I just have to wonder why El Dorado County is even considering allowing the Garridos to waste the court’s time and money on the idea of so-called visitations with each other to discuss “family matters.”

The three “family members” of the Garridos should not even have to tolerate the idea of being forced to have any contact with their perpetrators. I feel so much empathy for Jaycee Dugard for even having to testify against them and face them in court. I understand the idea of the Stockholm Syndrome and how much stress this will put on her.

I still can’t understand a court system where the criminal’s rights are more important than the victim’s. The horror of all that little girl’s captivity will be relived soon enough. The Garridos should not have a legal leg to stand on with regard to further abuse of those kids and the former child they “alledgedly” kidnapped, raped and tortured for 18 years.

Shawn Weaver, Foresthill