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Subscribe to RSSA Washington state man suspected of killing two convicted sex offenders told police officers Sunday that he had intended to kill a third sex offender, according to court records obtained by msnbc.com.
On Saturday, Patrick Boyd Drum of Sequim, Wash., allegedly fatally shot his new roommate, Gary Lee Blanton Jr., 28, before driving to the home of Jerry Wayne Ray.
Around that time, police received a call from man who said, “Help, 911, I’m being shot,” according to court records. Dispatchers were unable to locate the source of call.
The next morning, Ray was found unresponsive at his home. Deputies found an abandoned rental car issued to Drum, 33, with an empty box of 9mm bullets and a note apologizing for the disturbances, according to the court records.
They later found Blanton, 55, also dead. His wife told police that Blanton had told her he was going camping with Drum.
By the end of the day Sunday, police found Drum, who agreed to a recorded interview with a sheriff’s detective, according to the court records. He told the detective that he shot Ray and Blanton several times “because they were sex offenders," the records quoted him as saying. He told the detective that he had intended to drive to another county and kill a third sex offender, according to the records.
It was unclear how Drum knew the men were sex offenders.
Blanton, 28, was convicted in 2001 as a teenager of third-degree rape, according to the National Sex Offender Registry. Ray was convicted in 2002 of first-degree rape of a child.
Karen Unger, Drum's appointed lawyer, was not available for comment on Tuesday.
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Murder is wrong, yes, but I hardly feel bad for the deaths of two convicted rapists, one being a child rapist. The bigger shame is that someone else ruined their own life two take these two scumbags out of the human gene pool.
Two scum bags less running around. Good!
My thoughts exactly. I hope he gets off with a minimal sentence or a short stay in a hospital. When will our society learn that the mentality needed for such an act on a child can not be changed or cured?
I can't say that I would miss any true sex offender, but that label is thrown around too frequently and easily by the courts these days. That is the problem with citizens taking those kind of measures into their own hands. Unless he had some information that the courts didn't, or even as much as the courts, its too easy to make a mistake. I think the courts should never allow the worst ones out of jail, ever.
All you people are sick. It wasn't his right to judge and they've already been convicted and served their sentences.
It disturbs me that people feel this man did the right thing. Taking justice into your own hands is wild and chaotic. Justice can not be determined by an individual. In the long term, actions like this are detrimental to society and not worth anything that could be gained. Even though I have little sympathy for sex offenders.
To the people who commend him, don't call yourself an American if you don't believe in American justice. Go buy yourself a ticket to Iran.
Woo hoo! Vigilante "justice"! We don't need no stinking laws! If he was a father outraged that his daughter's rapist had rooked the justice system and gotten off light, I'd have some sympathy. It doesn't sound like the murderer (yes, murderer) in this case even had a personal beef with these guys. I'm willing to bet that the people cheering this also consider themselves law and order types.
It's always curious to me why rape of children is seen as a far more horrific crime than rape of adult women.
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confused check it out, an 01 conviction and an 02, nothing since, not even a traffic ticket, over 10 years ago, I guess some folks can change after all huh? You know something else the term sex offender can be labeled on you very easily if you have in your possession a copy of Blue Lagoon or Pretty Baby, both staring child star Brooke Shields. You can see her as a 10 year old in a provocative pose topless with her tush out. Not sexy by my standards, but some thought so and so could a cop and a judge. It doesn't take much to make the hit parade. I have an old navy buddy who got the rap for having sex with his girlfriend who was 16 and he was 17, but in Tennessee the age spread was more than 18 months so it was a criminal offense in the 2nd degree. He was lucky and his parents were wealthy and he got his record expunged, but the poor with no resources in America get shut out completely.
My Point is, neither of these two did anything after their convictions and apparent served sentences. The Perp here is a deranged murderer and anything less than the full measure of the law would be morally corrupt to a any society which wants and needs to be ruled by law not wild west justice run amok.
Punishment must always be handed out in equal measure, and neither of these two committed anything that resulted in the death of another. In America to warrant the penalty of death you must be found guilty of the most egregious act of premeditated murder. if not it will be but a short leap to a Society that rules by the toughest and most ruthless among us and you won't be able to stop anyone from doing anything. A world truly gone mad
Peace
I feel as a father if say my daughter was raped and he got a light sentence, or he got away from Justice 8( I would make him suffer first and then end his miserable existence. I live in Cali and we have a ton of these sick bastards preying on children..
