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Wisconsin trio accused of necrophilia because corpse did not give permission
Should anyone ask me why I want to move back to Wisconsin I now have a newsclip that captures it all...
MADISON, Wis. - Wisconsin law bans sex with dead bodies, the state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday in reinstating charges against three men accused of digging up a corpse so one of them could have sex with it.
The court waded into the grisly case after lower court judges ruled nothing in state law banned necrophilia. Those decisions prompted public outrage and a push by a state lawmaker to make sex with a corpse a crime.
After reading the story, it seems plain the justices had decided on their ruling prior to hearing the facts - the logic here is just too tortured to be actual logic (see below). That said, I have to admit to agreeing to the ruling if not to the reasoning.
If you don't have time to read this story here are all the additional facts you ought know -
- the accused targeted this particular grave because the the deceased's obit picture in prior week's paper. apparently one of the brothers thought she was hot
the trio stopped as a nearby WalMart on the way to the grave, not to buy shovels but to purchase condoms
the lads were able to dig down to the girl's vault, but they couldn't get it open. This means they were not just perverts, but they were inept perverts
the Wisconsin judges ruled that the three could be prosecuted not under necrophilia laws (there are no such laws in the state) but rather under sexual assault laws. How? According to Justice Patience Roggensack, state law bans sex with anyone who does not give consent "whether a victim is dead or alive at the time."
while it is not mentioned in this story, I can't help but mention that the twins are the sons of a Methodist minister.
Those interested in the life of the deceased victim should go here.




Most RecentMost Recommended Comments (5)
at 16:18 on July 15th, 2008
This is just so wrong - I have no words...
at 16:20 on July 15th, 2008
Yeah... maybe the punk band X was right - "there are too many rats in this cage of a world."
at 16:34 on July 15th, 2008
Mikasi, I like this story. It's good stuff. I'm originally from Wisconsin and this is appalling. I heard about this last week from a friend and I didn't believe it. Guess I was wrong! I know there are sick people out there, but this is one for the Guiness Book of Sicko World Records.
I've heard of duo sociopaths, but not trios. Too bad Wisconsin is a such a liberal state. I sure as hell hope the system throws the book at them to the fullest extent of the law in whatever way they can.
I wonder if they are minors? I hope not...and if they are, charge them as adults if that is the case!!! Let them become someone's girlfriend in prison. Maybe that will teach them?
Wisconsin needs to change and toughen their criminal laws. Jeffrey Dahmer had sex with his dead victims...what's the difference? (Aside from murder...)
at 16:51 on July 15th, 2008
As I understand it there is a move in the state assembly to close up this loophole by actually introducing a necrophilia law. But don't blame it all on liberal Wisconsin - according to one story I read there are about 20 other states that have no law against it.
The young men are all adults and were 18+ when the crime occurred. The guy who started this is tres pathetic mess is probably destined to to play house with a bunch of his roomies. They all are, is my guess. Damn, but kharma is a bitch, eh?
at 07:35 on July 16th, 2008
dot dot dot - so strange and so unfortunate.