Aron Pritchard, Update

Months ago, I brought you a case of a "father" who had placed his two young children in a dyer and turned it on.

Thanks to a recent comment on that post, there is a update to the case, which is just as disturbing if not more so. I know... you're asking what on earth could be worse than putting a 2 year old and a 3 year old in a dyer.

Aron Pritchard, 27, was jailed Friday after prosecutors dismissed the original child abuse case and filed a new one, adding 10 sexual assault counts to the original charges. The charges are filed in the alternate, and depending on a jury's findings, Pritchard could face multiple life sentences.

I can almost understand dropping the charges for more serious ones... but I can not even begin to understand why on earth the Judge in this case LOWERED bail. Especially after having read this part:

Pritchard is charged with four counts each of aggravated sodomy and indecent liberties with a child, two counts of rape, and single counts of abuse of a child and aggravated endangering a child.

These aren't "simple" molestation charges... it's RAPE and SODOMY. And he gets a reduced bail? What on earth is the Judge thinking?

I suppose we should be thankful that the judge didn't give in completely- this perv was asking for even less bail-

In asking the court to release him on his original $5,000 bond, Pritchard noted he had not fled the jurisdiction and made every court appearance. His court-appointed attorney, Kiehl Rathbun, also told the court Pritchard has an infant son and he needed "to be a father to his child."

Magistrate Judge Randy McEwen acknowledged Pritchard's cooperation but said he also had to consider public safety. McEwen reduced the bond from $100,000 to $75,000. When Pritchard was originally charged in the previous abuse case, he was released on $750 bond.

Personally, I wish that ALL of the charges would stand, both for the dyer part and now for the sexual abuse. This man is nothing short of a monster and needs to be locked up for life.