Man strapped his GPS monitor on a dummy before escaping civil commitment center
You almost have to root for this guy…
A 53 year old man managed to escape from the Minnesota Sex Offender Treatment Program in St. Peter by strapping his GPS ankle monitor onto a dummy in his bed. The guy had been civilly committed to the facility since October 2011, remaining there indefinitely more than 14 years after his sentence had expired. After his escape, he was spotted on surveillance footage leaving the facility and was later found in Missouri, where he was arrested.
Nobody is condoning escape, but after spending over a decade confined beyond his original sentence and under a scheme where the state can keep him locked up without any end in site, it’s easy to understand why he felt he had nothing to lose.
His escape, involving a makeshift dummy and a cross-state journey, shows the desperation that can arise from indefinite confinement. While his actions are unlawful, they highlight the potential issues with the system of civil commitment for sex offenders.
And it’s not like he committed a sex offense on his little vacay… he stopped by a casino, got to speak with his son, and probably experienced the only taste of freedom he would ever have. Can you honestly blame him?
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So now what will become of him? Will he be prosecuted and return to prison? He will probably be removed from the treatment facility and returned to a real prison. Unfortunate.
Lock him up.
I will condone his escape. Good for him. Dude was passed his release date and keeping him in beyond it was uncalled for. Who are the dummies here in this situation?
You’re not doing a very good job then of protecting your communities. Sex crimes keep happening. They keep being committed by people who are not on any registry. You don’t want to be educated nor do you want a civil discussion.
To lock someone away with civil commitment is just wrong. This is a punishment of the worst kind. There is no end in sight and all too often becomes a life locked away.
The public must understand that the sex offender registry does nothing to protect the public. No one here condones sexual crimes of any nature. We all believe that one must pay for their crimes. However, once a punishment is meted out and a sentence is served that individual must be free to leave prison. The sentence should be commensurate with the crime. One should do more time for a violent crime than a lesser infraction. A murderer should get life in prison, but a shoplifter should not. It’s the same with a sexual offense. The judge will determine what that sentence is and no one has the right to add to it arbitrarily.
It’s amazing how many people freak out whenever they see “sex offender,” regardless of what the sex/”sex” crime was. They fear for their family’s life, get riled up, ready to fight, and swear about doing stupid stuff like using woodchippers, yet they’ll stay mum about released killers, drug offenders, or that guy who’s been in and out of prison half a dozen times for home invasion/burglary.
So you’re willing to accept registrants or their family members onto your Facebook page? Speaking only for myself, this is a cause worth fighting for despite your disdain for registrants. I’m open for honest conversation about reforms to the registry, but spare people your self righteousness and come here with an open mind.
she means why don’t all the offenders make a private Facebook group, there they can approve or deny anyone. accept only offenders to join. it is better so you can ignore us who want to be informed of what’s going on and to keep on protecting our communities. in your private group you can just keep crying and complaining without any more opinions
We know all to well the worthless opinions of pathetic incel trolls, we don’t need to hear the same tired lame comments from the basement dweller community. They can go back to their SVU reruns and Guy Fawkes masks and listen to tired anthems from two decades ago and make more silly memes online because trols offer absolutely NOTHINg of value to society.
Derek
And what shows do you watch?I almost got away.lol lol 😆
Yet here you are commenting with us who you seem to think you are better than.
Registered Persons should not be supporting anything from Mark Zuckerberg. Facebook not only has a policy banning us from the platform, people are allowed to attack us online w/o any repercussions. They carved out exceptions for cyberbullying and harassment to allow it if the victim is accused or convicted of a sex offense.
Well then you don’t have to call people with opinions, who also have the right to have and express, “trolls” 24/7 365!
You have a right to an opinion. When you have an irrational, factually baseless opinion you scream without end, and are unwilling to receive or accept truth, then TROLL fits:
TROLL: Truth Rejection Obsessed with Lying and Loudness
Derek
Zuck is a Biliionaire and we like Billionaires. 💰 🤑 💸 💲