A four-year-old child was allegedly raped and given an STD by a man who is a career criminal. . . “Mr. Jelks, we have arrested six times over the past six years,” Baton Rouge Police Chief TJ Morse said. “He has everything from firearm charges to domestic violence battery, violation of protective orders, and is currently on probation.”. . .
In June 2024, he was arrested for Illegal possession of a stolen firearm, possession of a firearm or carrying of a concealed weapon by a person convicted of certain felonies, resisting an officer, and battery of a dating partner. For those charges, his bond was set at $15,000, and a probation hold was put into place. . . He was released on parole on June 26, 2025.
On August 1, weeks after his latest release, investigators said he raped a four-year-old and gave her Chlamydia.
Something is extremely wrong with our criminal justice system. Career criminals get caught and almost immediately released, so they proceed to commit even worse crimes.
We need a federal 3-strikes law, like they used to have in California. Most violent crime is recidivist. After the third felony, criminals should automatically get a life sentence. We will avoid a gigantic number of violent crimes if this simple and well-tested practice is adopted. There’s no reason not to do it. You can find an extraordinary number of these crimes where the perpetrator was just released on bond, probation, or even without any limitations at all.

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