[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 26 (Thursday, February 9, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H1469]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
SUPPORT SLAUGHTER AMENDMENT TO H.R. 667
(Ms. SLAUGHTER asked and was given permission to address the House
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
Ms. SLAUGHTER. Mr. Speaker, how many more headlines like these do we
have to read, and how many more times do we have to hear abut a sexual
predator who was released from jail and then terrorized new victims?
Just yesterday, the New York Times and the New York Post reported
another instance of where a paroled rapist returned to his former
tactics. According to the reports, the New York police had just
arrested Johnny Rosado for 8 rapes in 1 month. He had been out of jail
for a year. All that time he was visiting his parole officer and
attending required rape counseling sessions.
But the parole officer and the counseling provided no protection for
8 victims, women between the ages of 16 and 28.
What is worse, Mr. Speaker, is the parole officers in the State of
New York did not want to let Johnny Rosado go free at all. He was
denied parole four times before being released on good behavior because
there were no women or children to rape in prison.
The State parole board told reporters, ``Under our law, he was held
as long as he could be. There was nothing we could do.''
If that is the best we can do, Mr. Speaker, we need a new law. I urge
my colleagues to support my amendment to H.R. 667 later today so that
States will not allow second-time sex offenders to go free to pounce
again.
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