MatcomNews Update: It Is Still OK To Have Sex With A Corpse In Wisconsin

[matcom]

you may remember the original story...

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MADISON, Wis. - Three men who dug up a young woman's corpse to have sex with it after seeing her obituary photo cannot be charged with attempted sexual assault because Wisconsin has no law against necrophilia, an appeals court ruled Thursday.

A judge was correct to dismiss the charges against twin brothers Nicholas and Alexander Grunke and Dustin Radke, all 21, because lawmakers never intended to criminalize sex with a corpse, the District 4 Court of Appeals said in a 3-0 ruling.

The three men went to a cemetery in Cassville in southwestern Wisconsin on Sept. 2 to remove the body of Laura Tennessen, 20, who had been killed the week before in a motorcycle crash.

The men used shovels to reach her grave. They abandoned their plan and were eventually arrested after a vehicle drove into the cemetery and reported suspicious behavior, authorities said.

They said the men had seen an obituary of Tennessen with her photo and wanted to dig up her body to have sexual intercourse. Such an act is known as necrophilia.

The men were charged with attempted third-degree sexual assault and misdemeanor attempted theft charges. But Grant County Circuit Judge George Curry dismissed the sexual assault charges in September, saying no Wisconsin law addressed necrophilia. Prosecutors appealed his ruling.

http://www.chippewa.com/articles/2007/07/26/ap/strange/d8qkijio0.txt

[JVS]

1. FREEDOM

[Skittles]

2. Wisconsin didn't think Jeffey Dahmer was insane either

WTF is going on up there? (Note to Cheeseheads: I grew up as a GI brat, and Wisconsin was my favorite of all the places I ever lived (two of my brohters are native Wisconsinites) so don't be calling me anti-Badger State). :o

[Tyler Durden]

3. BADGER BADGER BADGER BADGER BADGER

(mushroom mushroom)

[B3Nut]

13. ARRRRGH! Snake, a snake!

snaaaaake, a snaaaake! Oooohhh, it's a snaaaaaake....

It's a...

Todd in Cheesecurdistan

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

5. The winters are long and cold...

And in rural areas they don't have cable.

Lighten up.

:sarcasm:

[Skittles]

22. it's been 40 years but I remember the winters

yes INDEED!!!

[xmas74]

27. They did that on purpose.

They purposely decided to find Dahmer sane so that he could stand trial. There was too much of an outcry about him pleading insanity and the various fears that the public had about him doing so-fears that he would be in an institution that was more lax on security than a prison, fears that he would be able to get out if he was treated, etc.

I've worked in state hospitals in other states and to tell you the truth I'd rather go to prison. But the public doesn't know what a hospital is like. They think it's arts and crafts, cable tv and touchy-feely therapy sessions, with ice cream cones as rewards for good behavior. (I've actually heard this before, sad but true.) With the public outcry there at the time no one wanted to be the one who let Dahmer go to a psych hospital-the public would have tarred and feathered them.

[Orsino]

4. And could we get an answer quickly?

These tickets are non-refundable.

[mainegreen]

6. Does this please you?

:D

[Magrittes Pipe]

7. I have never been prouder of my state.

Gotta run now. There's corpses to fuck. :bounce:

[Tyler Durden]

8. Ew.

Just Ew.

That is all.

[My Good Babushka]

9. That is soooo romantic.

If only someone would visit me with a shiny shiny shovel.

[kay1864]

10. This thread is useless without obituary pictures

Oh wait, did I say that out loud?

:yoiks:

[petronius]

20. Threre's a picture here:

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=15613318

There's also a 'messages' section - the one that says "I wish we could have met" is extra-creepy in light of this article...

[edbermac]

11. Why not? It was the state of Ed Gein, the inspiration for Psycho.

[Hugin]

12. I would imagine they have laws against desecration and vandalism...

Which is what this plainly is...

Story is kind of misleading.

[skygazer]

14. Okay, I can see wanting to have sex with a fresh corpse

But an already-buried-week-old corpse, that's just gross. (I will add this - :sarcasm: - just in case anyone possibly thinks I'm serious)

[Tyler Durden]

15. Two words:

Pizza Oven.

Set at 100°F, warm for several hours, enjoy.


Shit that even grossed ME out.

[Nickster]

29. Now that's just funny! Hmmmm, I am pretty close to the Wisconsin border.....

[greatauntoftriplets]

16. And THEY call US FIBs???

:mad:

At least we Illinoisians like live people!

[Sequoia]

17. Ack, why did I read this!!!!?

[Crabby Appleton]

18. Great - have to see if I can dig up a date for tonight!

[kay1864]

19. ...

:thumbsup:

[Deja Q]

21. YUCK! BTW, who is the surrogate moaner?

:hide:

[triguy46]

23. Is the"Wisconsin" in this thread the critical issue?

[SoxFan]

24. I bow before their lawyer

If a guy can free these whackdoodles, he can do anything!

Matcom, what would we ever do without you?

[MrSlayer]

25. Dead girls don't say "no".

Crazy fucking people out there.

[KamaAina]

26. Well, there go their political careers

you know what they say about "a live man or a dead woman"... :evilgrin:

[deadparrot]

28. And guess who's heading to Milwaukee for Germanfest and Jimmy Buffet tomorrow?

:eyes:

[elshiva]

30. It is wrong because there is no way for mutual consent.

This is scary.
I'm sorry, I don't find this funny. My grandma died this year. Please don't abuse people living or dead.