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Man Beaten To Death In Low-Security O.C. Jail (Pedophile beaten to death by 140 inmates)
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| 10/06/06
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Posted on 10/06/2006 8:41:04 PM PDT by Private_Sector_Does_It_Better
Man Beaten To Death In Low-Security O.C. Jail
(CBS) SANTA ANA, Calif. A Mission Viejo man awaiting trial on suspicion of possessing child pornography for sale was beaten to death in a jail unit for low-security inmates, an Orange County sheriff's representative said Friday.
John Derek Chamberlain, 41, was "murdered by an inmate or inmates while in the shower" at the Theo Lacy jail in Orange, the department's Jim Amormino said.
Guards got a call of a "man down" about 6:30 p.m. Thursday, and Chamberlain was declared dead at a hospital about an hour later, Amormino said.
Investigators were interviewing some 140 inmates, he said.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: dueprocess; howzaboutatrialfirst; murder; sickobitesthedust; vigilante
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To: Private_Sector_Does_It_Better
This man had not even been convicted but say he had... This prison justice isn't right. I'm not talking about criminals rights either. As far as I'm concerned , when we convict them, they have none, and belong to the state who is removing them from society. A responsibility goes with that too IMO. I'm all for isolation and letting them out one at a time for showers, exercise etc under direct supervision but it doesn't say much for society when prisoners are hurt or killed under our watch, esp when we cheer about it. It sounds too much like one of them.
To: antceecee
Well now, antceecee, ain't you observant.
"It is not sheer malice that pricks our ears to evil reports about our fellow men. For there are frequent moments when we feel lower than the lowest of mankind, and this opinion of ourselves isolates us. Hence the rumor that all flesh is base comes almost as a message of hope. It breaks down the wall that has kept us apart, and we feel one with humanity."
___________________________________ Eric Hoffer 1902-1983
Get it?
Comment #43 Removed by Moderator
To: Private_Sector_Does_It_Better
Numerous people have been tried for possession of kiddie porn because it was on their computer. And later it was learned that their computer was hacked via the Internet and used to distribute porn without the owners knowledge.
All you have to do is be missing a critical security patch and no network firewall and your in big trouble.
I'm going to stick with trials.
44
posted on
10/06/2006 9:19:47 PM PDT
by
DB
(©)
To: Private_Sector_Does_It_Better
"He was there for a reason. 98% of those on trial are guilty. I'm good with those odds."
IMHO, your worse than the guy who was killed, and your line of thinking is definitely more dangerous to our society.
45
posted on
10/06/2006 9:19:47 PM PDT
by
babygene
To: Centurion2000
"Pretty sad when the inmates in California are better at dispensing justice than the state courts"
In this case, they didn't have a chance.
46
posted on
10/06/2006 9:21:57 PM PDT
by
tfecw
(It's for the children)
To: Centurion2000
Pretty sad when the inmates in California are better at dispensing justice than the state courtsBingo. Remember this is the same state that has O.J. golfing in Florida, Michael Jackson opening a theme park in Ireland, Robert Blake planning a Little Rascals reunion and...this just handed to me... John Mark Karr roaming the streets. Does anybody in California get convicted???
To: B-Chan
Let's all take a deep breath and reset this.
I'm not saying we should throw away the rule of law and make this standard operating procedure.
I'm not saying I'd even advocate this.
I'm not saying i want it to happen again.
BUT IT DID HAPPEN. And since it did...
I AM saying the creep was almost surely guilty, he got beat to death, I'm going with the odds that he was guilty, and am going to "tongue and cheek" have some fun with it.
48
posted on
10/06/2006 9:23:14 PM PDT
by
Private_Sector_Does_It_Better
(The UN did such a great job with Oil for Food in Iraq, let's let them run the whole country)
To: Private_Sector_Does_It_Better
Are you really that thick, or are you simply trolling for fun?
49
posted on
10/06/2006 9:23:47 PM PDT
by
bluefish
(Holding out for a worth tagline......)
To: Centurion2000
You think that killing a man who is awaiting trial justice?
By the way the inmates in the OC jail are pretty heavily weighted with illegal Mexicans and gangbangers. Perhaps the guy was just too white and too nerdy? Maybe they weren't dispensing your version of justice at all. Maybe they were just getting rid of another annoying white guy. Nevermind that criminals made you happy as heck in killing a man who was NOT CONVICTED of a damn thing. Perhaps you would be happy with just putting the accused in a coliseum and killing them a la ancient Rome. I guess we should start breeding lions and start training gladiators. To hell with the Constitution.