Because children are innocent. But that's not to downplay the abhorrent act of rape in general.
jeffery f,
You mention that the sex offender with the 02 conviction has been good since then. Well after being convicted of first degree rape, which means intercourse with child under 12, in 2002 I would hope that he has been in jail since then. Maybe he just got out recently.
As to your points about crime and punishment I might offer a different opinion. I can think of a few more that deserve death penalty...
1st degree murder
2nd degree murder
killing someone by accident during the commission of another crime
any forced intercourse with anyone
kidnapping
assault that leaves the victim disabled or disfigured
This guy is a hero...buy him some bullets and a sniper scope...
Excellent. Now when is somebody gonna blow away those sex-offender female teachers (child rapists) who had sex with their teenage male students? It's long overdue.
Actually, the law needs to leave the gals alone. They are providing a much appreciated service to young men. Now, if the sluts' HUSBANDS kill them, that should be like a traffic ticket.
Some more info on the dead men's crimes would be nice. Obviously the one guy was scum, with the 1st degree rape of a child. However, the younger guy seems like he may have fallen into the whole thing where sometimes a 19 year old has sex with a 16 year old or similar age difference as to that. If that was the case, I would hardly say he deserved to be murdered, and that is the problem with vigilante justice.
Give the guy a medal.
Hah - JasonFin and Haroldwolf - My first thought was to comment: "Great. Give the guy a medal and send him on his way..." but then I was like: "well, what about the guy with the 3rd degree charge... maybe he didn't deserve it..." Either way, your two comments summed it up perfectly. There was no point for me to post this comment... LOL
I wonder if someone now will try to kill him because he is a murderer.
@ Tera
Really?
That is the dumbest thing I've seen on here in a long time.
Congrats, please do not procreate.
The justice system is not assigning punishments to fit crimes. Many sex offending cases should have had much longer sentences. But vigilante murder can never be an improvement (and lately, those events have a fascistic connotation). If this continues, many will be murdered upon false charges.
Instead of trying to be 'heroes', get together and change the law, so that convictions can be combined with substantial corrections.
I want to be on the jury...... "NOT guilty"
Tera Powers: Others have already answered your question in part. However, they did not dwell on still another reason. >>>>> First time sexual intercourse for most women, in or out of marriage, is painful---even if she consented, even if she and her private parts are all grown up, even if her partner tries very hard to be gentle with her, even if she deeply loves him and he loves her. There are a few women who suffer little or no pain the first time, but that is not typical. The greater majority suffer a lot even under the best of circumstances as listed above. ***** Now think of a little girl. Especially a VERY little girl! She knows little or nothing about sex and sexuality, she has not consented, she is being violated in a horrible way---a way which she doesn't understand, her female parts, like her body in general, are immature, small, tight. Usually he does little or nothing to try to be gentle or ease her pain. Often, he leaves her abandoned without the medical assistance she needs. Of course rape is always terrible, but it is far more terrible when the victim is a child.
Cha-Ching! Just think of all the cash the local government saved. He should get a bonus. Now they have more money to fund the onslaught of illegals.
In some states you can get on the sex-offender roles for public urination (ie lude conduct) - even if there aren't any people around.
You can get onto the roles as a sex offender by 'endangering a minor' if you take a leak near a school or park, regardless if it's the middle of the night or not.
A friend of mine growing up is on the role for statutory rape because he was 18 and his gf was 16 both in high school, she got knocked up. 15 years later, they are still married raising their daughter. He's still a sex offender.
When I was 18, a girl I slept with (17) claimed I raped her because the condom broke and she was from a very religious family. She was afraid of what her family would think, so she called rape. Luckily, she recanted that after I told her she might not be pregnant simply because the condom broke (but it still earned me a bad rep for a time among my peers) and waited until she knew for sure. I still wonder if she would have told her parents it was rape if it turned out she was pregnant.
So be careful who you demonize, not everyone on those lists deserves to be there.
@Shuklack you are right, and people just do not realize how easy it is for someone to get the indentity of a Sex Offender. How many fathers or parent either gave their son Playboy or knew they had it? In some states that is considered Child Sexual Abuse and Corruptiion of a minor. What I don't understand is why it is still glorified in the movies and on television, teenage boys having sex with older women. It is wrong, it is detrimental to the boys also. It isnt looked on in the same manner and it should be. None of us can judge what those two men had previously done. We do not know the facts, nor will we since we were not here, we can only assume. They served their sentence, they appeared to be complying with all the rules and restrictions placed on them, they were trying to assimulate back into society and be productive members.
