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Liberal Judge "Rape Is Ok!" Freed sex offender accused of rape days later.
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Apr 1, 2013, 3:56:29 PM4/1/13
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Laugh! Laugh! Laugh! FREE RAPE in Seattle!
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Less than a week after a King County judge allowed a convicted
sex offender to walk out of jail without having to post bail,
prosecutors say the man kidnapped and raped an 18-year-old woman
in North Seattle.
Ricky Lee Lewis, 55, is now charged with first-degree kidnapping
and first-degree rape in connection with the March 20 incident.
He was being held in King County Jail in lieu of $1.03 million
bail.
The judge who allowed Lewis to go free on his personal
recognizance six days before the alleged rape concedes he may
have made a mistake.
�I�m sorry I was wrong, but that was my judgment at the time,�
Superior Court Judge Ronald Kessler said on Friday. �Judges take
risks every day. The only way to avoid that would be to keep
everybody in jail as long as possible, but that�s the easy way
out.�
Kessler said that at the time he declined to set bail for Lewis
and allowed him to go free, no evidence had been presented to
him by prosecutors to indicate Lewis would commit a violent
crime.
The prosecutor�s office declined to speak about the case, but
directed a reporter to charging documents.
Lewis had been convicted of two rapes and had served 10 years in
prison before he was released in 2003, according to court
documents. He was labeled a Level III sex offender, indicating
he was considered a high risk to reoffend.
Last year, Lewis stopped making his required weekly check-ins
with the King County Sheriff�s Office. As a result, he was
charged with failure to register as a sex offender, court
records show.
When Lewis was summoned to court on March 14 to answer to the
charge, prosecutors asked Kessler to set bail at $30,000, saying
that Lewis� failure to register demonstrated an unwillingness to
comply with court orders and that he was a threat to the
community, court documents say.
�The defendant is transient, does not have a fixed address and
lacks ties to the community,� prosecutors wrote in their request
for bail. �His failure to register as a sex offender
demonstrates an unwillingness to comply with court orders and
presents a threat to the community safety.�
Lewis, however, said that he�d lived in the area for 48 years
and was receiving mental-health treatment. In addition, court
records show it was the first time he had been charged with
failing to register, a felony punishable by up to one year in
jail.
Kessler granted Lewis� request for release on personal
recognizance and ordered Lewis to register as a sex offender,
according to the documents.
Lewis then appeared in court the following week, on March 19,
and asked that his next hearing be delayed until April because
he was scheduled for ankle surgery, a request which was granted.
The next day, Lewis is accused of raping the woman.
The victim told Seattle police that she was walking in the 11700
block of Aurora Avenue North around 6 p.m. when Lewis pulled up
to her in a black van and asked if she wanted a ride, charging
documents allege.
When she told him she did not, �Lewis then quickly opened the
door, grabbed (the victim) and pulled her into his van,�
prosecutors wrote. The victim said she kicked Lewis and tried to
get out of the van but could not unlock the door, the court
documents say.
When Lewis arrived at his home, a trailer parked on a property
in the 2000 block of North 143rd Street, he pulled the teen out
of the van, grabbed her in a bear hug, clasped his hand over her
mouth and carried her into the trailer, charging documents
allege.
Lewis told the woman he had been �waiting for this to happen for
a long time,� according to charging papers.
The woman was allowed to leave after the rape, but she left her
socks and $20 in the trailer, she told police.
Later, she led police to Lewis� trailer and positively
identified him as the man who had assaulted her, prosecutors
said. When questioned, a witness told police he had seen Lewis
pick up a female and drag her into the trailer and had heard her
screams for help, according to charging documents.
Lewis had been convicted of statutory rape in 1985 for forcibly
raping a 15-year-old girl he�d lured to his apartment and of
second-degree rape in 1993 after raping a woman he�d brought to
his apartment, prosecutors say in court documents.
If convicted as charged, Lewis faces life in prison under the
two-strike law for sex offenders.
http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2020671950_sexoffenderxml
html?prmid=obinsource
Less than a week after a King County judge allowed a convicted
sex offender to walk out of jail without having to post bail,
prosecutors say the man kidnapped and raped an 18-year-old woman
in North Seattle.
Ricky Lee Lewis, 55, is now charged with first-degree kidnapping
and first-degree rape in connection with the March 20 incident.
He was being held in King County Jail in lieu of $1.03 million
bail.
The judge who allowed Lewis to go free on his personal
recognizance six days before the alleged rape concedes he may
have made a mistake.
�I�m sorry I was wrong, but that was my judgment at the time,�
Superior Court Judge Ronald Kessler said on Friday. �Judges take
risks every day. The only way to avoid that would be to keep
everybody in jail as long as possible, but that�s the easy way
out.�
Kessler said that at the time he declined to set bail for Lewis
and allowed him to go free, no evidence had been presented to
him by prosecutors to indicate Lewis would commit a violent
crime.
The prosecutor�s office declined to speak about the case, but
directed a reporter to charging documents.
Lewis had been convicted of two rapes and had served 10 years in
prison before he was released in 2003, according to court
documents. He was labeled a Level III sex offender, indicating
he was considered a high risk to reoffend.
Last year, Lewis stopped making his required weekly check-ins
with the King County Sheriff�s Office. As a result, he was
charged with failure to register as a sex offender, court
records show.
When Lewis was summoned to court on March 14 to answer to the
charge, prosecutors asked Kessler to set bail at $30,000, saying
that Lewis� failure to register demonstrated an unwillingness to
comply with court orders and that he was a threat to the
community, court documents say.
�The defendant is transient, does not have a fixed address and
lacks ties to the community,� prosecutors wrote in their request
for bail. �His failure to register as a sex offender
demonstrates an unwillingness to comply with court orders and
presents a threat to the community safety.�
Lewis, however, said that he�d lived in the area for 48 years
and was receiving mental-health treatment. In addition, court
records show it was the first time he had been charged with
failing to register, a felony punishable by up to one year in
jail.
Kessler granted Lewis� request for release on personal
recognizance and ordered Lewis to register as a sex offender,
according to the documents.
Lewis then appeared in court the following week, on March 19,
and asked that his next hearing be delayed until April because
he was scheduled for ankle surgery, a request which was granted.
The next day, Lewis is accused of raping the woman.
The victim told Seattle police that she was walking in the 11700
block of Aurora Avenue North around 6 p.m. when Lewis pulled up
to her in a black van and asked if she wanted a ride, charging
documents allege.
When she told him she did not, �Lewis then quickly opened the
door, grabbed (the victim) and pulled her into his van,�
prosecutors wrote. The victim said she kicked Lewis and tried to
get out of the van but could not unlock the door, the court
documents say.
When Lewis arrived at his home, a trailer parked on a property
in the 2000 block of North 143rd Street, he pulled the teen out
of the van, grabbed her in a bear hug, clasped his hand over her
mouth and carried her into the trailer, charging documents
allege.
Lewis told the woman he had been �waiting for this to happen for
a long time,� according to charging papers.
The woman was allowed to leave after the rape, but she left her
socks and $20 in the trailer, she told police.
Later, she led police to Lewis� trailer and positively
identified him as the man who had assaulted her, prosecutors
said. When questioned, a witness told police he had seen Lewis
pick up a female and drag her into the trailer and had heard her
screams for help, according to charging documents.
Lewis had been convicted of statutory rape in 1985 for forcibly
raping a 15-year-old girl he�d lured to his apartment and of
second-degree rape in 1993 after raping a woman he�d brought to
his apartment, prosecutors say in court documents.
If convicted as charged, Lewis faces life in prison under the
two-strike law for sex offenders.
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