of minors, appears to be for the intended purpose of perpetuating public fear and creating more victims, more trauma, and more mental health issues. Why else are penalties so lax? The state pretends to care about your children: Ha!
Seemingly the Government view is now we must show compassion for serious offenders by psychologically terrorizing innocent citizens.
Previously, it was other assorted offenders who have been portrayed as “victims of an uncaring and vindictive society”. Now it is perpetrators of sexual assault on minors. Perhaps the claim from the anti-crime-enforcement crowd is that: we must recognize and respect the way all people express their love”…just like we do when we tolerate gay men marching in parades or on the White House lawn in bondage gear showing their bare rears or when they dress up as slutty women and read stories to children in public libraries.
If you’re a high risk then treatment didn’t work and you should finish your sentence and not be paroled.
Penalties for violent repeat sex offenders, and especially against children, need to be drastically increased, but to the points made in the above replies, what would it take to convince our morally bankrupt legislators and many extremely lenient judges that they care not a whit about children, victims, nor public safety?
What is being called “compassion” these days is really the opposite, and an abrogation of badly needed retributive justice and judicial and legislative responsibility.