Vigilante's sentence defies reason

Last month we posted this article about a man who looked up registrants on the Megan’s Shaming List, showed up at a random victim’s doorstep, and when the registered citizen opened the door, attacked him with a hammer.

The vigilante was charged with “criminal mischief”.

The charge defied reason. This was a premeditated, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, intended to do serious bodily harm to the registered citizen. However, because the victim was a “sex offender” the perceived seriousness of the crime was somehow justified and his charges were a joke.

Next month, in Wisconsin, an arsonist who burned down the intended home of a registered citizen will be sentenced and according to the prosecutors, under the plea deal they will not seek prison time for the vigilante.

Hmmm… Out of curiosity, let’s take a look at the Wisconsin Statute:

943.02 Arson of buildings; damage of property by explosives.
(1) Whoever does any of the following is guilty of a Class C felony:
(a) By means of fire, intentionally damages any building of another without the other’s consent;
What’s the punishment for a “Class C felony”?

According to Wis. Stat. § 939.50, a conviction for a Class C or D felony can result in:

  • a prison term of up to 40 years (for Class C) or 25 years (for Class D)
  • a fine of up to $100,000, or
  • both imprisonment and a fine.

So this guy is facing up to 40 years in prison but the prosecutor agrees to ZERO prison time because the victim was a registered citizen?

Looking at these recent injustices is a scary reminder of Nazism or racism, where a human being’s “status” somehow justified the commission of a horrible crime against them.


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7 thoughts on “Vigilante's sentence defies reason

  • April 19, 2016

    In some states there is a defense used to justify killing of both sex offenders and LGGBTI people. http://www.criminaldefenselawyer.com/resources/gay-panic-defense.html One sheriff even said that they should pin a metal on him for cleaning up the trash.
    The case that started it was a man who posed as a FBI agent and hunted SO. The FBI on his shirt was Freedom Bible Institute.
    The same group that killed a teenager and claimed religious rights under Leviticus Laws. https://answersingenesis.org/bible-questions/doesnt-bible-condone-killing-ones-rebellious-child/
    Attitude of those who do not want to know if anything labeled is the truth or not.
    The accuser even is found out to have lied about what happen still gets rewarded while their victim gets a lifetime of hate.

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  • April 12, 2016

    Hate crimes.

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    • April 13, 2016

      This was a comment sent in via email from another member:

      They call registered citizens animals and the dregs of the world. I wonder how they categorize themselves when they condone allow and even promote the harm that’s done to other human beings by demented, twisted people in the name of justice. The media and the law enforcement agencies feed the frenzy of society against ALL sex offenders and turn a blind eye to any harm that may befall any of them. The man with the hammer got all the information he needed to commit this crime of criminal assault from the states registry. This crime and many like it would not happen if the state didn’t aid and abet in the crime by supplying ALL the info this perpetrator needed. He wouldn’t have known where to go, but they, indirectly, told him. That’s my opinion, you can draw yours. God bless us all and maybe someday we will see justice done.

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