The article in today's Sun about the geography of crime in Baltimore and Charles Village misses the mark by miles ("Fatal stabbing underscores city's dangerous geography," July 29). There is a direct connection between the murder and the failure of Baltimore's justice system to take a violent offender off the street. In particular, it is malfeasance for a judge to allow a violent offender to walk several times, the same judge too.

We have a sadly distorted system that imprisons folks for low-level drug possession, substantially filling our jails, all the while routinely letting violent criminals out with time served and a slap on the wrist. It is not possible to make our city safer when the violent criminals are allowed to roam our streets. Until Baltimore's justice system gets better, we are all in danger.

John Dorsey, Baltimore