The artical says that he also shot Blatton 55, which would be the father of the 28 yr old Blatton, what did he do? This guy just wanted to kill people.
Again, another example of private citizens feeling the necessity to protect and provide justice for themselves. If we as individuals didn't consider our justice system as failing us, this wouldn't be necessary.
To bad he was not an off duty police officer of some type, then this would not even be a story. He almost single handily met the daily police killing of 3 in USA!
Regardless of the circumstances this is vigilante justice and is not to be condoned.
Sure the dead guys were "most likely" scum. That still does not justify murder.
This guy was wrong regardless of the diversionary scumbags that are dead.
Am I crying for the rapist?... i think not. Is this shooter guy wrong...yes on many levels.
Looks like Drum is gonna meet a lot more sex offenders when he gets to gen pop in the state pen. He won'd be killing anyone there, but he will probably be doing a lot of squealing.
Some prisoners do kill inside. Sex offenders are on the bottom rung. He just may be the new yard hero.
No he won't. Convicts don't like kiddy diddlers.
Cho'mos are not in the general population anyway,it causes too much paperwork for the guards when they get sliced and diced.
looks like you are out of touch with reality. Killing sex offenders will make him a hero in prison. Sex offenders are not put in general population either. They would be targets of the other cons.
Yep. He'll get some respect once inside. Didn't raise a fool huh?
Sounds like you would like us to think you know a lot more about doing hard time than the rest of us. Wonder why that is. Yeah, he will do hard time, lots of it, and respect won't buy him squat.
Can't say that one of the sex offenders will be missed as he sounds like a waste of skin - his victim was 12 years old or less, according to the Washingon law. But the other one was an offender as a teen - and rape in the third could be because the girl wasn't 18 and not his spouse. So that is a little iffy.
Also, in many states you can have the serious tag of SEX OFFENDER applied to your arse if you do nothing more than make obscene phone calls (even to someone that you know that doesn't recognize you that files a complaint where you are found to be the perpetrator at the other end of the offending cell phone). So 'sex offender' really depends on what is going on. That said, I certainly wouldn't want some vigilante running around shooting one of my less savory friends because he made some stupid obscene phone calls one night after getting wasted. AFTER Janice made her complaint and later found out who it was, she wanted to drop all charges - too late: he had been taken into custody, charged with the crime and in the system - that was five years ago and he just now got the 'sex offender' tag off of him because of his stupid phone calls. So sometimes 'Sex Offender' can be a bit of misnomer.
Again - hard to have any sympathy at all for a dead known-to-be child molester; I'm not sure the other bloke deserved it, which is the problem with vigilanteism.
Not that I have any sympathy for sex offenders, but what this guy did as still wrong. No one has the right to be judge, jury, and executioner. While the one that raped a child definitely deserved to die, the other case is questionable. He was convicted of 3rd degree rape as a teenager. This could simply be that the girl was underage as well and the parents filed a complaint. Not all sex offenders are created equal and some do not even really deserve to be called sex offenders to start with. In some states you can be labeled a sex offender if you are taking a leak in the woods and some kid happens to see you with it hanging out and tells their parent or someone else who files a complaint. There are also 17 year old kids who have gotten caught with their 15 or 16 year old girlfriend by the girlfriend's parents and ended up branded as a sex offender for life. This is why it is dangerous when people start taking the law into their own hands, particularly when they do so without all the facts. True sex offenders deserve to get the harshest punishment possible, but there are many who get unfairly tagged with that label. The child molester deserved what he got, the other guy it is hard to be sure without knowing more of the facts of the case. In any case, this guy is going to be facing a long prison sentence for playing vigilante. At least he will probably get a little respect from other inmates since sex offenders, and particularly child molesters, are seen as the lowest of the low even by other criminals.
The guy who killed the child molesters should not be arrested! instead he should receive an award for killing 2 lower than low lifes who attack our children. I bet he will be like a king if he goes to jail, cause that is one thing Prisoners don't like is anyone who has messed w/ a child, your on their hit list, and you can say one good thing about prisoners, they will take care of anyone who has molested or raped a child.
had enough of it, not so, the prisons are filled with sex offenders. Child rapist are another thing, yep they need to watch their backs for sure. But the prisons are loaded with level 1 thru 3 offenders with victims from 18 to 80 and their stars in the cross bar hotel. What charges do you think pimps get convicted on by the way?
