Brad Stowell back in prison

I believe he should never have been let out of prison in the first place. Let me make that clear.

But the reasons he’s being sent back for smell very bad to me. I think they are merely an excuse for the parole board to try and CYA themselves after letting him go.

For instance not having a job: I imagine its hard for the 2nd most notorious child molestor in Idaho to get a job (Joseph Duncan is #1). So I really can’t fault him on that unless its shown he wasn’t even trying.

Having internet access???? Whoopdeedoo who cares. In theory I suppose they think he might try and use it for child porn or soliciting sex. But if he lives in Boise he could easily do that from a public computer at an internet cafe or library so isn’t it better to have him doing at a computer that can be monitored.

As I said, he does belong in prison. I just wish he’d been there for the molestations not trumped up parole violations.

It depends on the terms of Stowell’s Parole. Most on parole MUST have a job within a specified period or show their job interviews etc. where they were denied jobs.

I agree with Reader above. Illegals can get jobs within days. I wonder if Stowell is willing to wash dishes or some other jobs.

The Parole Board screwed up granting parole. However, like every other parolee, Stowell has to follow his “rules.” Where did Stowell get the $ for a laptop if he wasn’t working?

Maybe he is just hoping to get to meet Kimball Mason. After all, isn’t this Stowell’s second parole and now 3rd imprisonment?

It should also be noted - that Idaho Sex offenders have to go through Polygraph Tests at least twice a year - high profile offenders sometimes quarterly

So if they did go on the internet they would be caught.

It’s not as easy as people think to get a job, especially if you’re a felon and even harder if you’ve been hit with a molestation or sexual abuse charge. Everyone runs background searches in this day and age and his options are extremely slim. Of course that’s his problem and price to pay for what he’s done, but illegals have a much easier chance of getting a job than a convicted felon does in this day and age. Plus your “illegal” is going to work twice as hard and most farmers and contruction foreman know this.

Why fixate on the source of the laptop? Maybe his family gave it to him so he could stay in touch with them. Maybe he bought it with money he had saved. What does it matter about where it came from? If he violated the conditions of his parole, he should face the consequences. If one of the problems of being a convicted felon is difficulty finding a job, then let future ‘do-badders’ beware! But, that’s just my view. I don’t know much.

Stowell’s use of a computer was one of the reasons he violated his first probation and put him behind bars. Now that he’s done the same thing twice, I’m sure he will serve at least the minimum sentence he was given.

The probation officers want to see a parolee looking for a job if they don’t have one. If Stowell was actively job hunting, he could have provided a search history, but the computer violation was enough to send him back to the iron bar hotel. Without the computer, he may have been given some slack if he could prove he was actively job hunting.

Hopefully he’ll be back where he belongs and will stay there for a long time to come. I don’t think it is uncommon for child predators to have an incredibly charming streak to their nature. I think that is in part, what helps them catch their prey. I understand John Q. Public being fooled by this charm. I don’t understand PO’s and judges being charmed by them. Brad Stowell clearly violated the terms of his probation and he didn’t even wait to do so. He obviously thinks he can get away with anything. He needs to be stopped and the way to do that is to lock him up for a very long time.

Wendy jo - ????///// how do you make the upsidedown ? Mr Stowell is back in system where is he held longterm?it seems to me his parents move to his location.

Obviously people like Brad Stowell are sick individuals because they are sexually attracted to children. Lets face it, they cannot be cured, just like you or I cannot be cured because we are sexiually attracted to adult women or men. All of you folks out there who have normal attractions to adults, could you be cured of your sexual attraction? Absolutely not. This is why people like Brad Stowell should never be free. They cannot be cured. Sooner or later they will offend again and hurt another child somewhere along the way. I’m having a hard time dealing with the fact that he was released at all. The minute that he was released he immediately started breaking the rules by not searching for work and by having internet access. I’m infuriated in knowing that his wife is still sticking with him. What is wrong with her. Not to mention, who gave him the laptop, what were they thinking.

Guest House, I’ve seen variations of your comment #19 before on this site by others. But judges give light sentences in all areas, sometimes. So we can’t assume they are also secret drunk drivers, secret murderers, secret rapists, secret tax cheats, secret burglars, etc. (Although my belief is that we are all human and have our own skeletons in our respective closets).

We can bring to light the sentences that seem to be short (as opposed to standard or maximum time for the crime) and also those laws which allow for inappropriately short terms in the sentencing. Maybe the light we shed will create some desire by elected judges to be a little more willing to hand out more determinate jail time, and some desire by our elected legislative leaders to change the laws to give more sentencing options to better protect society.