Fw: [MR] re: announcement from SCA Pres

[David W. Dodge]

Fell victim to the reply going to the sender and not the list.



> Since I am the Seneschal for the group Mongoe is from let me address this.
>
> A. From the day of his arrest until either last Friday or this Friday the
> person has been in jail.
>         If he had made bail I would have informed the Barony, immediately
of
> the case.
> B. He was not convicted until his Court date during Pennsic. Upon his
> conviction the process was started for Banishment. At the next Baronial
> Business meeting I announced the circumstances surrounding this case. (If
> some people don't attend the meetings and don't read the newsletter I
can't
> help that).
> C. The circumstances of the case suggest stupidity not depravity.
>
> I understood when I made the decisions (base on consultation with others,
> but MY decisions) that there would be some who would be angered. However,
I
> made those decisions, in part to avoid exactly what is occurring on this
> list now. Trial by Public. There is always the possibility that the
accused
> is innocent until they are convicted, and sometimes after that. I chose to
> wait until the conviction by the legal system before announcing the event.
> If I am informed tomorrow that a similar event has occurred I will base my
> decision on the facts given to me and may or may not reach the same
> conclusion.
>
> Lord Donovan Morgan
> Seneschal, Barony of Marinus
> Kingdom of Atlantia
>
> Lord David ben Mordechai,
> The key phrase in your question concerning Megan's law is "convicted sex
> offender".
>
> Donovan
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <BlakHat1 at aol.com>
> To: <atlantia at atlantia.sca.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 9:39 PM
> Subject: Re: [MR] re: announcement from SCA Pres
>
>
> > In a message dated 11/18/2003 9:29:12 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> > mungoe1 at msn.com writes:
> > This is a difficult thing. I do not want a innocent's reputation ruined
> due
> > to some emotional overreaction and rumor mongering(Which has happened in
> our
> > Kingdom). However, under the above circumstance, I would have liked to
> have know
> > about a convicted child molester being in my home a lot sooner then what
> > happened.
> > I am outraged as well! Don't they have Megan's Laws in your state? In
many
> > locales, a convicted sex offender *MUST* disclose their criminal history
> to
> > everyone in the neghborhood they live in, and most likely any other
house
> they
> > enter.
> >
> > -David ben Mordechai
> >
>
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