......he might come to think he can get away with it again.  This, apparently, is the lesson to be drawn from the story of Joran van der Sloot, once of Natalee Holloway fame.  MSNBC reports:

 

Police in Chile are checking hotels for a young Dutchman long suspected in the 2005 disappearance of U.S. teen Natalee Holloway and now believed to be involved in the killing of a woman in Peru.

After Peruvian officials announced Wednesday that Joran van der Sloot is the prime suspect in the death of 21-year-old Stephany Flores in a Lima hotel, Chilean police confirmed he had entered their country two days earlier.

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Two years ago, a Dutch television crime reporter captured hidden-camera footage of van der Sloot saying he was with Holloway when she collapsed on a beach from being drunk. He said he believed she was dead and asked a friend to dump her body in the sea.

Judges subsequently refused to arrest van der Sloot on the basis of the tape.

 

The release of factually guilty people absent proof beyond a reasonable doubt is the price we pay for safeguarding liberty from a potentially oppressive government.  The Framers and almost all of our citizens think the price is worth it.  But, as this story shows, it is still a price.