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Straight Talk in a Crooked World
This week HistoryLink.org featured the story of what might be one of the nation’s most prolific serial killers and his last victims, Bertha and Beverly Kludt, http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=7971. The Kludts’Â murderer, Jake Bird, did not fit neatly within the typical profile of a serial killer due to his age and race. But his lack of concern for […]
Read More Remembering the KludtsNecrophiliac. Serial burglar. Serial rapist. Serial killer. Has used knives, guns, and his body parts to violate the living and the dead. Has said that he has an uncontrollable urge to kill. Escaped from prison, broke into a home, tied up the male resident, and raped the man’s wife. Was involved in the Attica prison […]
Read More Rehabilitation or Punishment?Noel Coward once said that it is discouraging how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit. This backward reaction is often true when men and women disclose sexual assault, especially in cases in which the circumstances of the assault do not meet the traditional definition of rape. Our society has been […]
Read More Rethinking RapeCrime victim advocacy titan Susan Murphy Milano just posted her thoughts on the Casey Anthony trial on the Time’s Up blog, http://timesupblog.blogspot.com/2011/07/in-court-of-public-opinion-verdict-is.html. Her post got me on my soapbox because I’m so sick of seeing coverage that forever cements the names of suspects in our minds while forgetting who the victims are. I would like […]
Read More “News and Analysis”Today KING 5 reported that Pam Kohler, Colton Harris-Moore’s mother, has asked for production on a movie about his exploits to be stopped until she gets $300,000: http://www.king5.com/news/local/Colton-Harris-Moores-mom-reacts-to-plea-deal-Report-124439864.html. Kohler says that she was promised $300,000 and is taking legal action to make sure she gets it. If there is a legally binding agreement that ensures […]
Read More Hey Kids, Crime PaysNineteen year-old Zachary Nelson of Shoreline, Washington says he deserves a second chance and should be released from juvenile detention. So do his grandparents. The King County Prosecutor’s Office has asked that Nelson be indefinitely committed and kept in custody for life because he’s a violent sexual predator. King County is spot on. According to […]
Read More Indefinite Commitmenthttp://dcfederaldefenseattorney.com/2011/06/01/barefoot-bandit-criminal-forfeiture-rule-32-2b-of-the-federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure/ Federal defense attorney Erich Ferrari has posted a good explanation of criminal forfeiture law on his blog. I hadn’t seen a technical explanation in the local media  of how Colton Harris-Moore can “give up” money he doesn’t yet have, and this explains it clearly.
Read More Criminal ForfeitureMartha Stout, author of The Sociopath Next Door, said, âThe most universal behavior of unscrupulous people is not directed, as one might imagine, at our fearfulness. It is, perversely, an appeal to our sympathy.â I find it very disturbing when people fall for this mind game, a trap that low to no conscience types and their defenders […]
Read More Hot Dog, It’s Healin’ TimeTonight I was standing in line at the seafood counter of a bustling grocery store. When the employee behind the counter asked, “who’s next?” a young couple practically jumped up and down and said, “us!” To my dismay, a snappily dressed middle aged woman told the employee, who was standing closer to her, “mine’s really quick.” There […]
Read More Time for Billy Quan?http://armeddefense.org/ For awhile I’ve been wanting to say hey to my friends at the Armed Defense Training Association. Armed defense has rarely been a partisan issue in my circles; both liberals and conservatives I know exercise their Second Amendment rights. None of us think it’s radical or weird to defend our families, our property, and […]
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