Man charged with killing sex offenders hailed as hero on the Web

kgw.com ^ | 9/9/5 | DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIP

[stubernx98]

I do not have a lot of sympathy for her position.

[teenyelliott]

Some people need killin. What better candidate than people who harm children?

[conservativewasp]

Hopefully he'll get a deal similar to Sandy Bergers, a fine and probation. Good shooting!

[andyk]

Interesting story...

[Trampled by Lambs]

"Some people need killin. What better candidate than people who harm children?"

I agree and my first reaction is to cheer the guy on. But...

What if someone like him decides (mistakenly) that YOU are a child molester and need 'killin'?

[Redbob]

"He said America has become a punitive society, particularly in the past 25 years."

And not coincidentally, crime has dropped during that same period...

[America's Resolve]

He said America has become a punitive society, particularly in the past 25 years.

If there was more actual JUSTIcE in this country, there'd be less punitive action taken. But there's little justice to be had around here really.

If you're a Democrat or a Democrat protected class, you can get away with literally, murder.

[Redbob]

Sounds like he did his homework, even went so far as to go talk to these guys, no doubt making sure he had the right ones.

I have no problem with what he did, and I think that prosecutor will be lucky to get a manslaughter conviction.

[Redbob]

I say turn the guy loose, give him an updated list of convicted sex offenders (two names crossed out), and a new pistol.

[Trampled by Lambs]

"Sounds like he did his homework, even went so far as to go talk to these guys, no doubt making sure he had the right ones."

Okay, but the next guy might not be so careful. I'm just saying that I think twice when it comes to vigilante justice.

[ozzymandus]

I don't think he's a "hero", but I can understand his motivation. That said, he did murder 2 people, no matter how deserving. He has to go to prison.

[antiRepublicrat]

"There doesn't seem to be much political room for redemption anymore, and I think that's sad," he said.

Failure to note definition: Level III sex offender, most likely to do it again, not considered "redeemed."

[connectthedots]

It would have been interesting if he had pled 'not guilty' and gone to trial.

I would vote to convict in a heartbeat, but I'm not so sure it would be all that easy to find a jury of twelve that would reach a 'guilty' verdict.

[MarineBrat]

Eisses, sentenced to 5 1/2 years in prison in 1997 for raping a 13-year-old boy,

Seems to me that a travesty of justice has been righted in that particular case.

[Not_Who_U_Think]

I think the most likely result will be removal of public access to any sex offenders listing. This is similar to posting an abortion doctor's home address.

[George Oh Well]

This is a billion dollar coup for the ACLU. They warned that this was going to happen. I have no sympathy for vigilantes of any stripe. Either we respect our corpus of law or we sink into anarchy. My brother used to teach law. He'd tell first-year students that "we have laws to protect us from ourselves".

[Ignatius J Reilly]

"I think that prosecutor will be lucky to get a manslaughter conviction."

If this were a just society he would get the death penalty. Murder is murder no matter how dispicable the victims were.

[teenyelliott]

What if someone like him decides (mistakenly) that YOU are a child molester and need 'killin'?

Anyone can kill me now, whether it's some guy like this or just your average bad guy. And that would definitely suck.

He didn't just decide these monsters were child molesters. They were convicted sex offenders, not just men who had been accused.

I am a bit biased, I suppose. I think all convicted sex offenders should be hung. No second chance.

[clee1]

In my county, he'd be given the Keys to the County Seat, and a parade.

Sorry, but individual action is justified when the government fails to do it's job. Throughout history, the average citizen has had to band together with his/her neighbors to to the distasteful duties in which the goobermint fails.