James Fairbanks, who pleaded no contest to second-degree murder in the killing of convicted sex offender Mattieo Condoluci last year, was sentenced in a Douglas County on Wednesday morning.
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I have a question I would like someone to answer:
Why wasn’t James Fairbanks also charged with criminal misuse of the registry? Every registry has this little (and apparently toothless) disclaimer that says “This registry is not to be used to inflict additional punishment upon any offender listed herein.”
Does anyone think this provision is nothing more than window dressing to keep the human rights watch dogs at bay and to give the law an air of legitimacy?
Could it be charging and convicting people like Fairbanks of criminal misuse of the registry would be too much of a mea culpa that would make legal challenges to the registry on 8th Amendment grounds much more successful?
I asked my lawyer in Nebraska that question. He said Don Klein, the DA of Douglas County, is a coward and voters would oust him. Don Klein has been in his position for to long and should retire. I told my lawyer he should run for DA.
WC-TN
That is there (In my opinion) So they can justify the registry NOT being punishment. End of story.
I can throw some 20 dollar bills in my front yard and put up a sign that says “Do not take the 20’s” but do you think that will stop some people?
In the End there are no winners to this story.
Only the ones that choose to learn and be better
Be better to one another
His popular support, which emerged when he was first in the news, has not re-appeared at all, judging from Twitter.
James Fairbanks will soon be a forgotten man.
I believe he’ll be sent to Tecumseh due to his long prison term which is “rough” in the Nebraska prison system. Just hope that the future parole board remember the mistake of releasing Nikko Jenkins back into the community.
Unfortunately murderers are held in high regard in prison and a murderer who killed a registrant will be treated like a rock star especially if he has a release date
‘Iservedmytym’
That is why some of these ‘Knuckleheads’, Tattoo ‘STUFF’ Near the sides of their EYES, mostly Tattoo ‘Teardrops’, to Signify, Usually a MURDER, but sometimes also a long prison sentence and/or gang affiliation(s)…
In my day I could stand up against almost any of them.. Iv had a couple of men over the years tell me they were gonna beat my A** because of my status. Thankfully I learned how to defend my self early in life. Most have regretted the day they put there hands on me. But since we can’t own a firearm I would be dead just like this guy. And I’m getting older and self defense gets harder. This registry has got to go. One day I’ll just be an old guy who won’t be able to take down these young moron vigilantes anymore. Then what?
Then you rescue a pit bull from the local shelter, you put a ball pean hammer in your back pocket or a chain with a pad lock attached. If you are approached by someone with unknown intent and you can’t create distance then you close distance and take away his gun advantage. It’s not your weapon or age that will save you it’s your tactics and situational awareness.
In Nebraska you have to do half of your top and bottom numbers in order to be released early. Just wish the state would fire up old sparky ending his life sending a message murder won’t be tolerated. Even though I don’t live there anymore I have deep connections to the state and we’ll raise hell if he gets released in 20-35 years.
Brandon
I disagree. Executing someone does not punish them (Well they have to face God). I think doing time every day waking up knowing you have no privacy, crappy food, Beds full of crabs, not getting to see your family unless they come visit you for a few hours per month etc.
I think it is way more punishment to keep them alive. I made it through my time, however, if I ever got sent back, I think I would make them shoot me. I sometimes think the Health care in prison is worse than in North Korea.
Almost died until I got the Chaplin to call my parents, who hired a lawyer to get me help. I was hours from death. Doctor kept saying nothing was wrong with me. After lawyer called the head of the prison, doctors found I was in full liver failure.
So in my opinion, let the bastard wake up every day and say to himself “Well, Hell, this sucks”. And, he is also punishing his family by his actions.
Dustin
Yeah I was trying to say that as far as the article goes, the two had no real connection. In Other words, he didn’t molest the guys kids. Very rarely do you see the family of the victims go after someone and many do not even show up to court if they know you are going to plead guilty or take a plea deal.
I could kind of understand if it was his child or relative who was the victim, and he took revenge. But to risk going to jail and being taken away from your own family because someone disgusts you, is paramount to insanity. Hope he enjoys the instant mash potatoes, government green beans and half cooked chicken they serve.
