Vigil Held for Sex Offender Who Died of Hypothermia

WWMT.Com ^ | March 22, 2009 - 2:07 PM | NEWSCHANNEL 3

[TNCMAXQ]

One the surface it sounds like he was a very bad person but the article does not go into detail about his crimes. There have been cases where 18 and 19 year old guys had consensual sex with girlfriends who were a couple of years younger and got labeled as sex offenders though they did not do anything heinous. If it turns out this guy committed violent acts though then it is hard to have sympathy for him.

[RichInOC]

Okay, I may be a bad man, but for some reason, my mind started playing “I’ve Got My Love To Keep Me Warm”.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Maybe some of algores’ glo-bull warming could do it.

[reagan_fanatic]

Hell just got a delivery of frozen Paulicicles.

[stop_fascism]

How would the people at the shelter know he was a convicted sex offender?

[Professor_Leonide]

Some guys can’tget no love. This sex offender died from over-exposure to the cold and can’t find a place to be buried - I guess we’ll leave him out for wild pigs to feast on.

[sten]

true... at which point, don’t let him out of prison in the first place.

[earlJam]

"Pauli wasn't turned away from Mel Trotter Ministries that night..."

Interesting little gem buried way down in the story.

[goldstategop]

Execute him the first time. And I'll never tire of telling liberals it would be "all for the children!"

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[GOPJ]

Did the "oh so concerned" liberals hold a vigil for the raped children?

I doubt it. We know where liberal sympathies lie...

[r9etb]

"Pauli wasn't turned away from Mel Trotter Ministries that night..." Interesting little gem buried way down in the story.

I think it means that Pauli didn't try to go to that particular mission ... but that, instead, the Trottermission was holding the vigil.

[goldstategop]

In other the liberal cowards weren't willing to follow their conscience when they could have saved him. They didn't need the government's permission to exercise it. Its a little too late for the crocodile tears and sorry excuse for a contrived dog and pony show now!

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[LuxAerterna]

Oh man, I laughed. I would love to read a little about the dude’s sex crimes.

2nd degree sexual offense with a child under 13 committed in 1991. What the heck is a "2nd degree sexual offense" anyways? And the fact that this crime happened 18 years ago makes this a very questionable case, IMHO.

[bikerman]

You might not laugh if it happened to someone in your family I know of a person age 18 who had consensual sex with a 17 year old and is now listed for the rest of his life as a sex offender.In some states 16 is legal others older I believe a standard has to be set for all states. This guy who is older probably was a sex offender but laws such as what caused his demise are a little foolish I think.

[La Lydia]

Well, yet another story says his offense occurred 20 years ago, so he would have been a man in his 30s molesting someone under the age of 13. A child younger than 13 cannot have “consensual” sex. No one celebrates this death, but actions have consequences, and sometimes those consequences are fatal.

[BruceysMom]

As a victim of childhood sexual abuse, I can say confidently that the abused suffer for the rest of their lives. Why should the abuser not meet a similar fate.

[Smedley]

I for one will say a prayer for this poor man.

Letting him freeze to death in the snow isnt what we should wish on this guy, who apparently had sex with a 12yo and served 11 years for it. What he did was wrong. What was done to him was wrong as well.

Society should either never let the man out of prison, or allow him to make a new life after prison if the man is willing to make an effort to walk the straight and narrow.

Flame away if you must

[BornToBeAmerican]

"The group walked five blocks without saying a word. Holding signs and candles to remember a man they say shouldn't have died that cold January night."

And where were they when he needed food and shelter, or better yet, what would they have done it it were there child who was molested or wife/mother/sister/loved one, raped. No sympathy, other than I am sorry that Thomas did not show the compassion to the defenseless and left them alone. Very sorry for that

[Frogtacos]

No sympathy here, let them all freeze to death. Would greatly reduce the burden of the tax payers.

[NEMDF]

Illinois actually has a LAW that mislabels thousands of convicts as sex offenders who are NOT and whose offenses have had nothing to do with sex crimes.

I didn’t read this article and don’t know what the details are, but I am disappointed that so many FReepers are so quick to jump on the bandwagon and seem to be happy that someone has frozen to death.