@ mymom and golliegee...you two have no clue. yes, child molesters are in general population. and yes, this guy will have respect walking into the prison because he killed two cho-mos. he won't be squealing for anyone. and if he gets life terms for these two murders, he will have nothing to lose if he picks up where he left off and kills child molesters in prison too.
"Pac-ManThe guy who killed the child molesters should not be arrested!"
What if he is also a sex offender?
"What charges do you think pimps get convicted on by the way?"
"Pandering" duh lol where you series?
SMH. People get sex offenders mixed up with child molesters way too often. They are not inter-changeable. Next, child molesters are in general population. Haven't you watched Lock-up? They interview child molesters that are in general population all the time. Third, i know plenty of people in prison and they are just there to do their time. No one's gonna throw this guy a party just cause he killed two sex offenders. He can get killed just as fast as he killed those sex offenders. Sometimes i think people really think that jail is like they see in the movies.
@MyMom, go bake some cookies as you don't know squat. This guy will be a hero in Prison and his time will be easy. Yes, I know the prison system but not as a prisoner. Now go vacume the house and change the diapers.......
I was expecting to seee a variety of rabid Right WIngers appplauding this circumvention of the justic system. I was not disapppointed. THere's a reason we have laws. Sasve the country from ideologues!
Seems Drum needs to realize, the government doesn't like competition. They have the monopoly on violence, and thats the way they like it.
I know someone who's son is currently serving a prison term and will have to register as a sex offender when he is finally released from jail - all because he was 18 and his girlfriend was 17 and her parents didn't like him. That's all it takes in Arizona to have your life ruined.
So, no - Mr. Drum should not be singling out "sex offenders" and killing them because there's no way to know the details of someone's case and whether they are truly a danger to society or just the victim of being in love with someone who just happens to turn 18 after he does.
I'm not entirely sure I see the problem with this story. He killed two sex offenders, give the guy a parade not a jail sentence.
@ K. Snider every state defines their crimes with a statue
Washington Statues on 3rd degree rape
(1) A person is guilty of rape in the third degree when, under circumstances not constituting rape in the first or second degrees, such person engages in sexual intercourse with another person, not married to the perpetrator:
(a) Where the victim did not consent as defined in RCW 9A.44.010(7), to sexual intercourse with the perpetrator and such lack of consent was clearly expressed by the victim's words or conduct, or
(b) Where there is threat of substantial unlawful harm to property rights of the victim.
(2) Rape in the third degree is a class C felony.
[1999 c 143 § 34; 1979 ex.s. c 244 § 3; 1975 1st ex.s. c 14 § 6. Formerly RCW 9.79.190.]
You're referring to salutatory rape which is consensual sex between a minor and adult, try not confusing the two. Even so having sex with a minor is a crime in all 50 states and I did it for love, can land you a hefty sentence.
Bonzai bob vickers. I hope his run goes as well. minus the guards vickers attacked. but he may get a few more before he is all done.
@ JewelsNewLeaf my point is that you are unable to see on the Register of Sex Offenders what the details were behind the conviction so we don't know if Mr. Drum killed sex offenders that should never have been allowed on the streets again or if he killed men who were just making love to their girlfriends when they were 18 and the girlfriend was still 17.
They should let the man go and replace the bullets he wasted.....
i would not call those bullets wasted...
And I think you need to see a shrink if you think that it is alright to kill another human being for any reason yourself. The criminal justice system will do that, it is not our place to be killing random people like vigilantes.
Geowil: your spot on. Welcome to the Wild Wild West. Is Washington a stand your ground state? Just wondering.....
@Geo - IF the criminal justice system (broken as it is) actually dealt with the sex offenders, the chomos, the career criminals, the thieves, killers, and other dregs that threaten society, there probably wouldn't be vigilantes. Likewise, if our judicial system and the "PUNISHMENT" portion of that system actually served as a deterrent, there probably wouldn't be as many criminals, thugs, and sex offenders. There is NO FEAR of getting caught, you see criminals have more rights than their victims, and let's be honest, with the slew of "let's make a deal" DA's who are too damned lazy to take a hard stand on holding people accountable, that is 100% responsible for their illicit activities, then people wouldn't be so apt to take the "justice" into their own hands. I would say the law, but clearly, the law favors the law breakers, and well, justice is just the forgotten relic, tucked away somewhere behind some Disfunctional Attorney's, Juris Doctorate ( I mean Just Decoration) JD Degree.
