He told the detective that he had intended to drive to another county and kill a third sex offender, according to the records.

To which, police should have said, "we'll be back later to get you later".

Too bad they can't just parole, and arm him more heavily.

Agreed....love your idea of parole & heavier arms.

Why is there just a "Sex Offenders Register"?

How about a "Murderer Register", an "Armed Robbery Register", a "Drug Dealer Register", a "White Collar Criminal Register", a "Felony Register"?

Seriously!!! Wouldn't you like to know who you're REALLY living next to?

Coming from a former Corrections Officer, the inmates most likely will give this guy a round of applause. If he were a narc, that'd be one thing, but being someone who killed men, at least one of which raped a child, they'll look at him as doing the world a favor.

the problem about a drug dealer register is it would tell people where to go to get drugs.

in my eyes child rapists are the worst criminals because of how defenseless their victims were.

if a gang took out another gang member then thats not nearly as sickening as hearing about someone like jerry sandusky do what they did.

this guy had some serious rage to take out and im glad he took it out on child rapists rather than innocent victims. atleast the world is better place after what he did and i hope continues his mission and takes out more child rapists in prison. i suggest they put him in the same cell as jerry sandusky.

Whistle you mean like stalking unarmed kids?

"So you are advocating that the very systems in place to protect the rights and lives of all citizens should not only turn a blind eye to, but actively sanction lone individuals going out and murdering people without any due process?"

Vigilante justice rules in this case. If it were your children who were raped, I'll bet you wouldn't be nearly as concerned about due process.

Set this guy free and give him all the ammo he needs. I know I'll be safe.

He has nothing to worry about in prison. Vigilante justice would be more likely if he, himself was a child molester or if he was a cop or as Steven Hinkle said, a narc. Child molesters won't target him either, they are too cowardly to attack a grown man.

We think that someone "taking out" those who have committed crimes against children is such a great thing. Personally I want anyone who would dare lay a hand against a child to molest them or harm them, locked away for life. But there are several problems with supporting those would take matters into their own hands like this man. Besides the obvious issue of embracing violence.I would like to share some information from my work in the field from law enforcement. I can appreciate the desire for justice very much from personal experience as well. I apologize for the length.

First, in some cases, innocent people have been convicted, only later to have their names cleared by DNA or other evidence. But that has happened much later, sometimes years. Or we discover a victim has lied. Recently there was a report about a woman in her twenties who admitted to lying about being molested by her father in prison, hoping to help him finally be released. But the judge refused. In divorces one person can accuse the other, manipulate children, with devastating results.

Second, not all sexual offenders are equal. Some rightly deserve constant monitoring and have violent pasts or are repeat offenders. Then there are those who are not a threat to the community. But because of the state, language of the law and often family situations get arrested. You can say they all had children as victims so it doesn’t matter, but it isn’t quite as cut and dry as that. Like between two teenagers who run off together. Daddy’s a rich guy and decides his now pregnant princess’s poor boyfriend will pay for his transgression for life. We forget that times have changed from the common everyday history of our pioneers and centuries past. Even other cultures now. So, a sixteen year old and nineteen , or fifteen and eighteen year old, would have been married. Yet one is labeled a sexual predator for life today although no one was forced to have sex. Just one partner wasn‘t recognized as being legally able to give consent.

Next research has shown, true pedophile (their numbers are really very low) brains, actually are different from the rest of us. Meaning, there is a strong biological basis for their behaviors. Which helps explain why there is no "cure" for their feelings, though with therapy, drugs and support if begun early enough great progress can be made to prevent later behavior problems while young. As such behaviors usually show up in the adolescence stage. It's a catch 22 trying to reach out and help such individuals however, since those who struggle with these feelings are fearful of coming forward to ask for help. Given the general disposition of the public to want to attack and harm such people, it‘s understandable. But people think all sexual offenders are pedophiles. That is not the case.

