Published on May 31, 2015
Beau Biden, son of the vice president, died tragically at the age of 46 from brain cancer on Saturday, but some may not realize that a cause Biden devoted himself to was trying to raise awareness about child sexual abuse.
While Biden served as attorney general in Delaware, a position to which he was elected in 2006, he brought a successful indictment against Dr. Earl Bradley in 2010. The pediatrician was charged with 471 felony counts of child abuse involving 102 girls and one boy. Bradley was convicted in 2011, but sought appeal of his case on the grounds of ineffective counsel last year.
“I cannot say certain things that I am feeling, and I am feeling a great deal. I am determined to see that this defendant will never, ever be in a position again to hurt another child,” Biden said in a statement following the indictment.
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reasonedandinformed ago
"I cannot say certain things that I am feeling..."
After reading the comments later in this post about the DuPont family deal, which sickens me, it makes one wonder what Beau Biden meant in this comment. Maybe: "I need to say that something about this case to make it look like I care but cannot generally stand against the pedophiles who are in power..."