While I agree the indescriminate killing of human beings is an aborration, I would say the crimes perpetrated by the convicted far far exceed the common decency of what socially acceptable (law abiding) standards are. NO ONE weeps for the victim of the crimes, but they sure as hell picket, demand amnesty, and worry about the "life" of the convict. The convict has had their day in court, has had an appeals process, and certainly does not have to rebuild what was destroyed by the conscious actions of another. The victim of a crime can not say the same thing, in any way, shape, or form. Just remember that before you embrace the scum of the earth...
Most people will disagree with that statement. Welcome to gun-crazy USA.
"The convict has had their day in court, has had an appeals process"
In which his punishment is decided and attributed in accordance with the law. That court, that trial, those appeals, they all become absolutely worthless if you start condoning the murder of anyone who you feel didn't get enough punishment under the law. The fact that you don't like the victims does not mean that they aren't protected under the law any less than me or you.
And that is precisely the problem. This logic carried to it's conclusion means that anyone can murder anyone simply on the basis of dislike.
Well, just keep it up. We can copy the cartel's system of justice. Or some muslim regime. If that is what you want, I can not change it. But do not lie about the outcome.
The point David is MOST of the cases, to include rape, child molesters, thieves, ect are all handled via the plea bargain. The initial victim in the litany of the "protect the accused" process is forgotten, is further victimized by the process that caters to the perpetrator, and does NOT get time off for good behavior, or has some mouth piece or some "rights" group there clamouring for THEIR rights. But sure as hell the guy awaiting execution, or the poor poor criminal that had a bad upbringing, came from a broken home, has a drug problem, has an addiction to pornography, stubbed their toe in 4th grade and now is angry at the world, has a line of people talking about how THEY are somehow worth more than the people they perpetrated their crime against.
A person who suffers at the hand of a sex offender does not get "probation" and their sins forgiven. They live a life long sentence of trauma. They do not get their say during the plea bargain process, nor do they ever have "closure" when that offender is released back into society, where they are free to roam as a shark in a tank of guppies. SEX OFFENSES should be a capital crime and there shouldn't be 30 years worth of appeals before throwing the switch.
You yourself have to admit "punishment" that is administered by our judicial system is NOT a deterrent to make people think twice before committing their crime. And let's be honest, when TV is considered an inmate's RIGHT, or they are given the opportunity to take college courses, or the slew of other things, they sure as hell aren't "suffering". Hell half of em are eating better than the hard working stiff that has to decide between paying rent, putting food on the table, or paying for utilities. If I had my drethers, there wouldn't be an inmate anywhere that wasn't busting their hump on some chain gang, busting rocks, cleaning ditches, or any host of other wonderful tasks that would certainly make them earn their keep at the tax payer's expense.
i fail to see a problem here. one sex offender one bullet. tighten up on your aim.
good riddance should have shot more !
I know this sounds harsh but a you can stop being a car thief but once a pedophile always a pedophile..only a matter of time before this scum ruined another child's life...no pity from this guy
What makes me sick is the Classification of what 1st degree RAPE with a child is in Wa. State....AS LONG AS THEY ARE NOT MARRIED TO THE PERP!!! and under the age of 12! What is ISLAM in AMERICA NOW? Sharia laws states a husband can screw his wife as soon as she can bear his weight. Pretty pathetic, is it not! We're talking old hairy goats, harvesting children to get their jism out! how utterly pathetic and sick!
I'll never forget seeing a news video taken in an airport of detectives escorting a handcuffed man accused of raping a young boy. As they were passing a row of telephones with each phone occupied with someone making a call one of them dropped the phone, pulled out a gun and shot the accused in the head. It was the young boys Grandfather. Tragedy follows tragedy.
I remember the story and the (live) video very well. Hardly a tragedy and it was the boy's father and he got away with it. The man that had kidnapped and raped him was the mother's boyfriend. That's justice.
Srich, no that is not justice. It was revenge, learn the difference. Justice only happens in the court room. All other times "justice" is just a word.
Vigilante justice is NOT justice: you watch and believe too many Hollywood productions. A CIVILISED SOCIETY DOES NOT TOLERATE NOR CONDONE VIGILANTEISM.
You can use caps and show me the "right way" to feel about it, but had that been done to my own child- my reaction would have been the same. You also have no idea what I watch and believe. So bite me.
If it was my baby boy I would destroy him until there is nothing left. The comments here are amazing how people think when it comes to raping of children.
The justice system is broke & has been for a very long time.
