‘America’s most wanted pedophile’ free after British judge questions U.S. justice

Aw... too bad for the ranters here he wasn't a Catholic priest. Had that been the case he would have been rotting in jail for the rest of his life, his wife would have been sued into abject poverty, and the lawyers who defended his victims would now be living large on whatever $ he had in his coffers. -- Oh, wait... maybe his wife might have found a few relatives to shuttle him around so he could not be found and continued his pedo-mania! -- Now.. where have I heard that story before???

This is the same justice system that refused to prosecute Jimmy Savile either, so rapist Shawn Sullivan is small potatoes. He also married a British barrister so he's really part of the club.

Hideous!

Hideous!

Absolutely deplorable decision.

The US should just be pragmatic, and have the federal government and Minnesota strike a deal to remove, for this particular offender, the possibility of civil commitment. Then, when he is extradited, honor that deal and sentence him as previously ordained by the court. Then put him into the jail's general population, naked, wrapped in a London Jack. Merry Christmas from London.

So I guess the unstated fact is that Ireland is a pedophile-friendly place?

There are more pedophiles per square mile in the UK mostly around the london area than any other place in europe,the so called pillers of society are well represented with a judge and a politician among them,the most notorious being the fund raiser Sir Jimmy Saville and the BBC where it looks like a ring was operating where he worked, who died last year age over 82,despite complaints going back over 60 years he continued to abuse children right up to a few years before he died,with no penalty ever meeted out for his behavour.

There are more pedophiles per square mile in the UK mostly around the london area than any other place in europe,the so called pillers of society are well represented with a judge and a politician among them,the most notorious being the fund raiser Sir Jimmy Saville and the BBC where it looks like a ring was operating where he worked, who died last year age over 82,despite complaints going back over 60 years he continued to abuse children right up to a few years before he died,with no penalty ever meeted out for his behavour.

Those British are so unaware of how sexual abuse can ruin a person's life. How dare they not extradite him to the US!!! If they don't they should castrate this person.

I think Shawn Sullivan should be introduced to David Walsh who has yet to grow up

Well in Dallas County Texas 180,000 men are jailed each year. there are approx 1,000,000 males in dallas county. So in a 5 year period There is almost a 1 in 1 chance of spending at least a night in county lockup....and I am talking misdemeanor summonses basically it is Calvinism run amok. Then I found out the FEDs pay 400 a day re imbursement for the prisoners. So the prison system has become a cash cow So his Lordship is correct, although I find Sullivan despicable, perhaps some way can be worked out where he could do his time in a London Gaol (jail)

Whenever you're tempted to consider European sentencing of criminals too lenient, try to recall the 1861 Offences Against the Person Act--still the law in Ireland. Article 58 requires that "Every woman being with child, who with intent to procure her own miscarriage shall unlawfully administer to herself any poison or other noxious thing, ... shall be guilty of felony, and being convicted thereof shall be liable ... to be kept in penal servitude for life." Lenient? Not for women!

Too barbaric !??? For a child molester ? He deserves life in prison. The barbarism exists in allowing a rightfully convicted sex offender out of jail.

Funny how Americans complain that we are too lenient on criminals, seems every time you turn the corner someones complaining here about a judge who was not stern enough and the perp returns yet again for a similar crime..Its like following the Yo-Yo of public perceptions.