The 250 Arrest Record Has Been Beaten by Henry Earl

Apparently, there is another guy that has been arrested more than 250 times, as per my last article of the Chicago native who was arrested over 250 times . In Kentucky, a man by the name of Henry Earl was arrested over 1000 times for intoxication and other minor offenses, as reported from various journalistic sites such as Ground Report, by Joe Defranceschi. Henry Earl's sentence back in 2008 for the public intoxication charge, which gained nationwide popularity, was 1000 days in jail which would have earned him release just this past year. However, because such sentences for minor crimes is not allowed, a 1000 sentence was enforced in vain. Further research has found that Mr. Henry Earl had actually surpassed that 1000 arrest record back in 2002 and had actually been arrested over 1300 times by 2008, as stated by The Smoking Gun with supporting source documentation.

The Lexington, KY man had been arrested numerous times for intoxication, along with a list of other "minor" crimes that seemed to hold no merit for a heavy sentence, thus giving him the opportunity to raise his stat sheet to over 1000 arrests. Other reports stated that Henry Earl spent over 10 years of his life in jail over the course of his reign on crime. But with 1000 arrests, 10+ years would seem appropriate. With the other man of 250 arrests, there has been no one substantial prison sentence to instill deterrence for repeated offenses. But again, this is mainly due to the fact that heavy sentences cannot be given to a person for minor crimes such as public intoxication and trespassing. This, in turn rules out such things as the 3 strike rule as I pointed out in another article pertaining to repeat offenders who don't care about the 3 strike rule .

I wonder what goes on in the mind of the judges that come across these cases before making their own ruling on such cases. What did the judge think when he noticed this man had 100 arrests? What about the judge that noticed 500 arrests, then 600, 700, and so forth? These seem like alarming numbers and quite overwhelming for any one person, while it also reflects on the judicial system itself as well.

Where is the integrity? Perhaps, as I have stated in my article repeat offenders don't care for the 3 strike rule , there can be and needs to be other resources used in conjunction with jail time. It obviously seems that spending these short amounts of time in jail does nothing to solve the problem and in many other cases, long sentences had little to no affect as well. As many prison systems do have resources within their facilities for inmates to utilize toward some form of rehabilitation, the fact is that it is either offered to those that are serving heavy sentences like life, or that the resources are not being exploited and serviced in the proper manner. The proper manner is that these resources should be mandatory instead of voluntary, as "a way out" of the situation in some aspect. If a criminal has a rap sheet that will deter society from giving them a chance upon release, like supplying them with jobs, then that criminal is most likely to return to that same life of crime for various reasons. Reasons of not having any other means of survival and feeling that there is no way out. This does nothing more than produce a vicious cycle of repeat offenses and an overpopulated community of jailed criminals.

Joe Defranceschi, www.groundreport.com/US/Henry-Earl-Man-Arrested-1-000-Times/2870207 , Ground Report
www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/crime/henry-earl-setting-record-straight , The Smoking Gun
Fox 56 Television, www.liveleak.com/view , Live Leak