https://www.wbbjtv.com/2020/02/11/chemical-castration-bill-proposed-in-tenn-house-of-representatives/
Chemical Castration bill proposed in Tenn. House of Representatives
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“Extreme actions sometimes require extreme measures,” Wo/Men’s Resource and Rape Assistance Program executive director Daryl Chansuthus said... "Any punitive approach needs to also have an approach that looks at our culture."
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/02/22/inmate-jonathan-watson-says-he-killed-2-molesters-california-prison/4842042002/
ReplyDeleteUpdate Jonathan Watson a convicted killer is playing the hero card for killing 2 rapists
CORCORAN, Calif. — A California inmate serving a life sentence for murder confessed in a letter that he beat to death two child molesters with another inmate's cane hours after a prison counselor ignored his urgent warning that he might become violent.
In a letter to the Bay Area News Group, Jonathan Watson, 41, said he clubbed both men in the head on Jan. 16 at the California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and State Prison in the small central California city of Corcoran.
The first attack occurred after Watson became enraged that one of the sex offenders was watching a children's television show, the East Bay Times reported Thursday.
Prisoner David Bobb, 48, died that day. Graham De Luis-Conti, 62, died three days later at a hospital. Both were serving life sentences for aggravated sexual assault of a child under 14.
Days before the attack, Watson said his security classification was changed and he was transferred from a single-person cell to a lower-security dormitory pod at the Central Valley facility. Watson called the switch a "careless" mistake and said he left "quite a paper trail" protesting it.
Watson, who is serving a life sentence for a 2009 murder conviction, wrote that six days after he arrived at the prison, a child molester moved into the pod. Watson believed the man began taunting other inmates by watching children's television programming.
"I could not sleep having not done what every instinct told me I should've done right then and there, so I packed all of my things because I knew one way or another the situation would be resolved the following day," he wrote.
Two hours before the attacks the next day, Watson told a prison counselor that he urgently needed to be transferred back to higher-level security "before I really (expletive) one of these dudes up," but the counselor "scoffed and dismissed" him, the letter says.
Watson said he returned to his housing pod.
"I was mulling it all over when along came Molester #1 and he put his TV right on PBS Kids again," he wrote, according to the newspaper chain. "But this time, someone else said something to the effect of 'Is this guy really going to watch this right in front of us?' and I recall saying, 'I got this.' And I picked up the cane and went to work on him."
Watson said he then left the housing pod to find a guard and turn himself in, but on the way, he saw "a known child trafficker, and I figured I'd just do everybody a favor," Watson wrote. "In for a penny, in for a pound."
https://www.times-standard.com/2009/08/29/second-man-sentenced-in-cutten-murder-case/
ReplyDeletePrior to That Watson was under investigation for killing another person in a pot deal gone bad.
A man charged with the 2008 murder of Cutten resident Garrett Benson was sentenced Friday to 50 years to life after an unsuccessful attempt to withdraw his guilty plea.
Jonathan Henry Watson, 30, was sentenced for a charge of first-degree murder with a firearm enhancement, bringing 50 years to life with lifetime parole if he is released. He had accepted the terms as part of a plea deal from Deputy District Attorney Max Cardoza. Last week, Watson contested his plea.
On Monday, Watson attempted to change his plea, stating he was not fully competent due to medications when he pleaded no contest. He also stated that his counsel had not effectively represented him. The court determined there was not enough evidence to warrant separate counsel to review Watson’s defense attorney Cathy Dreyfuss.
Judge Bruce Watson also rejected the defendant’s request to change his plea Friday.
”I believe Mr. Watson was in full possession of his faculties at the time of his plea,” he said.
According to the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office, Benson was in his Cutten home when Watson forced his way into the residence Dec. 3, 2008. The two struggled, and Benson was shot three times and died hours later in a hospital. Officials said there was a significant amount of marijuana being grown and processed in the home.
Watson’s co-defendant, Jason Leon Belles, was sentenced last week to seven years and eight months in prison.
Some of the victim’s family addressed Watson before he was sentenced.
Garrett Benson’s mother, Susan Benson, said that she was proud of who her son was and who he might have become.