I saw a post recently that argued that women who killed their rapist should not be jailed. Although this relates more to the legal ramifications of killing the rapist, what would be the moral arguments for and against killing the rapist?
Henryetta Police Chief Steve Norman,left, visits the home of Nathan Brewer in Henryetta Okla., on Wednesday, May 3, 2023. Brittany Brewer was found dead at a home in Henryetta along with six others on Monday. Jesse McFadden, an Oklahoma sex offender who was released from prison early shot his wife, her three children and their two friends in the head and then killed himself, authorities confirmed Wednesday as concerns grew about why he was free in the first place. (Nathan J. Fish/The Oklahoman via AP)
Okmulgee Police Chief Joe Prentice speaks at a press conference on Wednesday, May 3, 2023, in Okmulgee Okla., after seven bodies were found in Henryetta on Monday. Jesse McFadden, an Oklahoma sex offender who was released from prison early shot his wife, her three children and their two friends in the head and then killed himself, authorities confirmed Wednesday as concerns grew about why he was free in the first place. (Nathan J. Fish/The Oklahoman via AP)
A memorial for Tiffany Guess, Michael Mayo and Rylee Allen hangs outside a home, Wednesday, May 3, 2023, where seven bodies were discovered on Monday in Henryetta Okla. Jesse McFadden, an Oklahoma sex offender who was released from prison early shot his wife, her three children and their two friends in the head and then killed himself, authorities confirmed Wednesday as concerns grew about why he was free in the first place. (Nathan J. Fish/The Oklahoman via AP)
This undated photo provided by Janette Mayo shows from left, Tiffany Guess, Michael Mayo and Rylee Elizabeth Allen, three of seven people found dead on a property in rural Oklahoma on Monday, May 1, 2020. As law enforcement officials went silent Tuesday, May 2, 2023, while piecing together what led to the killing of seven people in rural Oklahoma, family members of those slain recalled the controlling nature of one of the dead, who was a registered sex offender. (Courtesy Janette Mayo via AP)
This undated image provided by Ashleigh Webster, shows Ivy Webster, one of seven people found dead in rural Oklahoma. As law enforcement officials went silent Tuesday while piecing together what led to the killing of seven people in rural Oklahoma, family members of those slain recalled the controlling nature of one of the dead, who was a registered sex offender. (Courtesy Ashleigh Webster via AP)
Questions mounted Thursday about why an Oklahoma sex offender who authorities say shot to death his wife, her three children and their two friends and then killed himself was freed from prison early, despite facing new sex charges in a separate case.
Jesse McFadden, a 39-year-old convicted rapist, was scheduled to be in court on Monday for the start of a jury trial on charges that while in prison for rape he used a contraband cell phone to solicit a 16-year-old girl and exchanged nude photographs with her.
Joseph James DeAngelo Jr. (born November 8, 1945) is an American serial killer, serial rapist, burglar, former police officer, and former mechanic who committed at least 13 murders, 51 rapes, and 120 burglaries across California between 1974 and 1986.[3][4][5] He is responsible for three known separate crime sprees throughout the state, each of which spawned a different nickname in the press, before it became evident that they were committed by the same person.
In the San Joaquin Valley, DeAngelo was known as the Visalia Ransacker before moving to the Sacramento area, where he became known as the East Area Rapist and was linked by modus operandi to additional attacks in Stockton, Modesto and Contra Costa County.[6][7] DeAngelo committed serial murders in Santa Barbara, Ventura, and Orange counties, where he was known as the Night Stalker and later the Original Night Stalker (in order to differentiate him from Richard Ramirez, a later serial killer who also became known as "Night Stalker"). He is believed to have taunted and threatened both victims and police via obscene phone calls and possibly written communications.
Between 1959 and 1960, DeAngelo attended Mills Junior High School in Rancho Cordova, California. Beginning in 1961, he attended Folsom High School, from which he received a GED certificate in 1964. He played on the school's junior varsity baseball team.[29][30] Prosecutors reported that DeAngelo committed burglaries and tortured and killed animals during his teenage years.[28]
From May 1973 to August 1976, DeAngelo was a burglary unit police officer in Exeter, having relocated from Citrus Heights.[29] He then served in Auburn from August 1976 to July 1979, when he was arrested for shoplifting a hammer and dog repellent; he was sentenced to six months of probation and fired that October.[36][37] During the process of being fired, DeAngelo threatened to kill the chief of police and allegedly stalked the chief's house.[36]
The East Area Rapist operated in Sacramento County from the first attacks in June 1976 until May 1977. After a three-month gap, he struck in nearby San Joaquin County in September before returning to Sacramento for all but one of the next ten attacks. The rapist attacked five times during the summer of 1978 in Stanislaus and Yolo counties before disappearing again for three months. Attacks then moved primarily to Contra Costa County in October and lasted until July 1979.
Shortly after the rape committed on July 5, 1979, DeAngelo moved to Southern California and began killing his victims, first striking in Santa Barbara County in October. The attacks lasted until 1981, with a lone 1986 attack, only the couple in the first attack survived, alerting neighbors and forcing the intruder to flee; the other victims were murdered by gunshot or bludgeoning. Since DeAngelo was not linked to these crimes for decades, he was known as the Night Stalker in the area, before being renamed the Original Night Stalker after serial killer Richard Ramirez received the former nickname.[139]
On December 30, 44-year-old Robert Offerman and 35-year-old Debra Manning were found shot to death at Offerman's condominium on Avenida Pequena in Goleta.[147] Offerman's bindings were untied, indicating that he had lunged at the attacker. Neighbors had heard gunshots.[147] Paw prints of a large dog were found at the scene, leading to speculation that the killer may have brought one with him. The killer had also broken into the vacant adjoining residence and stolen a bicycle, later found abandoned on a street north of the scene, from a third residence in the complex.[2]
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