Our system is broken for ‘insane’ criminals

Published October 10, 2025 9:28pm ET



It has become clear that our criminal justice system in many states has been broken by weak laws, weak prosecutors, and weak judges when it comes to violent criminals who have been adjudicated to be “insane.”

Florida police recently arrested Ronald Exantus for a parole violation and failure to register as a convicted felon. In 2015, Exantus broke into a Kentucky home and stabbed a six-year-old child in the head multiple times with a kitchen knife. He was given a pathetic 20-year sentence in 2018, and the ghouls at the Kentucky Department of Corrections chose to release him after eight years, against the recommendation of the parole board. The department answers to Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear, who wants to run for president in 2018.

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