Paedophile 'kills himself' in Bali - Democratic Underground

emad

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Wed May-12-04 07:29 AM
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Paedophile 'kills himself' in Bali

By Rachel Harvey
BBC correspondent in Jakarta

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A former Australian diplomat has been found hanged in his jail cell on the Indonesian island of Bali a day after being convicted of paedophile offences.

William Brown, who retired to live in Bali in 1996, was found guilty of sexually assaulting two boys and sentenced to 13 years in prison.

Mr Brown had admitted to having sex with the boys but said they had consented willingly.

The sentence was one year short of the maximum allowed for the crime.
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More:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/3706149.stm

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wubbathompson

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Wed May-12-04 07:34 AM
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1. Good

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Burma Jones

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Wed May-12-04 07:49 AM
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2. And the problem is??????

Pedophiles should die.

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JHB

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Fri May-14-04 10:49 AM
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5. MOLESTERS should be punished...

Not all pedophiles (i.e., actual sexual attracted to prepubescents) molest (i.e., some do manage to control their impulses), and not all molesters are pedophiles (just rapists using a kid as an easily-intimidated target of opportunity).

I don't make the distinction to defend slimeballs, I do it because sloppy language makes it easier to attack people who are NOT guilty of a crime by lumping them together with hair-raising, blood-boiling crimes.

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krkaufman

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Wed May-12-04 10:12 AM
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3. 13 years was all??!?

wow. I have no idea what "standard" sentencing is but I'm thinking 13 years is pretty light for 2 instances.

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Wed May-12-04 11:10 AM
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4. ditto

n/t

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