Reader Attends Court Appearance of Serial Rapist: Calls Hearing “Total Joke”
To the Editor:
       In Response to "Only Election of Judges Will Save Us from the Likes of Judge McCann Who Allowed a Serial Rapist of Children to “Walk” (Read Story)
       We attended Wheeler's March 28th court appearance. It was a total joke.
The case was continued until April 21st. The judge (Judge John McCann) allowed Mr. Wheeler to stay out of the court room because a camera was there. The judge also allowed many things "off the record" because of the camera. Nice that Mr. Wheeler has the judge looking out for him. The prosecutor said that she would like to see the failure to register charge stick because it could really come into play IF " he victimizes another child" I say WHEN he victimizes another child. ...How nice that our system will allow him to victimize again. What ? seven victims wasn't enough?
       The saga continues on April 21st, at Boston Municipal court, Courtroom 18 at 9:00 am.
Best,
Laurie Myers

Editor's Note:        Since we originally ran the story, it has been revealed that the serial rapist had violated probation at least 11 times. Technically, for any one of those violations, he should have been made to return to prison and finish his prison sentence. The man is a pedophile of the worst type.        Judge McCann, however, refused to send him back to jail. As indicated by the reader's letter, the judge has far more sympathy for the rapist than the little girls he repeatedly raped. Like the situation with Judge Maria Lopez, and even SJC Chief Justice Margaret Marshall,this demonstrates the need for some type of	Rapist Glen Wheeler
accountability of judges in the State of Massachusetts to the people. Elections for judges would remedy the situation. If judges knew that such a miscarriage of justice could cost them their jobs, they would likely put a little more thought into such matters.