From Cali
Are you aware that currently there are more than five hundred thousand registered sexual predators housed amongst the neighborhoods of every day citizens? Every there are around 55,000 to 70,000 sex crimes committed on minors under eighteen years old. Of these offenses, as many as 50 resulted death every 12 months.
Sickos everywhere.....
That fact is that many crimes in this country should be punished by death.
And if you think the "justice" system works (geowil) then chew on the dept of justice stats that show the avg time served in this country for any violent crime category including murder, rape, kidnapping, and assault all carry average prison terms under about 8 years. We keep letting the violent among us back out to cause more harm. A violent bully is always a violent bully (maybe it is brain trauma as new research suggests) but that is not our fault. They should be locked up for 30+ years for any violent crime or any crime involving a gun.
I am pretty sure more and more people are getting tired of the revolving door for the violent felons. Get them in jail for long long periods. If we have to make room to keep them long.....let the gosh darn drug users and dealers out.
But cut off their wieners and show it to them first ; )
If I had absolute proof that my child was truly harmed by a rapist I would want to kill them myself - and would have no problem pulling that trigger BUT Mr. Drum would have to know the details of the sex crime these men had committed for me to be okay with what he's done.
For instance, a woman I know has a son in jail because his girlfriends parents pressed charges when he turned 18 and she was still 17. They tried to break them up and they kept sneaking off together anyway...so he is spending a good time in jail and will have to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life. He wouldn't be one who deserved to die at the hands of Mr. Drum.
Now, the man who raped my sister and four other young girls in our neighborhood who has since been released on "good behavior" instead of serving his full 50 years to life - is now living right across the street from an elementary school in Utah - something the law allows him to do in Utah GO FIGURE!!! He deserves Mr. Drum's idea of justice.
So, this is a tough call. True sexual predators should never be released from prison.
K,
That I can agree on. Some crimes should have no chance of parole period, not just murder (in most cases). You serve your entire sentence no matter what.
Give that man a medal!
While I'm not condoning rape AT ALL, one only needs to look at the rape conviction of Blanton and possess basic math skills to garner from the info provided that Blanton was 17 yrs old when the rape conviction was handed down( he's 28 now and was convicted in 2001, 11 years ago making him 17 or possibly 18 at the time of conviction and likely 16 or 17 when the rape actually occurred). May I suggest that before we condemn him we at least be aware that he was very young when this happened? It was still wrong but if he's been a good citizen since then, perhaps he learned his lesson?
As for the other guy, he was convicted in 2002 which is 10 years ago. Again, doesn't make it ok that it ever happened but as I said above... if he's been a good citizen since then perhaps he also learned his lesson. Mostly I'd like to suggest that we accept that people make mistakes and pay for them when convicted. Once they've paid for their mistakes, they shouldn't keep being punished by vigilantes.
The bloodlust in Americans these days... I just don't know.
I know, it's no wonder we keep getting into wars. Lot's of people here show an almost psychopathic want for killing someone.
Isn't that amazing - and scary? It reminds me of the mind-numbing "go with the flow of the Nazi Party mentality" that allowed all manner of atrocities to occur. Another bit of vigilanteism at its best.
I don't know what makes these people so stupid, but it really works. I wish they were lemmings.....
There's no way of knowing if the convicted rapist is really a danger to society or if he was just having sex with his under aged girlfriend and her parents decided to press charges. Big difference between a sexual predator and a teenager who is just having sexual relations with his girlfriend. This happens in our courts today and lives are ruined because of it.
The question of how he found out they were sex offenders, that is easy to explain, the publicly available sex offender registry, will give a person with ill will and not too much smarts all they need to locate, and identify anyone on the list. This is not the first incident of people using the court mandated registry as a convenient hit list. My problem, is the list treats the baby-rapists and the murder-rapists exactly the same as the poor schmuck that picked up a girl in a bar that stated she was over 21 at the time and then changed her story in the morning to say she was really 17 and used a fake ID to get into the bar where minors and underage girls are not supposed to be. No other type of criminal is treated like this, no one will tell you that your neighbor is a murder, robber, gang-banger, embezzler, shoplifter, or any other offense, only people determined to be sex offenders. And as long as there is public access to that list, there will be evil little pukes that think is is perfectly ok to murder anyone on the list. and that is just bloody wrong.
Finally an intelligent comment!
Media has done a real con on the American public concerning Sex Offenders. If people were smart, they'd educate themselves as to reality and facts, rather than the drama of ignorant comments like the robots above have made. A convicted prostitute is a labeled 'sex offender'. A guy pees in the alley behind a bar, gets caught and is on the sex registry list. A teen has sex with his girlfriend. her folks yell 'rape' and that false charge follows him the rest of his life.