The good news for James Fairbanks: He is going to spend the next 40-70 years in the same prison as other murderers, sex-offenders, and other “upstanding citizens” just like himself. That in itself is “poetic justice.”
Maybe someone should start a website that has information on all vigilante actions across the US, their photos, their address, the cars they drive, where they work, whom they associate with, etc.
The world needs to know if they are living next door to a potential murderer so they can protect themselves and their families.
Actually the initial news reports misstated the sentence.
Fairbanks got 30-50 years for second degree murder, and 10-20 on the gun charge. They are concurrent, i.e., being served at the same time.
Fairbanks served a year and 2 months up to thus point so he can be out on parole as early as May 2040.
While he got 70 years total, he actually would spend at most 50 years but out in 30 with good time. With any luck, he does the full 50 but you know he won’t, and he could get out healthy enough to continue his killing spree.
The Omaha newspaper reported Fairbanks can get out on parolein as little as 20 years. There are people in prison for longer for looking at pictures.
Nebraska just told vigilantes that they won’t punish you harshly for murdering a registered person.
The guy thought that he would be a hero for murdering an unarmed man in cold blood. Glad that the prosecutor and the judge didn’t think he was a hero. Another fine example of how evil public registries are. Another fine example of how hate is running rampant throughout our country. What if it turned out that the victim was actually falsely accused? Would the killer apologize to his family? In Michigan, if you don’t show remorse for committing your crimes, you don’t get paroled. This guy will never show remorse. He belongs there for the full 70 years.
Justice served maybe now the chicken littles of society will think twice before committing street justice.
I find it disturbing that this particular “news” organization lionized the murderer and made the story more about the murder victim. A casual mention of the decedent’s son speaking in support of him pales in comparison to posting the video of his daughter speaking in support of his killer.
Equally disturbing that the outlet doesn’t allow comments or provide a means to contact the reporter or editors.
Good riddance to bad rubbish, but they need to prosecute the creators of the Facebook page that encouraged Fairbanks to commit cold blooded murder. That piece of filth is at least off the streets until he is 84.
I don’t believe in an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. But there is something to be said for Karma. Maybe someone will get to him in prison the way someone got to Dahmer and Whitey Bulger, among others.
Just sayin
Not sure if you served any prison time or not but I did. Believe me when I tell you, the other inmates will see that guy as a hero. Heck some of the guards will probably praise him. I saw people all the time get jumped for having sex charges. Many times the guards looked the other way the after a good beat down, they would yell “Ok that’s enough, you guys quit fighting”.
fighting”? Since when is getting your brains kicked in for no reason other than your charges, considered a fight?
They tried that with me. A well placed coke can in a sock taught that inmate I was the wrong one. Ended up cracking his skull. He never ratted on me during his hospital stay and the others thought it best to leave me alone. I’m thinking a kindly worded letter to ol Mr Fairbanks might have him thinking twice about leaving the safety of his new home when the time comes..
Have you tried holding the prison liable?
Anything that can be done to inflict financial or political damage on this system should be pursued aggressively. Even if you lose, they will spend hundreds of thousands of taxpayer money on defending their negligence. That can then be taken to the public and shoved down the throat of politicians. The system needs to be completely gutted, and you need to take advantage of leverage points to do so.
Finally some justice for him, his family, friends and loved ones, and for everyone on the registry. If he had gotten a slap on the wrist (Which is not uncommon in these types of cases) the yahoos would be coming out of the woodwork because it would have been hunting season on us.
I do not know exactly what Mister Fairbanks did in the past, but doubt it had any connection to his assassination.
That came out wrong, meant to type I doubt he had any connection to his killer.
I’m guessing you meant Condoluci (the registrant victim). And no, Fairbanks (the murderer) had nothing to do with the victim’s offenses. It was shown that he had researched all registrants in the area and surmised that if Condoluci wasn’t home that day, Fairbanks simply would have gone on to the next name on his list.
From what I’ve seen, Fairbanks is a lifelong underachiever who just wanted 15 minutes of fame. Well, those 15 minutes are over. The movement in his name stopped, the donations dried up, and he’s left to wallow in prison for most of (if not all) of his miserable life. As stated above, good riddance.