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Author:   Matt Deatherage  
Posted: 4/24/02; 12:00:27 AM
Topic: Ever hear of "round up the usual suspects?"
Msg #: 198 (top msg in thread)
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Ever hear of "round up the usual suspects?"

A man in New Jersey is convicted of killing a child in 1982, sentenced to 18 years in prison, and released after 10 for good behavior (as most states do and all judges know will happen). Ten years later, for absolutely no reason whatsoever, the police start putting flyers around his neighborhood warning that he's engaged in such dangerous activities as helping people fix flat tires and shopping at strange and mysterious cult shrines known as "malls."

"Megan's Law," which requires community notification of sex offenders, doesn't even apply to this guy, who could have been a bad guy in the past but has by all accounts been clean for ten years. No, the police just decided to do this on their own. Maybe the INS didn't have enough muslims for them to interview.

# - Posted to News on 4/24/02; 12:01:01 AM - Discuss -


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