According to experts, the rest of offenders are those who don't have normal adult outlets, (this is where priests for instance would fall under), those who act on impulse when opportunities occur, those who are under the influence of drugs, alcohol , peer pressure and those abused sexually as children. Whose parents own abusive adult relationships seem to drive them growing up to seek safe intimacy with children instead of adult. Thereby repeating the cycle of abuse. These are the ones we hear about most often in the news.

Those who take matters into their own hands, may be creating more innocent victims. What if they get the wrong person or others are with their intended target? Would they leave witnesses? How many sick people are out there just looking for an excuse to vent, and now they see this man, and his supporters, and so decide to follow so they can get some " hero praise"? I hate the evil that people do to innocent lives. But promoting and praising killers for acting as judge, jury and executioners in deciding they deserve death, is simply seeking to feel good for the moment. Life will move on, most people will forget. However, that man will now spend the rest of his life behind bars and society will pay for his actions until he dies. What a waste of all the good he could have done with his life. The world needs good men providing positive examples to help their communities come together. Perhaps starting a neighborhood watch group, or after school safety program to teach kids. Not throwing away good to commit evil themselves

One of them raped a child. From previous child killers the person involved always and I mean ALWAYS had a history of child rape, pornography, or similar. I don't feel bad that he killed them, I feel bad that he got caught.

Windancersong-1494878,

It is so refreshing to see a comment on these boards that is actually well thought-out, well constructed, and articulate without resorting to knee-jerk reactionism and pure emotion. Your post is spot on and I, for one, thank you.

If there were more thinking people is this world, we'd be a lot better off.

Sotrue,

You have access to the personal history of the offender and the police records?? If not, then you're jsut armchair quarterbacking.

No matter what the person may have done, no matter how vile, it does not give a self-appointed "Lone Wolf" the right to murder him/her.

While it may seem perfect justice for the sickos, sadly, we can't do it. In a perfect world, the lice like these two would be removed by the courts, and there would be no need for this. But, for some reason, we are all surrounded by sex offenders, in all areas. You would be spending every minute of every day trying to kill these creeps, and while you may thin out your neighborhood, you may also kill the wrong person, or get yourself killed. What we need is stronger laws to put these sex freaks away for a very long time.

Windancersong,

After seeing so many posts calling for bloodshed, and loving the murder of people, your post restored my faith in humanity.

Tough call. I think the courts should decide on a death penalty. In some cases a man relieving himself on the side of the road can be labeled a sex offender.

First off these animals were CONVICTED.

Perhaps the courts and prosecutors should take responsibility for allowing them to walk the streets.

While I can't condone vigilantism, I do understand the motive.

If We truly thought these crimes were important we would jail/execute child molesters as its proven they cannot be rehabilitated.

WhistleBerries

However, he committed an act of cowardice, by stalking and killing two unarmed men.
In prison, he will have a sore neck all the time from constantly looking over his shoulders. I am sure that he is fully aware that prisons have vigilante justice too.

Because raping a child isn't an act of cowardice? Furthermore prisoners don't like sex offenders so something tells me he'll be getting a few pats on the back in there.

While killing isn't something to be taken lightly, there's a time and place for it. This man should never have been put in this position in the first place but since the law can't do it's job and too many people give these monsters their hearts on a golden platter - they do a few years then they're back on the street. We still don't even know all the facts yet either. Maybe something happened to one of his kids or his wife that made him snap. Don't judge him just yet. So far as I can tell he did a service for society regardless. These weren't two men caught peeing in public after all....

What! Sentenced him! I would feel safer being left alone with him than I would have felt with those two dead pigs! He needs to be rewarded not punished.. I truley wish there were more MEN like him , at least our children would be safe....

One of the 'victims' was convicted in 2002 of first degree rape of a child under age 12 - why is he not still in prison 10 short years later?

