SUPPORT LAW ENFORCEMENT BY GETTING TOUGHER ON CROOKS

I have resided in Stafford County for 61 years. I read online the article
concerning the 5 pounds of marijuana coming from Texas to Spotsylvania
["Long arms of law ensnare marijuana shipment," Feb. 11].

My question is this--if the driver of the vehicle could have posted bond
for $3,500, would he have been released instead of placed in the Regional
Jail? Shouldn't bond have been denied or shouldn't it have been set higher?

We have law enforcement laying their lives on the line every day to capture
criminals, and then a judge, or someone else, lets them go. To those
criminals, $3,500 is pocket change. In this case, I feel that there should
not have even been a bond offered. The suspect skipped his preliminary
hearing once--he'll do it again.

We have some excellent law enforcement. Let's back them up! We have laws
that need to be enforced.

There were three people in that van--the other two were released. What does
this tell our young people? They read things like this and say to their
friends, "They got by with it, so why can't we?"

I have heard the statement "laws are made for criminals, not victims." I
did not believe that statement, but it appears that there is truth in it. I
think our judicial system should be to suppress crime, not encourage it.

Lloyd McWhirt

Center Point, W.Va.