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Sheboygan Sex Offender
Oct 5, 2007 | 11:42 AM
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Today I'm going to Sheboygan to see if a judge will reconsider a decision he made last month.

44 year old Mitchell Pask was charged with felony child enticement. Pask allegedly approached a group of young girls playing in a park, offered them candy and tried to lure them to a park shelter for sex.

It took a jury  30 minutes to convict  Pask of felony child enticement. Pask's conviction was immediately overturned by Judge Timothy Van Akkeren, because criminal statute says "enticement" means someone is lured to a secluded place.

In this case, the park shelter was roofed, but open on the sides--apparently not considered "secluded".

The District Attorney is asking the judge to reconsider his decision. So we'll find out.

By the way, Mitchell Pask is a lifelong registrant on the Wisconsin Sex Offender Registry for first degree sexual assault of a 12 year old boy. That's a fact the jury wasn't even aware of when they convicted him.

What do you guys think?

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desertwindrider read my blog view my photos
Oct 6, 2007 | 2:39 AM

I think the judge should rethink his decision.

And perhaps the judge should invest in a copy of Black's Dictionary. It's about $67.
Katbird read my blog view my photos
Oct 6, 2007 | 9:13 AM

I think the judge should be sent for a psychological evaluation.
wbfdoglover read my blog
Oct 6, 2007 | 10:27 AM

What's been up with Sheboygan lately? I always thought it would be a nice place to move to someday, and now it seems like it's Milwaukee's "new" North Side! I can remember some police harassment case, a body found in the park, the asian farmers market guy shot, the asian coffee filter factory guy murder/suicide thing, the hit-and-run death. What Gives?!?!
Maybe it's just time to drop the big one and start over.
And it seems like there are a lot of weird stories out of Florida. Is that where all the nutbag hillbillies end up, or is that the only sister-station that shares the local news with the world?
Blessed_Angel read my blog view my photos
Oct 6, 2007 | 10:33 AM

I say the decision should have remained with the jury. The whole panel was on the same page as to how they perceived the guidelines of Pask's guilt. What the judge did was undermine them and was a slap in the face to everyone who serves as a juror.
aaro-nf read my blog view my photos
Oct 6, 2007 | 9:13 PM

myra_sanchick:
i am so glad you did the story on the sheboygan sexual offender and posting this informative blog.
the assault happened in the shelter area of the park in sheboygan. if he was convicted of the crime, he should go to prison for the rest of hif adult life.
that judge should take a backseat to cases like this when he overturns a jury verdict. i'm sorry, that judge did the wrong thing by setting him free. that is very outrageous. that judge should get his head out of his butt.
MsTigger read my blog
Oct 7, 2007 | 7:42 PM

I also believe that the Judge did the wrong thing. The pervert should be kept in prison because there is no community that wants him or any other sexual offender.

Perverts do not rehabilitate, their sexual preference cannot be forced to change any more than anyone else’s. It’s in them and will forever be in them.

Regardless of where it happened, it will forever be in the mind of the victim. This incident will impact her entire life, her decisions and her children.

He may want to reconsider ... one day he may find that the perv is moving in next door to his grandchildren.
softailtailrider
Oct 8, 2007 | 5:46 PM

i think the judge should rethink his decision. sex offender never change i don't care how much rehab they go through.. they know how to play the system. i wonder if the judge has children. how would he feel if he let him out and he acually got some child and killed him/her afterwards.. he need to rethink
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