MO: Compliant Sex Offender Stabbed and Left for Dead at his Home
Jimmy Lynn Casey, 66, was stabbed and killed in his home some time before June 28th, when a caseworker found his body.
According to this article, “Casey lived in the 1100 block of Mulberry Street and was a compliant sex offender registered with the Missouri State Highway Patrol for crimes that occurred in 2003” and “Somebody was motivated to kill him, we know that.”
It’s a shame that 15 years later, when an individual is compliant with registry requirements, they can’t feel safe it in their own homes.
This is NOT equal to a membership in price club!
Negative consequences to registered citizens and their families was brought to light over 10 years ago by the Human Rights Watch, but the unconstitutional laws keep coming.
https://www.hrw.org/reports/2007/us0907/8.htm
The newly appointed Supreme Court Justice (Brett Kavanaugh) claims to be a constitutionalist. Let’s see if he excludes registered citizens from constitutional protections like seven of the nine judges did when they upheld AWA in 2010. Only Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia (RIP) dissented.
Here’s a recent study of violence against registered citizens:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/322219412_Sex_Offender_Stigma_An_Exploration_of_Vigilantism_against_Sex_Offenders
Thanks JZ!
You’re very welcome FAC.
If you go and read that article, there was one comment, but you need to click on it before it becomes visible. I will copy and paste it here, because it is worth reading:
“According to the NCMEC map there are over 904,000 men, women and children (as young as 8 and 10 in some states) required to register and the “crimes” range from urinating in public (indecent exposure), sexting, incest, mooning, exposure, false accusations by a soon-to-be ex-wife, angry girlfriend, or spiteful student, viewing abusive OR suggestive images of anyone 18 years old or younger, playing doctor, prostitution, solicitation, Romeo and Juliet consensual sexual dating relationships, rape, endangering the welfare of a child, the old bait-n-switch internet stings (taking sometimes 12 months before a person steps over the line) guys on the autism spectrum or with intellectual disabilities and many others.
If you multiply the number on the registry by 2 or 3 family members you can clearly see there are well over 3 million wives, children, moms, aunts, girlfriends, grandmothers and other family members who experience the collateral damage of being murdered, harassed, threatened, children beaten, have signs placed in their yards, homes set on fire, vehicles damaged, asked to leave their churches and other organizations, children passed over for educational opportunities, have flyers distributed around their neighborhood, wives lose their jobs when someone learns they are married to a registrant….all these things occur when these people try to hold their family together and provide the three things that professionals indicate are needed for successful reintegration; a job, a place to live and a “positive” support system.
The Supreme Court’s Crucial Mistake About Sex Crime Statistics – ‘Frightening and High’ (Debunks the 80% recidivism rate cited by now SCOTUS Justice Kennedy)
It is very important that you read the abstract below and then the full 12 page essay by Ira Mark and Tara Ellman.
ABSTRACT This brief essay reveals that the sources relied upon by the Supreme Court in Smith v. Doe, a heavily cited constitutional decision on sex offender registries, in fact provide no support at all for the facts about sex offender re-offense rates that the Court treats as central to its constitutional conclusions. This misreading of the social science was abetted in part by the Solicitor General’s misrepresentations in the amicus brief it filed in this case. The false “facts” stated in the opinion have since been relied upon repeatedly by other courts in their own constitutional decisions, thus infecting an entire field of law as well as policy making by legislative bodies. Recent decisions by the Pennsylvania and California supreme courts establish principles that would support major judicial reforms of sex offender registries, if they were applied to the actual facts. This paper appeared in Constitutional Commentary Fall, 2015.
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Papers.cfm?abstract_id=2616429
A study reviewing sex crimes as reported to police revealed that:
a) 93% of child sexual abuse victims knew their abuser;
b) 34.2% were family members;
c) 58.7% were acquaintances;
d) Only 7% of the perpetrators of child victims were strangers;
e) 40% of sexual assaults take place in the victim’s own home;
f) 20% take place in the home of a friend, neighbor or relative (Jill Levenson, PhD, Lynn University)
The public needs to decide if they want to continue to focus on those who, for the most part, are onetime offenders or if they see a greater need to fund programs like “Stop It Now” that teaches about grooming behaviors and other things in their Circles of Safety.
Lastly, when does redemption begin? Women Against Registry
— Posted by yellowroselady on Sat, Jul 7, 2018, at 2:37 AMReport comment”
I believe we all as citizens of the United States have the right to defend ourselves. When that right is taken away then it is up to law enforcement to provide that protection 24/7. Giving a call to 911 in time of peril lets the coroner know his services are needed. Police are great at investigating crime but not so good at preventing it. If an ex-felon has no history of gun violence then he/she should be able to legally purchase a firearm for personal protection. To throw a person to the ‘vigilante wolves’ unprotected is a crime unto itself.
Capt. I agree completely, which is why I also feel that by the states supplying the information they do to the public the way they do also makes them an accomplice to what ever evil is done to those on the list. So this persons family should be able to sue the state or county for supplying this information without also supplying extra protection to those ones on the list. For they surly know this list puts them in greater danger than most people. Which makes them liable for acts against them.
On another topic An agency of the U.S. government,I forgot which one just declared sex addiction a disease just like alcoholism or gambling addiction, and should be treated as such. If that is the case where does that put many on the sex offender registry should they not be treated instead of ostracized from society and marked for destruction?
