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To: paret who wrote (6261)	3/17/2006 2:00:25 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9838

Judge's Decision Led to Release of Sex Offender [judge helps child molestor to molest again] wltx.com ^ \| 3/17/2006 \| Van O'Cain wltx.com Judge's Decision Led to Release of Sex Offender COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A judge who could have recommended a convicted sex offender to a state rehabilitation program behind bars six years ago instead said prosecutors failed to show the man would likely re-offend. Circuit Judge Edward Cottingham's decision allowed for the eventual release of Kenneth Glenn Hinson. Authorities are still looking for Hinson in connection with the rape of two teenage girls in an underground room behind his Hartsville home. Previous coverage. Hinson was convicted in 1991 of raping a 12-year-old girl. Cottingham said he didn't see probable cause that Hinson had a mental or personality abnormality that might lead him to offend again. Deputy U.S. Marshal Tim Stec says that Hinson was spotted Wednesday night near the Darlington-Chesterfield county line, but investigators were not able to catch him. They believe he is still armed, on foot and in the area. Authorities say the incident happened near Hinson's home on White Ridge Road in Hartsville. It was near the home where deputies say they found an underground bunker on Tuesday. In that bunker, they say Hinson assaulted the two young girls. "These are the kind of things, type of things, that don't happen in a county such as this, a rural county. But it just shows that these kinds of things are coming home to rural America," said Darlington County Chief Deputy Tom Gainey. Authorities say Hinson lived very close to the teens, though their relationship is not known. They say he broke into their home in the middle of the night, and kidnapped them. Officials say Hinson brought the two victims to a space he created under a shed, tied them up, sexually assaulted them and then left them there. Investigators say by the morning, the girls managed to free themselves from the duct tape, and kicked through the shed's door to escape. Officials say they then ran toward the road, where a passerby took them to safety.