Fact is, MOST men in America have broken the law concerning "sex" crimes. They just have not been caught ... yet. But its witch hunts and crazies who group everyone under the term "sex offenders" that lead to this Nazi behavior. One label no matter what the crime. One label even if there was no victim. One label even if the "sex offender" has nothing to do with child molestation. Isn't that what we all hate - the real perverts who molest kids??
Why don't you all try to get Congress to pass smart laws rather than getting on their band wagon of 'one size fits all' criminal sentencing!
I think ignorant people deserve to be shot ... or at least the laws that protect them to be removed so they'll get themselves killed!
Um, I've searched the sex offender registry and you can see what each person was convicted of. A guy convicted of peeing in an alley (I didn't see any of these by the way, so I doubt they end up on there) wouldn't be viewed the same as the guy convicted of forcible child rape.
I wonder why they would be moving in together?
The end justifies the means. I believe sex offenses are a mindset. Not something that time changes with incarceration or limits on where a person is allowed to live. I honestly believe it is best that they are gone.
So it is OK that he killed them?
"So it is OK that he killed them?"
That seems to be the consensus. Just another case of "They had it comin'."
Which puts the consensus right up there on the same moral plane with the Taliban, etc., etc. Yeah, all you pistol-packin' yahoos don't need no stinkin' courts. Just shoot up everyone you got a problem with. Yeehaw!
Yes. That's my opinion. Convicted sex offenders. You do realize that comes with a victim, right? If those victims were relatives or friends of yours, would your heart still be bleeding for the deceased perpetrators? I seriously doubt it.
wich,
no but I would not want to kill the @!$%# either. I still believe in the justice system even if it is fallible some of the time. I do not think we should ever take someone else's life into our hands unless it is a life and death situation. To do otherwise makes you no better then a terrorist.
"The end justifies the means. I believe sex offenses are a mindset."
I believe you're an idiot, you use no data to back up your opinion. Whatever you believe is good enough. I believe idiots like you should be deported to third world countries where they also don't believe in he rule of law.
You're a complete buffoon.
jquest
Here's you data. Ray was convicted of first degree rape of a child. Do you have data to the contrary? Or would that only ruin your chance to call someone an idiot?
http://www.kten.com/Global/story.asp?S=4400222
not to long ago i decided to check out those kind of sex thugs. there were 5 with in 3 mile's of me. 3 more with-in 10 miles. sick-os.
I do love the people opposed to this. If the "State" kills..its "punishment" If a person takes out sex offenders..its "murder"
Either killing is ok or its not! You dont get to have it both ways!
What kind of stupid illogic are you trying to peddle here?
When the state does it, there is a trial and decision is made by a jury. That is the difference.
I personally have no problem with this guy.
Urban check into a school if you have not yet learned the difference between the two. Killing is not always killing. If you are killed by the state as the result of a trial and conviction then you had it coming. If you are killed by some stupid ass while you are walking down the street because they read your name on a sex offenders list you were murdered.
Geowil...Tell that to the innocent people that have been murdered by the State. How about homeless guy that was MURDERED by the police in CA? The "State knows NOTHING and if you are white and rich..you can get away with anything.
http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/08/11599066-video-of-police-beating-homeless-man-brings-gasps-in-courtroom?lite
Geowil. yeah you share that tidbit with the 3 accused, convicted and executed guys in Texas families that have been proven innocent through DNA testing. I'm sure it will bring them great comfort that you have such a moral high ground and conviction. Kill em all right? Let god sort em out..........
Urban nothing works up the crowd like a lynching, most of the clowns above have made it through a 6 pack already...peace
Urban, Jeffery as well, read one of my other posts in this vine somewhere. I specifically said there that the courts do not always get it right. I agree with you that the cops who killed that homeless guy should be arrested and put on trial if they have not already but if they are found not guilty then that is that.
No one has the right to take justice into their own hands unless it is a life or death situation, no one and nothing gives you that right.
Right, because everyone knows how the government executes people for being sex offenders! Oh, wait, no they don't. Sorry, what was your point again?
As to you, Urban Cowboy, that article you cited? Yeah, that article is about the "preliminary hearing for Ramos and Cpl. Jay Cicinelli, both facing homicide charges in the death last July of Thomas, 37." That is literally about the homicide investigation about that death, they ARE on trial for murder, as clearly stated in that article. They are being charged with murder, so how is that an excuse for this man to kill others? Also, are we ignoring the fact that the state is not only not sanctioning the murder, but is directly prosecuting the men responsible?
