Online Sex Offender Database Leads To Murder? 1001
nem75 writes "The LA Times reports on the story of Michael A. Dodele, a convicted rapist, found murdered in a Lakeport trailer park. He moved there after having been released from prison just 35 days before. A 29-year-old construction worker has been arrested in the attack, and explained that he killed Dodele to protect his son from child molestation. He found out on the internet about Dodele being a sex offender, via the 'Megan's Law' database. The public entry for Dodele in the database was wrong — though he was found guilty of committing crimes against adult women he was not a child molester. Dodele's entry in Megan's Law DB has been removed." Update: 12/11 15:51 GMT by Z : Moved link to non-reg article.
Trailer Park (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Notification of neighbors (Score:2, Funny)
Containing the damage (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Trailer Park (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Am I the only one? (Score:4, Funny)
The flaw in the guy's logic was... (Score:2, Funny)
Megan aside, (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Am I the only one? (Score:4, Funny)
Preemptive Justice (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Duh. (Score:5, Funny)
Shekespeare on killing all the Catholic priests (Score:5, Funny)
"Save the children!" the Rabbi exclaims.
"FUCK the children, the lawyer snarls.
"No time for that!" says the priest
-mcgrew [slashdot.org]
Obligatory Penny Arcade link (Score:3, Funny)
http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2007/02/09 [penny-arcade.com]
Immagine... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:This would make... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:This is great. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Keep in mind (Score:3, Funny)
Re:The Importance of Privacy (Score:1, Funny)
Of course, when the government posts false information, it's just a forgiveable bureaucratic snafu.
Re:Society of Fear (Score:5, Funny)
Changing in public and urination in public have to register too.
As well they should. Unfortunately, the law does not go far enough to protect the children. Did you know that, at this very moment, there are hundreds of millions of people in the US currently in possession of genitalia that could be used to commit any number of sex offenses? These people are allowed to walk around in public right next to children while carrying concealed genitalia. It is time to put a stop to this and make sure that all parents are aware of the threat that these sickos pose to our children.
Re:Duh. (Score:5, Funny)
A fake story on the internet? Fairly common I would say.
Re:The Importance of Privacy (Score:3, Funny)
BURN HIM!
Re:Duh. (Score:2, Funny)
Re:This is great. (Score:3, Funny)
Sounds like a line from the Brass Eye Special [wikipedia.org].
"Is it ok for a man to sleep with a 3 year old girl, now that she is 18?"
"No."
"Absolutely not."
"No way."
Re:Duh. (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Megan aside, (Score:4, Funny)
Problem solved then; never mind (Score:3, Funny)
Re:It is worse than you imagine (Score:2, Funny)
What about the tree?
Re:Duh. (Score:2, Funny)
For the record, I just happened to be processing ground ozone data at work when I signed up for the account.
Dude, how the heck do you grind ozone? What do the machines look like? Do you just get oxygen out of it, or do you grind it finer than that. If so what stops the Kaboom?
Can't be better for the "sex offender"! (Score:2, Funny)
Joking aside, I find this whole obsession to sex offender disturbing. But I'll let others argue about that.