Time will tell

When she ran for Johnson County Attorney two years ago, Janet Lyness, cited her experience...

"I believe I can get things done quicker because of of my connections in the community."

Especially her experience with the Johnson County Sexual Assault Response Team that she took credit for helping start...

"So that victims of sexual assault are getting really good responses, good investigations..."

She cited the Sexual Assault Investigation Team as reason she stayed in public service to maker sure "we're doing a better job in investigating those cases."

You can't help but wonder why it took so long to issue arrest warrants for two former Iowa Hawkeye football players in connection with an alleged sexual assault on October 14, 2007.

The County Attorney said...

she couldn't provide any more information about why the warrants were issued Tuesday, more than seven months after the alleged assault. She only said "the victim's safety and well-being were paramount" and the victim "recently" left the state.

The victim apparently remained in school until the middle of May and the two players left the University in December.

How did allowing two criminals to remain free protect the victim, or anyone else in Iowa City?

Especially after the investigation became public November 14, 2007.

These two players moved on to other campuses at Alcorn State in Mississippi and Indiana University in Indiana, Pennsylvania and put students there and citizens in those communities at risk.

The Pierre Pierce fiasco should have better prepared the University and County Attorney for these types of situations.