Suspect Has A Violent History

Justin Pierson
Post #10
YEAH IM FINISHED!

A young woman, Brittini Carlini, was brutally beaten and killed when she tried to retrieve her snowboard from supposed friends Ryan Vigil and Christopher Midyette. The twenty year old's body was found in the mesa near Rio Rancho burned and buried. Ryan Vigil, who has had a history of violent behavior, was arrested and placed in a juvenile detention center in April upon accusations of arson and stalking. Vigil has been accused of stalking another girl, breaking into her home and stealing undergarments and later setting fire to the home of the girl. Vigil spent two years in the detention center and many say this recent act of violence could have been prevented. Reports say that Vigil had been violent toward his family also, attempting suicide after being apprehended for stealing his mother's car. The family of the girl that had previously been stalked by Vigil stated that they were saddened by the news of Carlini's death but they were glad that it wasn't their daughter. The family also claimid that they begged authorities to keep Vigil detained in fear of further violent acts.

This article shows how authorities can sometimes fail society. It seems that Vigil's behavior could have been prevented if authorities would have monitored Vigil's behavior or kept him detained. This article also illustrates Weber's rationalization thesis, Vigil's violent history had been noted and it seems that because of this his current act of violence could have been forseen. Although Vigil served his time for his previous acts of violence his was not closely monitored and society's attempt to reintegrate Vigil into society had failed. This is an example of restorative justice Vigil was given the chance to reintegrate himself into society and become a law abiding citizen but could not contain his violent tendencies. This also shows how the community may become involved in decisions made concerning the release of certain individuals. The family of Vigil's previous vicitim begged for him not to be released and only if authorities had listened to this family, twenty year old Carlini may still be alive. Some individuals deserve to be incarcerated or if not incarcerated ought to receive mental help, it seems as if authorities were too eager to let Vilgil re-enter society and this backfired. Violent behavior is very difficult to predict but in this case a death could have been avioded if Vigil was more closely monitored. We ought to be thankful that these individuals will serve a significant amount of time incarcerated so that they can no longer hurt anyone else.

This article may be found in the November 10th issue of the Albuquerque Journal.