I shoot back child molester lover.

hey winddancersongblower it dont matter the age rap is rap trying to lagitmiz a child rapist with a song and dance about there brain bull shi-. thats why there is a registry so people like u can say hey we did what we could,if there is dna evidence in the case of rap child or adult hang them slowly on the news. i feal the man that shot the two rapist should recieve a reward he did more than the judges hade balls to do,. some one rapes any of my children they better pray the pigs get them first,if they do get him first they better pray paroll lets them leav the stat and chang there name

bp ur going past time her no one was ever killed for driving to fast unless they crashed ,but it looks like uv been drinking all drunks should be dead ahhell ur killing ur own livers drink about four more gallons in the next hour have fun BPkill that liver

I only know one thing about this. When there is a sex crime against children, the first people the police talk to are the local sex offenders, I'm not sure why, but there it is.

and let us not forget that a 17 yr old that sends a naked picture of themselves to a boy/girlfriend is guilty of distributing child pornagraphy and therefore on the sex offenders list, and needs to have a stranger hunt them down and kill them. please note sarcasm.

Whether people think it's just or not, had I been a juror, it would have been a hung jury or the guy walks free. I think he only got convicted because he is a crazy looking mf'er.

So, all you tough guys do understand that this kind of thing is what will lead to the authorities NOT releasing information on sex offenders anymore, right?

There are not many judges, whatever their political leaning, who would disagree with the position that marking people (who did their time and were released from jail) for vigilante murder is a violation of their right to life.

The judge in this case obviously knows that the only way to save 2 decades worth of anti-sex-offender laws is to throw the book at this guy. He's got the long view, which is why he's a judge, and not sitting at home behind a computer screen fondling his shotgun and talking big.

As a rule, I feel the vigilante twinge quite a bit as well, and I have 0 sympathy for the guy who raped the child. I feel the father of the child should have been afforded that privilege, though.

However, the other guy could have been, as has been said, 18 with a 17 year old girlfriend for all we know.

Not only that, but get this. If you pull over to the side of the road and get out, stand on the other side of the car, concealed from traffic, to take a piss because it's too far to the next rest stop, and a cop sees you, guess what? Believe it or not, sexual crime, and you get registered as a sex offender for life. This bullcrap just happened to a friend who's married with kids. He lost his job, had to move, and can't find a new job because of being on the list.

Don't get me wrong, the sex offender list and registering them is absolutely required. It blew my mind just a little bit when I learned of all the things that qualifies you to be on the list, though.

So while we may want to give this guy a slow clap, keep in mind his next target could have been a dude who took a piss on the side of the road.

Nevermind when vigilantes kill the wrong people. I can't find the story now, but I recall a family of 4 being burned to death after someone set fire to their home where a sex offender lived before they had moved in.

I can't help but wonder if he recently got diagnosed with terminal cancer and decided to take out the trash before he dies .

I'm guessing you just saw the movie "God Bless America" on netflix, too?

True... Child molesters are disgusting and deserve the lowest level of hell.

But we all know that murdering them is just as bad.

Perhaps not just as bad, but still pretty bad. A person who takes the law into their own hands like that is too dangerous to allow the privilege of walking around free. This man was a budding vigilante serial killer; though not a very smart one since he left a trail any fool could follow.

A dumb murderer is the last type of person you want walking around because while you may be capable of trusting a man who kills child predators, you should never trust DUMB.

Having shot a chester in the courtroom myself, that raped my 5 yr young daughter, and stabbed another in the joint, I salute this man. As a father of several, I tell you now, if anyone messes with my kids, or any child I know, I will not think twice before pulling the trigger. Who says only cops are allowed to kill people? They shoot and kill more innocent people annually then citizens do. Look at the Washington mess for example. I believe in the Bible 100%, and yes I know the 10 commandments. That's where the forgiveness part comes in effect when you dispose of one of these scumbags, standing on the verse " an eye for an eye". Trust me, my daughter never has gotten over her rape. It killed her emotionally, so why shouldn't I be allowed to kill him? ( I was actually, never served 1 day in prison for shooting him since the judge and DA both had little girls at home. )

I know what this guy in the article did is wrong but I cannot get mad at him, as I have a 5 year old daughter too. And I know that either my husband or I would have done the exact same thing as DR above here. Not pretty, but truth. Children are innocent - to see someone corrupt that makes me angrier than I can even write here. God bless you and your children DR...

