the crime around our world

as we fall asleep at night, most of us take it for granted that we will wake up in our own beds the following mornings.

however, for elizabeth smart, this was not the case. almost seven years ago she was woken up by a man who was polite, soft-spoken, nicely dressed, and armed. armed with a knife. for nine months nobody found elizabeth smart. then, just over nine months after being kidnapped from her home, elizabeth smart was seen walking with her kidnapper and his companion. she was wearing a red wig, sunglasses and a veil. her kidnappers informed authorities that she was kidnapped to be mitchell's "second wife". the sad thing is, only three months after being kidnapped, her kidnapper, mitchell, was arrested for shoplifting. he was released the same day.

isnt it scary that people like that are out there? people who dont give a second thought to kidnapping an innocent, fourteen year old girl that they've only ever met once for a few brief moments? isnt it scary that people kidnap and kill people they have never met before? that wives and children are murdered horrifically by their husband/father?

thankfully, elizabeth smart was found alive. but there are so many people who do not make it home alive.

i was looking at the rcmp wanted list on their website today, which eventually led me to the fbi's top ten most wanted people. (usama bin ladin is one of them!) the crimes that some of these people have committed and are so far getting away with makes me sick.

take for instance, robert william fisher. for eight years he's gotten away with murdering his wife and two young children and then blowing up their family home in arizona. he's out there somewhere, hopefully burdened with guilt for this horrible crime. however, the fact remains the same. this man is free. so far, this man has gotten away with this murder for eight years. where is he?

the amounts of wanted people are scary. the amounts of crime are scary. the even scarier thing is, anything like this could happen to any of us. whats stopping some sick person from kidnapping or murdering us?!

i "take my hat off" to police officers, the rcmp, the fbi, correctional officers, and any other person involved in bringing justice to criminals like these! these criminals do not deserve to walk around free. they deserved to be locked up and punished for their crimes.