Post by: LadySmith on July 27, 2007, 12:10:28 AM
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070726/ap_on_fe_st/grave_robbers;_ylt=ArzjyZLsu95L2BDELWH1xCMsQE4F
Accused grave robbers dodge sex charges
By RYAN J. FOLEY, Associated Press WriterThu Jul 26, 7:08 PM ET
Three men who dug up a young woman's corpse to have sex with it after seeing her obituary photo cannot be charged with attempted sexual assault because Wisconsin has no law against necrophilia, an appeals court ruled Thursday.
A judge was correct to dismiss the charges against twin brothers Nicholas and Alexander Grunke and Dustin Radke, all 21, because lawmakers never intended to criminalize sex with a corpse, the District 4 Court of Appeals said in a 3-0 ruling.
The three men went to a cemetery in Cassville in southwestern Wisconsin on Sept. 2 to remove the body of Laura Tennessen, 20, who had been killed the week before in a motorcycle crash.
The men used shovels to reach her grave. They abandoned their plan and were eventually arrested after a vehicle drove into the cemetery and reported suspicious behavior, authorities said.
They said the men had seen an obituary of Tennessen with her photo and wanted to dig up her body to have sexual intercourse. Such an act is known as necrophilia.
The men were charged with attempted third-degree sexual assault and misdemeanor attempted theft charges. But Grant County Circuit Judge George Curry dismissed the sexual assault charges in September, saying no Wisconsin law addressed necrophilia. Prosecutors appealed his ruling.
At issue is a provision in the sexual assault law saying criminal penalties apply "whether a victim is dead or alive at the time of the sexual contact or sexual intercourse."
The appeals court said the law was ambiguous but the most reasonable interpretation was that it does not ban necrophilia. Instead, the court said, the law was meant to make sure prosecutors could bring sexual assault charges in rape-murder cases in which the victim ends up dead.
Outrage over the case might soon change the law.
Sen. Dale Schultz, R-Richland Center, introduced legislation Wednesday that would make having sex with a corpse a felony with punishment of up to 6 years in prison and a $10,000 fine. The bill would levy the same penalties against anyone who intentionally disturbs a burial site or a buried human corpse.
Post by: gunsmith on July 27, 2007, 02:28:49 AM
her
Post by: Jamisjockey on July 27, 2007, 02:57:32 AM
Post by: K Frame on July 27, 2007, 03:07:22 AM
Post by: ilbob on July 27, 2007, 03:42:37 AM
most states have laws dealing with desecration of a corpse. leave it at that.
Post by: The Viking on July 27, 2007, 03:43:16 AM
. She always said she wanted to meet him IRL. That made both him and her the butt of many jokes . "Watch out Caine, I think she wants to kill you and then have sex with you!" .
Post by: wmenorr67 on July 27, 2007, 04:14:14 AM
#1 "Hey bro, check out this babe. I really would like to tap that."
#2 "Hey dude, she is way out of your league."
#3 "Hey she is dead."
#1 "So."
#2 & 3 "Hmmmmmm."
All "Where can we find a shovel?"
Post by: The Viking on July 27, 2007, 04:55:59 AM
Now...what caliber for the undead?
Post by: charby on July 27, 2007, 05:02:11 AM
Need to get laid by a hot looking woman, far easier to grab some cash and go visit a brothel in Nevada.
Post by: Thor on July 27, 2007, 08:09:37 AM
Post by: Gewehr98 on July 27, 2007, 09:28:13 AM
Not after Ed Gein.
The judge, in that case was a family friend. Judge Robert Gollmar wrote a book about it, it rattled him so badly.
I have an autographed copy from him.
However, the words of Alice Cooper's "Cold Ethyl" come to mind.
Post by: Phyphor on July 27, 2007, 11:38:46 AM
dear *expletive deleted*ing god no.
Post by: BakerMikeRomeo on July 27, 2007, 12:14:34 PM
...Just... No...
dear *expletive deleted*ing god no.
dear *expletive deleted*ing god no.
Necrowned.
~BakerMike
Post by: Perd Hapley on July 27, 2007, 12:19:07 PM
Post by: Monkeyleg on July 27, 2007, 12:29:32 PM
Post by: Declaration Day on July 27, 2007, 01:15:18 PM
Sick and twisted are a given, but that can be said of many criminal acts.
Post by: jnojr on July 27, 2007, 01:30:53 PM
Post by: Gewehr98 on July 27, 2007, 01:51:33 PM
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Who exactly was harmed here? Sure, digging up a corpse to git yo freak on with is revolting, but why should someone go to prison for doing it?
Are you serious?
Are you trying to normalize the practice by giving it legitimacy, or vice-versa?
Go dig up the corpse of one of my late family and have your way with them, and you'll wish you were in jail with a boyfriend named Bubba, assuming I don't break off the auger of my gasoline-powered posthole digger in your cornhole first.
So if people come up with some really ghoulish crap, and do it often enough, perhaps society will accept it as normal and make it perfectly legal...
Post by: Declaration Day on July 27, 2007, 01:55:14 PM
At the very least, those demented boys were trespassing and vandalizing property. (note that I am not calling the girl's body property, rather the grounds of the cemetery, which I am sure they would not have restored to its undisturbed condition).
Post by: lupinus on July 27, 2007, 02:04:13 PM
http://www.kinoeye.org/03/06/blake06.php
http://www.moria.co.nz/horror/nekromantik1.htm
Post by: Perd Hapley on July 27, 2007, 02:54:24 PM
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assuming I don't break off the auger of my gasoline-powered posthole digger in your cornhole first.
So if people come up with some really ghoulish crap, and do it often enough, perhaps society will accept it as normal and make it perfectly legal..
So if people come up with some really ghoulish crap, and do it often enough, perhaps society will accept it as normal and make it perfectly legal..
Wait, Gewehr, what are you trying to legalize, here? We gotta watch that boy.
Post by: Perd Hapley on July 27, 2007, 02:59:15 PM
Who exactly was harmed here?
Well, everyone involved, really. There must be laws that govern who has custody of a body, right? Otherwise, I could walk into morgues and funeral homes, and demand any stranger's body.
Not that I would do something like that. Really. Even if she was really hot.
Post by: K Frame on July 27, 2007, 03:23:27 PM
Now I'm just creeped out and a bit angry, so I'm going to do something that I've not done before -- close a thread for what I believe to be good cause.
Actually, multiple causes - lack of redeeming value, lack of taste, extreme creepiness (and not just at the subject matter, but at some of the posts). That, in my book, is a perfecta.