I believe that very few sex offenses are the result of addiction…that’s probably closely related to pedophilia. I believe that because as humans we are ‘wired’ for sex of some nature, many offenses are the result of curiosity, depression…that was my case, loneliness, or even…and this opinion is not politically correct…enticement. Very few sex offenses involve violence and I believe many reported events are the result of guilt and not ‘mental’ anguish. For those events that do involve violence I do truly feel sympathy for the victim, but to severely punish many RSO’s and their families for an occasional random violent attack by a few is a crime unto itself. As long as sex is treated as entertainment, sex offenses are going to be difficult to curtail.
Munsey, you are dead on right about the travesty of SO’s with no violence in their records. We should at least be allowed to purchase a black powder replica like the 1858 Remington new model army. There are also conversions available for this pistol by Uberti. My brother owns several and says that no federal paper is required for them, but if the SO Gestapo catches you with one…look out, you’re going away for three or more years just for having it in your possession.
Ever shoot a compound bow? They’re quite effective even through Kevlar and light armor. And, compared with even a .22, they’re silent.
They’re cumbersome in close quarters, but that’s what bladed weapons are for.
This RSO is chomping at the bit in anticipation that some fgt will attack me or mine in our home!
Phys ed,
The Constitution TRUMPS (no political reference made) ALL State, local, township laws.
ALL laws… Let that sink in.
NOW, I want you to show me Where in the 2nd Amendment does it say “Except Sex-offenders, drunks, Felons, ect”.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/second_amendment
“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”
Of course the Constitution makes no mention of the laws passed since that amendment was put in when the thing was first put out. Up until just recently-(in the 20th century) have ex-felons of any stripe been refused their second amendment rights. But consider WHY that amendment was put in in the first place. It’s what the NRA keeps telling us on television. “We are freedom’s safest place”… Oh really…I wonder how your AR-15 SEMI-automatic will perform against fully automatic assault rifles and stuff our military has in it’s arsenal…hand grenades of all kinds and different ways to confront the cowboy with his lever action 30-30 Winchester. To completely honor the ORIGINAL intent of the Founders, ALL citizens should have have the right to arm themselves with WHATEVER they can pick up in the various arms bazzars around the world.
Oh, by the by…compound bows, and crossbows are also on the ATFs list of illegal things for ex-felons. They can haul you in for possession of a carpenter’s hammer if they have a mind to! ANY DANGEROUS WEAPON is what most of such laws say.
The article also says he was “ singled out” in better terms that means he was targeted ,not random,so everyone on the federal or state hit lists beware.
Is that true? Ive read so much to the contrary and to the point that full replicas do not constitute a registerable firearm. If its not recognized as a legal firearm its not ilegal nor regulated as such. Am i wrong?
JM,
A “firearm” pretty much by definition is a weapon that has shell casings which contain; primer, gunpowder (or propellant) and a shell/projectile CONTAINED.
Guns/weapons that are “black powder fired” are of the same type. EXCEPT you have NO CASING/bullet.
THAT is what the law tries to hide from you.
You have to load a primer, add propellant (powder) musket ball/projectile and a cap.
Completely different of say a Glock 9mm.
Black powder weapons are considered “replicas” and are mfg. before the 1900’s.
Do your own research on this. I am NOT a firearms expert, nor an attorney. But I will say this, a neighbor of mine (Felon) was arrested and charged with Poss. of a firearm by a felon. He went to his 1st hearing and his lawyer told the judge to show him (atty) WHERE in the 2nd Amendment does it “exclude felons” from owning a weapon for protection for his family?
The DA dropped ALL charges.
Judge let him go home straight from court.
He got his weapon back.
He never applied to have his voting rights back.
This was about 2 years ago in Broward County.
Actually went to the florida statute and it does say an unmodified replica of anfirearm pre the 1900 date is not included as a licensed firearm. And fish and wildlife have that om their permiting site as well. Just interesting…..
Just thought I’d caution everyone who is trying to find loopholes in Florida’s gun laws to remember that federal law also bars convicted felons from owning firearms.
https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/usao-ut/legacy/2013/06/03/guncard.pdf
Thank You Gerald, our strength is not in weapons of that sort but in common sense and use of the right words at the right time. I have personally defused many battles by choosing my words carefully. That is more powerful than bullets or arrows.
Absolutely right. Sometimes the best course is to walk away. That being said, I do agree that it’s not right to take away every ex-felon’s right to own a gun. Unless you actually used a gun to help commit your crime, it doesn’t make sense. If the poor man who was the subject of this post had possessed a gun and used it to defend himself in his home, the shooting would have been ruled to be justified, but he would be prosecuted anyway for owning the tool that saved his life. I saw a news article not long ago where they wanted to prosecutor an ex-felon who disarmed a robber, and therefore illegally held that gun until police arrived. I might start sleeping with a baseball bat next to me though.
Many of the laws of this nation are totally void of common sense. How many sex offenders must be murdered before the “light comes on”?
I want to caution everybody to remember that federal law also bars convicted felons from owning firearms.
https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/usao-ut/legacy/2013/06/03/guncard.pdf
That link contains its own definition of “firearm” that should be noted:
DEFINITION OF “FIREARM”:
Any weapon (including a starter gun) which will expel a projectile by means of an
explosive or is designed or may be readily converted to do so.
If you really believe that you can get away with owning a black powder weapon because it doesn’t use a bullet in a casing, you may be in for a rude awakening in a federal prison. Doesn’t matter that your original conviction was in a state court. The law applies to all convicted felons.
Agreed, Gerald.