DR, do you have some kind of link to your story - it's rather difficult to believe you shot a person in a courtroom and walked away with no time, regardless of what he may have done.

It's somewhat amusing that you use the Bible to rationalize your killing in the eyes of God. Wouldn't an eye-for-an-eye have involved this man being raped? And under that eye-for-an-eye, do you now think that someone in his family should be allowed to kill you?

sleepinsadie it's kind of hard to rape a man in the same fashion as a female. The lack of a vagina tends to be an issue there. Not to say a man can't be raped (the law was recently changed to state the opposite in fact).

Also, these two took the lives of some little girls. You don't have to die to have your life taken from you. Something like that will haunt the back of their minds for years to come.

Does an eye for an eye make the world blind? No, retribution and revenge are based on who offended first. Those two did, therefor any retaliation is causative to the actions of the original offender. In this case that would be the two dead scum. Their families have no recourse in that scenario since he did not commit an offense against them. Their consequence (death) was a direct result of their actions. Really, if one was your son would you really get on a pedestal to whine about how this guy killed your child-raping son? Nobody would shed a tear.

John Doe--nice reasoning re: "an eye for an eye." Unfortunately, I'd say the families of the murdered men might disagree--and kill their son's killers also using "an eye for eye" for justification. You really don't get to say whose eye is blinded for whose eye.

Perhaps this is why Jesus teaches us that "an eye for an eye" is WRONG. Instead, JC preaches love for one's enemies and "turning the other cheek." May not feel as satisfying to you--but 2 wrongs NEVER make 1 right. Easier said than done. But who said following Jesus teachings should or would be "easy?"

Two wrongs may not make a right but they sure do make us even.

So if you were one of these pieces of sh*t's family members you'd be upset? You'd be shouting about how horrible what this guy did was? How it was unfair and unjust? They were just misunderstood I'm sure...

Ah yes, Jesus.

Deuteronomy 19:21
Show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

Seems he also taught revenge.

John Doe-2437959

Ah yes, Jesus.

Deuteronomy 19:21
Show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

Seems he also taught revenge.

Jesus didn't say that. Deuteronomy is in the Old Testament. But just wait a bit and the men who like to work over the Bible to suit themselves will change that.

I don't have one bit of sympathy for the two SOB's this guy killed. But the article said that people had gone after their family members. That is wrong. The blame belong solely on the pigs that raped children!!!! These types of criminals can't be rehabilitated and the world probably is better off without them. OTher children may have been saved from abuse in the future by this act. Murder is still wrong but I certainly understand why he did it. Surprised the courts didn't just go for a manslaughter conviction or send him to a pyschiatric hospital for awhile until he got "rehabilitated"!!!!!

ah yes jesus every one throwing him in but in one line god said he who harms thy children it would be better a mill stone b placed around there neck and cast into the sea. now back to the storey every one on this line condeming DRcrane u do know there is temp insanity pleas out there and two our legal system is bassed on the bibles ten comandments now if only they would follow them all instead of picking and choosing. the DR was nicer than i would b if someone hurt my children id start by cutting the tip off and nailling there hands to a stump atleast ten miles out give them a spoon to cut there hand off with if they make it to a hospital you live,bet they never touch a child again

"Blanton's family claims he was put on the sex offender registry after he was caught having sex with his high school girlfriend when he was a senior and she was a freshman."

Real classy you sick f--k.

Yeah, that's one of the dumber laws I've seen. I've even someone on the sex offender registry who was 18 at the time, and was convicted of having sex with his 17-year-old girlfriend.

I have no problem going after child molesters, but give me a break.

Yes, Blanton's 'crime" is a joke! What is with government going after teens like that. Those laws need to come off the books!!

Ray's crime is totally different and I am wondering how he got out of jail. People that rape someone under 12 should NEVER get out of jail. With that said, those of you agreeing with this man killing him are as bad as him. You are committing murder in your hearts.