50
posted on
10/06/2006 9:24:41 PM PDT
by
antceecee
(Western countries really aren't up to winning this war on terror... it might offend the terrorists.)
To: montag813
Thank you for being a voice of reason. The "awaiting trial" part caught my eye immediately.
51
posted on
10/06/2006 9:26:06 PM PDT
by
NinoFan
To: Balding_Eagle
Yes,you are right. Our founding fathers would have shot the bastard out of hand and there would have been no trial.Gee wonder what his priors are?
52
posted on
10/06/2006 9:26:33 PM PDT
by
HANG THE EXPENSE
(Defeat liberalism, its the right thing to do for America.)
To: babygene
"your worse than the guy who was killed, and your line of thinking is definitely more dangerous to our society."
First of all, it's "you're" not "your"
Secondly, I'm worse than a guy found with kiddie porn in his car because I'm have being a little facetious at a likely pedophile's expense on a message board?
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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posted on
10/06/2006 9:27:30 PM PDT
by
Private_Sector_Does_It_Better
(The UN did such a great job with Oil for Food in Iraq, let's let them run the whole country)
To: Nalogman
Well, way back when I was growing up in the thucking USSR, the courts and the state investigators ["prokuratura"] there worked so unbelievably well that an acquittal by a court was the stuff of fiction only. 100% conviction rate - not even 99.99, but 100%. And that sociological frame of mind and social existence is one of the reasons I told that effing USSR where to go and got the ef out of there.
54
posted on
10/06/2006 9:27:39 PM PDT
by
GSlob
To: Balding_Eagle
"The beliefs you've outlined on this thread are in direct conflict with those of the founding fathers."
I haven't outlined any beliefs.
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posted on
10/06/2006 9:28:23 PM PDT
by
Private_Sector_Does_It_Better
(The UN did such a great job with Oil for Food in Iraq, let's let them run the whole country)
To: ConservaTexan
"Does anybody in California get convicted"
This guy did.
56
posted on
10/06/2006 9:29:05 PM PDT
by
Private_Sector_Does_It_Better
(The UN did such a great job with Oil for Food in Iraq, let's let them run the whole country)
To: Private_Sector_Does_It_Better
No, he got murdered by a mob.
57
posted on
10/06/2006 9:29:50 PM PDT
by
NinoFan
Comment #58 Removed by Moderator
To: Private_Sector_Does_It_Better
the creep was almost surely guilty Really? And we know this how?
This guy is DEAD. He was not a character on some TV cop show. He was a real guy, with parents and everything, and he's not going to appear as a guest star in some other show next season. You say you're going with the odds so what are the odds that he was guilty? 98% 99% You may be right but it doesn't matter now, because guilty or not he is 100% dead.
Look, kiddie-diddlers nauseate me. You show me a person who was convicted by a jury of his peers of molesting a kid and I'd gladly watch the state executioner beat him to death with a tire iron. But until that jury foreman says "guilty" the law says that he cannot be legally deprived of his right to live, and anyone who kills him is committing murder, period.
I know you're just trying to be all hard and macho here. It's satisying to think that someone who could hurt an innocent child is beneath the contempt of even the lowest of convicted criminals. It satisfies one's sense of justice to find that there are some things that even thieves, murderers, drug dealers, and rapists consider evil. But this is too serious a thing to joke about. This guy was a human being and now he's dead. And next time it could be you or me. That's not funny.
59
posted on
10/06/2006 9:35:38 PM PDT
by
B-Chan
(Catholic. Monarchist. Texan. Any questions?)
To: bluefish
"Are you really that thick, or are you simply trolling for fun?"
Read my quote carefully:
"He was there for a reason. 98% of those on trial are guilty. I'm good with those odds."
Did I say based upon those odds I'd kill him myself?
Those are good enough odds for me to laugh at him and take amusement at the situation. I'm not saying they're good enough for us to dispense with our criminal justice system.
Heck, even a left wing nut like Alan Dershowitz admitted in his book that most people on trial for serious crimes are guilty. And that's good enough for me to assume he's guily ON A MESSAGE BOARD, NOT IN A COURT ROOM, and have a little fun with it.
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posted on
10/06/2006 9:36:21 PM PDT
by
Private_Sector_Does_It_Better
(The UN did such a great job with Oil for Food in Iraq, let's let them run the whole country)
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