05-15-2013, 09:31 PM
Was curious regarding the status of this terrible case. Here's where it stands today.
1. Renz pleaded not guilty to charges of kidnapping, rape, murder...
2. The prosecutors decided not to seek the death penalty; they'll pursue life without parole.
3. The judge ruled that the court room will be closed to cameras.
4. The trial is set to start June 14.
The parole officers and their policies are under fire.
This is just maddening.
They had a local policy not to investigate ankle monitor alerts of less than 5 minutes in duration. In fact, they asked the monitoring company not to bother sending them to the parole office.
There were 46 alerts set off by Renz before he abducted the librarian and her daughter.
-36 of them were under 5 minutes in duration. The parole office didn't know about them.
-10 of them were longer than 5 minutes in duration and simply ignored.
The monitor was only checked once after Renz was paroled for possession of child porn, in violation of existing policy.
Jesus Christ. On the (frustrating) plus side, the mountain of data available from the tracking device, which includes an update on his location every 15 minutes, is expected to make the prosecution a slam dunk.
Ref:
http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2...deral.html
Hope the 10 year old is doing okay.
1. Renz pleaded not guilty to charges of kidnapping, rape, murder...
2. The prosecutors decided not to seek the death penalty; they'll pursue life without parole.
3. The judge ruled that the court room will be closed to cameras.
4. The trial is set to start June 14.
The parole officers and their policies are under fire.
This is just maddening.
They had a local policy not to investigate ankle monitor alerts of less than 5 minutes in duration. In fact, they asked the monitoring company not to bother sending them to the parole office.
There were 46 alerts set off by Renz before he abducted the librarian and her daughter.
-36 of them were under 5 minutes in duration. The parole office didn't know about them.
-10 of them were longer than 5 minutes in duration and simply ignored.
The monitor was only checked once after Renz was paroled for possession of child porn, in violation of existing policy.
Jesus Christ. On the (frustrating) plus side, the mountain of data available from the tracking device, which includes an update on his location every 15 minutes, is expected to make the prosecution a slam dunk.
Ref:
http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2...deral.html
Hope the 10 year old is doing okay.