Linda, it is call plea dealing, most child molesters/predators average 31/2 years in prison a few years on probation. They are continuously let out to continue preying on our children until the next they are caught. It is time for parents & all citizens speak out to change sentencing law, which should include automatic death sentences when children are the victims.

As for statutory rape, where consensual sex is involved between teenages needs to be lighten including the age difference.

Two less sex offenders in the world and now one less murderer off the streets! I guess today is a good day...

:ROLLEYES:

A Child Offenders List would narrow things down to the bottom of the barrel that is for sure but with this crime now you also have a murderer that will be bed n' fed for life!

Could he have been tried with a hate crime?

DKJ-4 - Those light sentences are due to the fact that those pot smokers are a much larger threat to society than child rapists are. Hopefully you detect the sarcasm there. The sad truth is, while I'm being sarcastic with that statement - the judicial system is dead serious about it.

Also, the sex offender list needs to be completely reworked. Here in Kansas it's so full that they are taking people off of it. The severity of the sexual crime only determines how long they stay on it. Something like repeated brutal rapes and repeat child molesters max out at 20 years. Why? Because it would seem innocently peeing in 'public' is a horrible act against humanity.

They need to stop charging kids who have consentual sex but happen to be more than three years apart or one is 18 and the other under. There's a huge difference in this and true rapists and pedophiles. Heard of many cases where teens are dating in high school, one turns 18 then the parents have them charged and they get the same label as men who rape little kids. Clogs up the courts and the jails holding the wrong people and letting the sicko's go!!!!

GEEZ!!! You folks should do some fact-checking. Blanton was arrested at 17 when he was dating ANOTHER 17 yr. old. A girl who was deaf. Her parents were the ones who filed the charges. What happened on that date couldn't have been that bad since the conviction was 3rd degree rape which doesn't necessitate penetration. Wanna bet the girl's parents just got pissed off over something?

Blanton married his wife just a couple yrs. later. He had two kids with her and when she blew up 80lbs. from the pregnancy, he painted her toenails for her. Does that sound like a typical child molester to you???

Meanwhile, Drum was a heroin junkie with arrests for burglery, 4th degree assault, check kiting, etc. So who the F are you idiots defending here??? Shame on the lot of your sorry asses!

Oh - - and while we're at it - How many of you are aware that in some places, Louisiana in particular, if you urinate outside, YOU'RE A SEX OFFENDER?

Ben, Kuddos!!! I couldnt have said it better myself!! Ray in particular for rape of a child in the first degree? Where is the justice for her? She is serving a life sentence as is any woman or child that has ever been raped.

While you get that information on a registry, that registry is being laughed at. You don't what you are talking about, which makes the information you get dangerous to society. Sorry about your registry.

Vigilantism is illegal. Period. Or do you not believe in the rule of law?

This is pre-meditated murder, he's lucky he doesn't get executed.

In this country, the once great US of A, Justice can be purchased if you have the money, ask OJ.

OJ's doin' nine to 33 years for being "arrogant and stupid".

A few reasons why this man got such a tough penalty. One, the criminal justice system (police, prosecutors, and judges) do not like vigilantes since they feel their toes are being stepped on. And two, this man self represented himself in court. There is an expression a man who is his own lawyer has a fool for a client.

Personally, I do not feel this guy should have gone shooting these people, on the other hand if these people were raping kids it is pretty hard to feel bad for them. It does seem rough that he got life without parole, as so many other violent murderers seem to get off much easier.

Ben Kline - What would your reaction be had he gone to the apartment to kill the sex offender only to find out he had murdered a totally innocent person happened to move into the same apartment?

Eileen, says a lot that you talk about "woman or child." I suppose some poor bugger - who happens to be male - has no "life sentence"... He's just on his own.

Besides all that... Due process and the letter of the law are there to protect everyone, not just the people we like - and the sanctity of that standard being kept intact is *vital* to the continuation of a civil society. You start giving the thumbs up for someone who kills someone you think should have got the death penalty but didn't, the next thing you know some PETA member is bumping you off for eating foie gras to the applause of a significant audience. What's more, when you condone vigilante justice, you basically take a step back centuries to periods where things like that flew. This whole "You go guy!" reaction is astoundingly narrow sighted... Work on improving the system when it proves inadequate, don't applaud those who throw it out.

