[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.

[stop_fascism]

He was convicted of a second degree offense on a child under the age of 13.

[jonascord]

In Oklahoma, you have to work at it to get a "sexual offender" label. None of this 22-17 "stuff". We are talking 27 and a 5 year old, or 35 and a 12 year old step daughter. It tends to whittle away at sympathy. As such around here, news of a sexual offender dying in some ghastly, ironic fashion is not the tragedy it might be, somewhere else.

I'd also want to point out that Illinois, from which I escaped, would very much like to see EVERYONE with a felony conviction. It keeps the proles without FOI cards.

There was a juvie judge in DuPage County, Lukas or Lupas, who seemed to get some deep joy out of dropping a hammer on every person who had to appear before him. It went badly for anyone who couldn't afford one of his pet defense lawyers...