Pedophile meets violent end inside California prison

Daily Mail UK ^ | September 19, 2024 | Alyssa Guzman

[Morgana]

An elderly pedophile was found dead in his cell inside a California prison with his cellmate now under investigation for his murder.

Mark Squires, 70, was found unresponsive around 3:30 pm on Tuesday by San Quentin prison staff after an alarm was sounded, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) said in a statement.

Emergency services were immediately called and 'lifesaving measures' were performed on the prisoner, who was imprisoned for lewd acts on a child under the age of 14.

Squires was transported to the prison triage area, where medical staff - who were not associated with the prison - declared him dead at 4:04 pm.

His cellmate, Gustavo Lopez, 36, was whisked away and placed in restrictive housing, where he will remain while the prison performs an investigation into the mysterious death.

Prison staff did not reveal how Squires' body was found or what injuries he suffered that led to his death in the alleged homicide.

No other inmates or officers were injured, according to CDCR.

Seventeen inmates' deaths have been ruled a homicide across the state's prisons this year from January to August, according to CDCR data.

Twenty-five inmates died in custody from various causes in August alone, with a total of nearly 250 since January.

[Chickensoup]

I am not silly or naive.

It is not that these people shouldn’t be punished...or executed.

However a society so ball-less that it metes out the responsibility to prisoners instead of stepping up and taking the responsibility on itself is a society of children instead of men and women.

A society on the rapid downhill slide. I see Asian countries that know where they stand and what they believe is right.

Then I see pussies applauding and being complacent with our culture’lack of courage.

[Chickensoup]

And the conversation needs to be about their shame in living in a country with no courage.

[Chickensoup]

No kidding. Using inmates to do the work the state needs to do is the ultimate of cowardice. Pathetic.

[SMARTY]

Got any daughters?

[Wallace T.]

Tennessee and Florida have passed legislation that makes child sex abuse a death penalty crime. I am not aware if in the past any state punished child sex abuse as a capital crime. I believe child molesters were handled extrajudicially. The locals would make the rapist an invitee to a “necktie party”, or he would suffer a fatal accident at the police station, or, if neither happened, the prison population would finish him off. I have heard that child rapists were the lowest on the prison totem pole and their release into the general population was effectively a death sentence, as much in 1944 as in 2024.

[Wallace T.]

Tennessee and Florida have passed legislation that makes child sex abuse a death penalty crime. I am not aware if in the past any state punished child sex abuse as a capital crime. I believe child molesters were handled extrajudicially. The locals would make the rapist an invitee to a “necktie party”, or he would suffer a fatal accident at the police station, or, if neither happened, the prison population would finish him off. I have heard that child rapists were the lowest on the prison totem pole and their release into the general population was effectively a death sentence, as much in 1944 as in 2024.

[Forward the Light Brigade]

Justice happens in many places besides a courtroom.

[sneakers]

I am a retired records manager who worked with criminal records. The records I hated handling the most were pedophile cases. I can’t tell you how often I broke down in tears for the children who were the victims. I have no sympathy for the pedo. I’m not cheering but, as the saying goes, “live by the sword, die by the sword”. He chose poorly - and paid the price for it.

[mass55th]

"All the aircraft landed on their own. It was hairy, but they all landed safely."

That must have been a really scary situation. I'm assuming that the pilots could at least communicate with each other, and were able to land without a hitch. At least nobody panicked and caused problems.

[1Old Pro]

Twenty-five inmates died in custody from various causes in August alone,

Amazing

[Chickensoup]

Many and my work with young boys tells me that these freaks are not fussy.

I am not arguing that they are bad actors. Who may deserve the death penalty.

But that comes with societal courage.

None here and this is wrong.

[Chickensoup]

But the price is being allocated by inmates instead of the state.

This is the porn of criminal justice.

Of course if the pedophile deserves justice it should happen.

Not this pussy hiding