Right on SteveJNB, could not ahve said it better myself

SteveJNB - Due process is for humans. These two were not humans - they gave that up a long time ago.

On the topic of PETA offing people. There's a huge difference. You're comparing people killing other people for choosing which food to eat to killing a child molester/rapist. The human eating meat is being an omnivore - what humans are. The rapist isn't doing something natural. Yes, 10's of thousands of years ago it may have been the way of life but even then you don't see animals now raping each other so there's no indication that it would be a 'natural' process for us. We have attributes that attract and repel each other which makes choosing a mate and procreating voluntary - not forceful.

Let's keep the apples and oranges in the supermarket. Shall we?

John, "Due process is for humans. These two were not humans"? Really? Who made you the decider on when a person is deemed less than human? You argue that rape is unnatural, and that thus someone who commits it is no longer human and should be legal to gun down in the street with no consequence. Getting an influenza shot "isn't doing something natural" either, so does that mean the inoculated are no longer human as well, and thus have no protection of human rights? Due process is a guaranteed right to ALL people, and to try to get around that declaring people sub-human is a despicable act of depravity.

Interesting arguments on both sides. But let's not forget- men secretly *protect* child molesters and rapists. In spite of the fact a man personally condemns the act and would never rape. In spite of the fact he might have a daughter. Rape will never be fully punished in any society. Every man feels his right to sexual gratification supercedes a woman's right to live unmolested. This is why David Mora and other men split hairs when it comes to rape and actually go out of their way to defend their brothers. David feigns disgust that anyone attack a "man" as being "sub-human" for rape. I doubt he cares when women are treated as "sub-human", such as a rape victim herself. She was denied her humanity. Not his concern. Or perhaps he thinks her humanity hinges on being victimized. Nope, securing humanity for the rapist is what matters most.

How is my being against the outright murder of a person with no trial, jury, or due process to the most basic of civil rights mean that I don't care about a rape victim? You do NOT have to be pro-murder to be anti-rape. The law applies to BOTH people. I have genuine disgust for anyone who rationalizes murder and the violation of civil rights by reducing people to "non-human" status. The moment we start declaring certain groups of people to have no rights is the moment the very concept of civil rights becomes absolutely meaningless. I most certainly do care for the laws to protect a woman who is attacked or raped, and that care for them is not in any way contradictory to wanting those some laws to apply to everyone else equally as well. A rapist should be arrested and tried in a court of law, and given all the due process that any other person accused of a crime should be. They should NOT be simply labeled as "non-humans" and shot in the back without provocation. The most important thing is the humanity of ALL parties involved. The fact that I don't think we should declare all rapists as non-human entities with no rights does not in any way prevent me from asserting that any of their victims have the same rights. I do not condone rape. I do not defend the actions of a rapist. I DO, however, condone treating rapists as humans and not stripping them of the most basic protections they are guaranteed under the Constitution. Ensuring the humanity and fair treatment of ALL people is what matters most to me.

Rebbecca, obviously you have never been a victim of sexual assault nor do you have any young family member who have experience the ordeal & then had the justice system turn on you or set in court & here the defence repeatedly say it wasn't the perps' fault or he couldn't help himself.

I am not saying what the man did was right by law but neither is a justice system that lets the perverts walk daily to freely trolling for their next victim. Sorry there is no excuse on earth to attack & torture a child or anyone else. How many children or persons is one man allowed to attack before he is removed permanently from society.

Sorry as a victim & relative of two others (one under the age 3) I say this maniac is a hero & life without parole is to much, he shouldn't have received anymore time then these rapists.

Sorry to know what you and your family members have gone through. I agree with your assesment

Really, he's a hero to you DKJ-4 for killing one of the guys who was really only a sex offender due to a technicality?

The definition of 'hero' must be very broad in your eyes.