They should have given him more ammo and a police escort, along with the rest of the sex offender list for the local area.
Or if not a police escort, at least a blind eye for a few days/months so he can finish the job.
you do know how stupid you two sound don't ya?
So, what you are saying is that the police should condone and ignore a murder spree so long as the victims are all people you dislike?
They're now in a different and more secure "Sex Offenders Registery"
Local Cemetary, row 3, plot 4 and 5.
MUCH easier to keep tabs on now.
"It was unclear how Drum knew the men were sex offenders.Blanton, 28, was convicted in 2001, when he was a teenager, of third-degree rape, according to the National Sex Offender Registry. Ray was convicted in 2002 of first-degree rape of a child."
The answer is within the paragraph smart one. If you could use it, then why couldn't he?
Free that man becuz he killed 2 perverts and now we have 2 less pedos around!
"Unclear" how he knew the men were sex offenders?
Go online.
That is what the registries are for.
Im a registered sex offender. I have had sole legal cusody of the 2 kids I had with my ex-wife since 2006. I plead to statuatory rape in 1995 when I was 19 years old. Does this mean I should be killed? I have a stepdaughter, and another child with the girl im with now. Should they be robbed of a father? So go ahead and take me out I guess...........but remember, 2 kids will have to go live with my ex-wife, whom is a no job, no child supporting drug addict that lives with and alcoholic. Oh by the way, all my kids in school have always been on the honor roll( even my Autistic son). Ya..........im a horrible disgusting human being cause I have to register!
If you are a sex offender you should be in jail you pervert! I can't believe authorities are letting you around kids and even worse YOUR kids. You should be in jail and you are the reason why we are scared of America.. TRUST ME
Obviously you are an uneducated on the subject.. Please learn the statistics before you spew your ignorance. I strongly agree there are people that are a threat to kids, but im not one of them. Dont worry about me, you will find that 94% of sex offenses are by family members. America is scared because idiots like you believe anything the media tells you. Have a nice day.
YOU JUST said you were a sex offender, why the moderators here aren't reporting you is just mind boggling, I just reported you and you should be in jail. U HEAR ME!? U PERVERT!!
Report me for what? Being an adult on an adult message board?
You said YOU'RE a sex offender YOU pervert! You should be in JAIL U hear me? Sickos like you disgust me and dont deserve to be alive! I hope you rot!!
While yes I have to register I am not a pervert. Im sorry you feel that way. If you think you are bothering me you are not. Yadda Yadda........Yawn Yawn
Uh, I checked the statutes that were cited and the guys he killed weren't statutory rapists, they were forcible rapists.
Reasonable, thank you for actually reading and knowing the difference. If only America had the same brain power
Rob, I get it and most who don't usually can't count past 20 because thats all the fingers and toes they have, with the exception of John above. I have a feeling he has probably lopped off a couple of fingers in a chain saw by now..lol. He certainly is a dim bulb or should I say night light....
John is clearly a troll. Nobody who is actually that stupid could use a computer let alone remember a username and password.
Good God, John, chill out. You have no right to tell someone that they can't post on a message board that is open to everyone. Take yourself back to the Vatican and let the rest of us attempt to rationally discuss this article.
With stories like this, you can usually tell which posters have children which do not.
I just don't see how what he did was a crime.
You don't? Well, you're an idiot then. He killed two people who had already paid for their crimes. Despite the common myth, only 10-15% of sex offenders re-offend. Only a very small minority pose any threat to society. Given the convictions these guys had, I highly doubt they were at all dangerous. This killer is a nut job and should be put away for life or given the needle.
You don't see how murdering two unarmed people in cold blood because you disagree with the court's punishment for them is a crime? Really?
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On Saturday, Patrick Boyd Drum of Sequim, Wash., allegedly fatally shot his new roommate, Gary Lee Blanton Jr., 28, before driving to the home of Jerry Wayne Ray....
They later found Blanton, 55, also dead. His wife told police that Blanton had told her he was going camping with Drum."
I usually try to ignore obvious mistakes of editing in articles but who is the 55 year old??
He should be given an award.
This guy is a total nut job. If he feels so strongly about sex offenders, why did he allow one of them to become his new roommate? Sounds to me like he has some unresolved sexual issues of his own. Maybe he's an offender who hasn't been caught. I hope they give him life in prison.