What Are These Judges Thinking?

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There was quite a dramatic incident in Louisville, Kentucky over the weekend. It happened not too far from where an aunt of mine lives. A man kidnapped a woman while posing as a police officer, forced her to go to her place of employment and open the door (then he robbed the place), raped her, then took her to his house where he told her, point blank, he was going to kill her. Thankfully, police were on their toes and were waiting for him when he got to his house. The woman was released and he was arrested after a five-hour standoff. The thing is...this should never have happened. The arrested man has a criminal history that includes, but is not limited to, murder. He took a plea deal of manslaughter to avoid a trial in the early 1990's. When being arraigned this morning the woman's boss appeared in court, chiding the judge (who, to be fair, had nothing to do with the criminal being out on the streets) and "the system" for letting this violent man escape justice to the point where it almost resulted in yet another murder. What are these judges thinking when they let these people bargain down to a couple of years, or even probation, for taking another human life? The punch line in this: for all of his violent criminal past and the multitude of charges against him, he has a mere $100,000 bond. Theoretically he could be walking the streets tomorrow...looking for another victim. Of course, the judges probably don't care as long as it's not their wife or daughter or sister or mother he's raping and murdering.....