Sleepinsadie---He is a hero. To little girls/or boys even--sparing them a life sentence of emotional tragedy. you OBVIOUSLY do not have any kids, nor have been sexually abused. (Glad you've never been...but what IF you had kids?) Would you want someone to take advantage of them, because they were able to get a slap on the hand the first time around?

Think before you speak!

Why should an 18 year having sex with a 17 year old die? Not defending the other guy, but you can't possible believe that consensual sex between teenagers is a capital crime.

DKJ,

Stop your bloodthirsty rant. One of the guys is on the list for having sex when he was a senior in high school with his freshman girlfriend. Really crazy sicko huh? Id say your just as bad as the child rapist he killed, no thought or understanding for anything.

Sorry, I did NOT mean to 'like' your comment! These two "men" that Drum got off the streets were clearly not convicted of urinating on a sidewalk! Thankfully it appears that you, nor no one close to you, has ever been raped, and for that I am thankful. You just cannot imagine the hatred and rage that is kept within you for a life time after such an event. This man, Drum, may not have been directly involved with the women or families of the victims, but they were free to walk the streets and do it again and again and again until they were (if ever) caught again. He made sure that a few more females in this world are safe and for that I personally praise him!

The Sequim Gazette says, "Ray pleaded guilty in May 2002 to two counts of first-degree child rape involving a 7-year-old and a 4-year-old. He completed outpatient sex offender treatment and served court-ordered community custody." OMG he got outpatient treatment and community custody. They really threw the book at him didn't they? I didn't find a mention of him urinating on trees, Joi Ellis, just child rape with a seven year old and a four year old.

And you sound like a pro=pedophile tramp. I am sick and tired of these sex offenders getting away with the sick @!$%# they do because the law protects them. Let's make an example of some of them. See how many more people want to do this @!$%# when they know the penalties. IMO, bring back "drawn and quartering". No one would want to take a risk of that happening to them.

agreed, except with one exception. as we're all aware, teens are charged and labeled sex offender only because the other one is younger than consensual age when they could be six months apart in age! how does the law make sense in that way? a senior can be charged and labeled a sex offender for having sex with a freshman...how is that right? in no way am i advocating teen sex or letting teens get away with rape, i'm just saying, kids have sex with each other too and it's wrong to label some as sex offenders. so if we were all of a sudden executing sex offenders left and right, why would we be right to execute these people just because they're walking around with a big label that says, "Sex Offender"? and they'll be on a list, and you'll just walk right up and shoot them in the eye, huh? i say we shouldn't charge teens within reason, regardless of angry parents wanting to press charges. of course if there was any actual rape then they deserve to be convicted. no, i'm not alluding to any foolishness like "legitimate rape", i'm talking about consensual sex among young teenagers.

No sympathy for the guy who raped the little girls. The world doesn't need him. But the other one just slept with his girlfriend and it was only technically a sex offense. We need to make these laws better. Harsher for the sick ones and less harmful to people who are just living their lives like normal teenage Americans.

The legal beagle hounds, law enFarcement personnel and the court penal system, have made America their personal feeding trough. How many cops HAVE CRIMINAL RECORDS? 50%. They are NOT the Police Officers of yesteryear; they are paid thugs given badges and guns; to serve and protect yyeeaahhhh...Sure... To Serve The Evil Rich and Protect their wealth is more like it.

This is why we need to change laws at state & federal levels. Rape & sexual assault needs to be place in a category by themselves & not thrown to minor complaints such a urinating in public or wagging the dog. Then we need to harshen the sentencing to natural life or death mostly when little ones are the victims. As for consenting teenagers, this shouldn't even be a crime just because parents believe the have lost control & the State wants to raise our children instead of protecting them.

Everyone cheering for this guy is assuming he murdered these people out of a sense of "justice for the victims". What if that was just a cover? He had no ties to any of the victims' families so why such interest in avenging them?

He is probably just as sick as one of the people he killed and was looking for an excuse to kill.

