Head Found, Teens Arrested in 'Thrill Kill' Death of Decapitated Sex Offender

www.foxnews.com ^ | Monday, November 12, 2007 | AP

[keats5]

NORTHVILLE TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Two teens have been charged in the brutal decapitation death of a registered sex offender in Michigan whose headless body was left to burn in a subdivision in what prosecutors are calling a "thrill kill."

[r9etb]

Justice would be well served if they were sentenced to, say, rake the leaves in my backyard.

If by "justice" you mean, "MarkBsnr is duly repaid for a truly idiotic comment when the killers decide his death would also be thrilling."

[mware]

I stand corrected you are right, they are evil.

[Kimmers]

You are right....this evil should not be allowed to roam society again

[top 2 toe red]

A 17 year old guy that had sex with a 14 year old girl should be decapitated?

[top 2 toe red]

Terrible headline. This man was brutally murdered and all the media can say about him is that he was a "sex offender".

It is...and there are some here that appear to think he got exactly what he deserved. Sick.

[Lizavetta]

Don't you love the double standards?

When a 14 year old wants an abortion, she's entitled to have control over her body, entitled to privacy, empowered, etc. etc.

When same 14 year old wants to boink an 18 year old, all of a sudden she's molested and/or raped and/or taken advantage of and/or too young and/or blah blah blah.

[top 2 toe red]

Justice would be well served if they were sentenced to, say, rake the leaves in my backyard.

Disgusting, truly.

[trumandogz]

Throw these Thugs in Prison for the rest of their lives. Better yet, stick needles in these Thugs arms and make them die.

[monday]

” He ad sex with a 14 year-old girl when he was 17. You can figure the math. That was nine years ago. I’d be interested in knowing if it was consensual. Makes a big difference in my mind. If consensual, I would have never voted guilty.”

Non consensual sex is usually called rape or forcible rape in the criminal justice system. Since it was called sex, it was in all probability consensual.

[mvpel]

Illinois Sex Offender Registry entry for Sorensen

His crime is listed as "CRIMINAL SEXUAL ABUSE/VIC 13-17".

In Illinois, the elements of that crime are as follosw:

720 ILCS 5/12‑15) (from Ch. 38, par. 12‑15)
Sec. 12‑15. Criminal sexual abuse.
(a) The accused commits criminal sexual abuse if he or she:
(1) commits an act of sexual conduct by the use of force or threat of force; or
(2) commits an act of sexual conduct and the accused knew that the victim was unable to understand the nature of the act or was unable to give knowing consent.
(b) The accused commits criminal sexual abuse if the accused was under 17 years of age and commits an act of sexual penetration or sexual conduct with a victim who was at least 9 years of age but under 17 years of age when the act was committed.
(c) The accused commits criminal sexual abuse if he or she commits an act of sexual penetration or sexual conduct with a victim who was at least 13 years of age but under 17 years of age and the accused was less than 5 years older than the victim.

So since the crime description itself points to paragraph (c), this suggests that he just might have been convicted of having consensual sex with his 17-and-a-half-year-old girlfriend when he was 18.

It'll remain to be seen when the details of his case come out.

[mvpel]

Oops, I guess I missed the details with respect to him having sex with a 14-year-old.

[wideawake]

How exactly did two teens “lure” a man ten years older than they into a garage?

[mvpel]

I suspect it was consensual, since the 13-17 age range does not go to the forcible or non-consenting paragraphs of the Illinois criminal sexual conduct law.

[ArrogantBustard]

In some States, a 17yo boy having intercourse with his 14yo girlfriend would be no crime at all ... in others, “15 will get you 20”.

[TightyRighty]

But Dexter always gets it right - he follows “The Code”.

[whatisthetruth]

The murder charges carry mandatory sentences of life in prison

What a waste of taxpayer dollars!

[monday]

“b) The accused commits criminal sexual abuse if the accused was under 17 years of age and commits an act of sexual penetration or sexual conduct with a victim who was at least 9 years of age but under 17 years of age when the act was committed.
(c) The accused commits criminal sexual abuse if he or she commits an act of sexual penetration or sexual conduct with a victim who was at least 13 years of age but under 17 years of age and the accused was less than 5 years older than the victim.”

So in Illinois two 16 year olds can be convicted of sexual abuse and be labeled sexual predators for the rest of their lives for having sex with each other. Thats pretty messed up.

[MEGoody]

Justice would be well served if they were sentenced to, say, rake the leaves in my backyard.

Murder is not okay, even if the victim is a registered sex offender.

[infidel29]

"MarkBsnr is duly repaid for a truly idiotic comment when the killers decide his death would also be thrilling."

Thank you for putting much more flair in a response to the "raking leaves" comment than I would have.

A case like this calls for the reinstatement of the death penalty for violent offenders under 18.

[MarkBsnr]

Michigan Penal Code, page 4 of 4
750.520e. Fourth degree criminal sexual conduct

Sec. 520e. (1) A person is guilty of criminal sexual conduct in the fourth degree if he or she engages in sexual contact with another person and any of the following circumstances exists:

(a) Force or coercion is used to accomplish the sexual contact. Force or coercion includes but is not limited to any of the circumstances listed in section (1) (f) (I) to (v).

(b) The actor knows or has reason to know that the victim is incapable, mentally incapacitated, or physically helpless.

(c) That other person is under the jurisdiction of the department of corrections, and the actor is an employee or a contractual employee or volunteer with, the department of corrections who has knowledge that the other person is under the jurisdiction of the department of corrections.

(2) Criminal sexual conduct in the fourth degree is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 2 years, or by a fine of not more than $500.00 or both.

Maybe some more people need to look at this case as well.