"Jeff Binkley -> Stan Hardegree"  wrote in news:13912
$POL_DISORDER{at}JamNNTPd:

 ST>>> Terribly sorry for the delayed response, but it's for a good
 RS>> cause :)

 ST>>>>> Intoxicant means the subject  is "toxic".
 Marijuana is
 ST>>> non-toxic

 ->>>> But MJ does cause lung/breathing problems and possibly cancer.
 ST>>> Also, no one -> knows what it's been cut with on the street.
 ST>>> Often it's laced to provide a -> better high. Those substances
 ST>>> are toxic.

 RS>> More than 20 years ago, a guy here in Sheboygan was high on smoking
 RS>> pot that had "angel dust" (an animal tranqulizer, PCP,) in it.

 RS>> The guy beat the shit out of 3 people, myself included.
 RS>> He was crazy-stoned on the stuff.

 RS>> Since then, the guy, named Mitchell Pask, went to jail for over a
 RS>> decade for beating up and raping a boy.
 RS>> After his release, he returned to Sheboygan and last year made
 RS>> national headlines, when he tried to lure an under-10 year old girl
 RS>> into a park building, and the judge ruled incorrectly that the
 RS>> enclosure didn't meet his standards for an enclosure.
 RS>> (The judge reversed his ruling and Pask went back to jail.)

 RS>> Pask was obviously fond of using PCP-altered pot, and then later
 RS>> meth.

 JB> Another tall tale sneaks out.  I can believe the ass beating part but
 JB> the rest is pure imagination.  Had this happened he would not have
kept
 JB> it bottled up for this long.  Count on it.  I have archived this one
 JB> away for future use.

Then archive this, dummy.

This is the guy who kicked down the door to my apartment about 25 years
ago, and demanded money and drugs, I had neither, so he beat the crap
out of me.

The case made the national blogoshere, almost all of it disparaging the
moron judge.

Judge Throws Out Case After Jury Finds Man Guilty

Sheboygan County District Attorney Joe DeCecco says he's stunned.

His office is scrambling today to appeal a judge's ruling that threw out
a case against a man who had just been convicted of child enticement.
Following a one day trial, jurors spent all of 30 minutes before it
reached a guilty verdict against Mitchell Pask.

Following the conviction, Judge Timothy Van Akkeren ruled on a motion
the defense made earlier to dismiss the case. The defense argued that
prosecutors hadn't met the burden of proof saying the incident didn't
take place in a secluded area, which is required for the charge.

According to the criminal complaint in the case, Pask was overheard in a
park saying, "Look at those sexy little salty girls." He was referring
to a group of several young girls. Prosecutors say he approached a nine-
year-old girl who was in the Workers' Water Street Park in June and
repeatedly asked her to go with him and he would give her candy.

Pask tried to get the girl to come to a shelter at the park. The defense
argued that the shelter didn't qualify as a secluded area, and the judge
apparently agreed.

Pask has a long criminal history, including a previous conviction for
sexually assaulting a young girl.
(Note from Ross: In addition to raping a young boy.)

The Sheboygan County District Attorney plans to appeal the case. DeCecco
says because the jury has already reached a verdict, if the judge's
ruling is overturned, prosecutors would not have to retry the case.

Pask is still in custody based on a different case.

http://tinyurl.com/c7zpt6

The follow up:

http://tinyurl.com/dcl8te

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