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Florida sex offender’s body found stuffed in a suitcase and now a teen has been charged with murder (www.independent.co.uk)
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[–] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Colie Lee Daniel, 28, of Indialantic was a registered sex offender under Florida law. His 2018 conviction was for lewd or lascivious battery on a victim between 12 and 15 years old. When he was convicted, Lucas Sander Jones, the 19-year-old now charged in connection with his death, was 12 years old

[Daniel's] qualifying conviction, case number 1716544 in Brevard County, was adjudicated October 29, 2018: Lewd or Lascivious Battery with a Victim 12-15 Years of Age, under Florida Statute 800.04(4)(a)(1)

https://www.thepalmbayer.com/p/compound-remains-sex-offender-teen-arrested-palm-bay

Quick maths tells me Daniel was around 20 years old when he was convicted?

The article seems to imply the victim of Daniel's sexual crime might have been the killer, Jones, because of the ages lining up.

[–] medgremlin@midwest.social 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I was curious about this too, but the crime in question was committed in 2017 against someone Daniel knew from school, so I don't think it was the murderer. There's no excusing what he did, but he wasn't given a death sentence for it.

[–] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

another reason to think Jones wasn't Daniel's victim was that Jones had printed off a sheet of sex offenders nearby, so that makes it really look like he printed a list and chose someone from the list

EDIT: and yes, extrajudicial killings like when the justice system has already weighed evidence and punished the crime is clearly bad for society - we generally want to restrain killings and violence, lest it get out of control and target innocent people (or as you pointed out, so that it avoids inappropriate punishment of crimes that don't deserve death).