Sunday, April 13, 2008

Convicted MT sex offender found dead in Deer Lodge

This man is the perfect example of the reasoning behind the "One Stike Law".

Convicted sex offender Nathaniel Bar-Jonah was found dead on Sunday at the Montana State Prison in Deer Lodge.

Back On February 20, 2002 Bar-Jonah went on trial for kidnapping, sexually assaulting and choking a teenage neighbor boy and was eventually sentenced to 130 years.

Authorities also charged Bar-Jonah with murder in the 1996 disappearance of 10-year-old Zach Ramsay, saying the evidence suggested
Bar-Jonah had butchered the boy and disposed of his body in meals served
to neighbors
. The murder charge was later dismissed after Ramsay's mother said she would testify she believed her son was still alive.

Bar-Jonah pleaded guilty in Massachusetts in 1977 to charges of kidnapping, attempted murder and impersonation of a police officer after he posed as a police officer and kidnapped two boys.

"25% of all sex offenders re-offend within 15 years".........Sarah Tofte, Human Rights Watch

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