STURGEON BAY, WI (WTAQ) – A Door County judge has sentenced a man who took part is setting fire to the home of a registered sex offender Monday to three years in prison.
T.J. Hunt set fire to the home where Jason Johnson was staying back on November 2.
Sturgeon Bay police say Hunt and Justin Baker claimed they set the blaze because they didn’t want a sex offender living there. Full Article
I have to wonder if the sentence would have been so light had it been a home for orphans or elderly people. I think this judge is sending the wrong message and should have nailed these two terrorists to a cross. The judge should have just come out and said “vigilantism is OK; just don’t get caught, because I’ll have to do something, but don’t worry, I’ll go easy on you.” I find it unfathomable that anyone would wan’t a couple of arsonists anywhere near them. This judge is an insult to justice, as well as the robes this judge wears. Fire is known as one of the most destructive and painful ways for a human to die.
They ought to put offenders like this on the registry – that would be poetic justice.
If memory serves me, California has a registry for arsonist, but it is not available to the public.
It would have been nice to see the person who burned down my home a few years back, go to prison. All he got was a misdemeanor and informal probation.. just keep the courts informed of his address for 1 year. Oh, and he had to pay me $200.
All my things, my home, were destroyed, causing me a hellstorm of issues because i became homeless, living out of my car, while on parole wearing an ankle monitor that kept failing.
The man should file a civil suit against the 2. He should also file a suit demanding to know all their future addresses.