8-2-2012 Texas:
A grand jury has amended the charges against the suspect in a fatal shooting outside a Texas courthouse to make him eligible for the death penalty.
Bartholomew Granger, of Jefferson County, is accused of the March 14 death of 79-year-old Minnie Sebolt. He was set for trial later this month on nine felony charges. A grand jury Thursday elevated the charges to include capital murder.
Prosecutors say the 41-year-old Granger was trying to kill relatives in retaliation for testimony against him at his sexual assault trial. Sebolt was caught in the gunfire.
Assistant District Attorney Ed Shettle says the trial — moved to Galveston — now won't start until next year. He says the death penalty isn't likely to be waived and prosecutors probably will let a jury decide punishment. ..Source.. by ABC News
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August 2, 2012
Texas Courthouse Shooting Suspect Faces Death
Police: Man Attacked After Exposing Convicted Sex Offender
While violence can never be justified, this is clearly a collateral consequence of the sex offender registry.8-2-2012 Indiana:
A Lafayette man faces battery, strangulation and other charges after police accused him of savagely beating an acquaintance who told a friend about the man's sexual assault conviction.
A probable caused affidavit said Christopher McDaniel Jones, 25, became "enraged" July 26 when Ryan Moynagh, 32, told a third man visiting a Lafayette apartment that Jones was a convicted sex offender.
Jones left but allegedly returned later, broke into the apartment and choked and punched Moynagh before stomping on his head, leaving him unconscious.
Lafayette Police Chief Don Roush said Moynagh was expected to be released this week from a Lafayette hospital, the Journal & Courier reported.
Jones, who has a 2006 child sodomy conviction in Missouri, is being held at the Tippecanoe County Jail on a $25,000 surety bond. ..Source.. by theIndychannel.com
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