Obviously the system needs a makeover, and has for many years. I'm guessing very few people actually 'want' to pay for bed and breakfast for violent criminals for decades. I know I sure don't! I very much like the idea of putting certain offenders to death, but I also relish the idea of castration and a forehead tattoo to mark the person for life. That would serve several purposes: to punish the offender, to prevent him offending again, to warn others of what he's done, to scare off others contemplating the same offense, and to keep the public from spending much more than a dime on his 'rehabilitation'. For those who physically abuse the helpless, let's start cutting off fingers and see how well they can make a fist after that! We are far, far too soft on criminals in this country, and then we release them back into society fully equipped to offend again. While I applaud this guy for taking action, vigilanteism isn't really what we need; we need a major overhaul of our joke of a justice system.

Scotty: "He had no ties to any of the victims' families so why such interest in avenging them?

He is probably just as sick as one of the people he killed and was looking for an excuse to kill."

EXCELLENT POINT! Why was he obsessed with these 2 men (and a 3rd potential man's) past criminal records? I was wondering about that too!

I recommend the old movie, "The Star Chamber" with Michael Douglas--deals with this subject in a way that will really get you thinking. That is, if you enjoy thinking (can be a little disturbing too)...

I'd rather be a murderer than a child rapist

I'd rather not be either.

let's see if you'd have the guts to play with semantics had they raped your little girl... thanks to @!$%#s like you the punishment system in this country has become some sort of a resort chain for low lives like these, where these terrible criminals, provided with more rights than we do, feel safe.. Patrick is not a murderer, no more than Batman is, and he is a victim of a corrupt system that doesn't do its job and leave us all to the mercy of these terrible criminals, all supported by the champions of semantics, @!$%#s like you.. spread all over our beloved country.

It is funny how, with the largest prison system in the world, BY FAR, in both numbers (larger than China), and per capita (MORE than China, or any other country for that matter), you would more than double it from here if you could.

But don't worry, Martin, they will catch up to you too. Didn't you know, "terrible criminal" is an ever evolving standard that can ensnare anyone at anytime?

Darn semantics. Who needs courts, laws, and rules, when you have mobs and drunken righteousness?

This is about as bad as some Pro-Life nut murdering a doctor that performs abortions.

"This is about as bad as some Pro-Life nut murdering a doctor that performs abortions."

Not even close, but good try Wanker.

Tell that to Dexter!

Except sex offenders are often segregated from the general population.

So, this guy should have just wait and let the sex offender do it again, and go to jail

Really, let them ruin two more lives? Your a moron.

Before you call other people morons, you should really check your grammar.

...and let the sex offender do it again"????? Hello?? Sure, put a couple of little girls out as bait. What an idiot you are.

Well, one was his roommate, so it makes sence that being a druggie he got in a fight with him and killed him, and knowing that the roomate was on the registry, decided to try to make it look like he was on a mission to save the world from pedophiles in the hope of getting lite punishment. On the point people are making that courts should give death penalty when minors are involved - the organisations that defend children were against it when such a law was about to pass in some state, because they believed that the pedophiles will murder their victims if the punishment in case they're cought for rape is the same as for murder.

No sympathy for you

That's good, because I wasn't asking any. But thanks for your pointless comment, you pointless person.

and what good does it do change the laws when all the power to change our laws were handed over to a nazi

Killing someone who had sex with his girlfriend when he was in high school. Yeah, that deserves a medal. You're sick.

MrBurns - most people don't bother reading many comments and don't know any of the details. They just want to show the world how smart and intuitive they are.

There are plenty more people like him. Heroin addict with many arests for crimes ranging from financial to assault, and now logicaly - murder. The first guy he killed was on the sex ofender registry on technicality, and Drum killing him probably had nothing to do with vigilante justice. He probably got the second guy when he realised hi's gonna go to jail in an attempt to gain simpaty and lower sentence.

Huh?

Editors -- is something wrong with this sentence? WHO chastised Drum's supporters? STAY IN SCHOOL!

In court Tuesday, chastised Drum’s supporters, KOMO reported.