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by BUBBLES no wonderPublished Aug. 21, 2008
(born February 25, 1963) is a violent American convicted sex offender and murderer who received national attention after being arrested in connection with the kidnapping of Shasta Groene, age eight, and her brother Dylan, age nine, and being featured on America's Most Wanted. He pleaded guilty in December 2007 to 10 federal counts involving the kidnapping and torture of the children and the slaying of Dylan at a remote campsite in western Montana.
Duncan has a long history as a violent sexual predator, and was clinically diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder in 1980, while in prison for raping a younger boy at gunpoint.
In 2004, Duncan was charged with groping the genitals of a six-year-old boy. He was arrested in April 2005 in Minnesota. The judge granted bail at $15,000. A businessman in Fargo, Joe Crary, gave Duncan money for bail.[1] When freed, Duncan jumped bail.
Duncan appeared in court on July 6, 2005, during his arraignment on two counts of first-degree kidnapping. His trial was set to begin on January 17, 2006, but was delayed until April 4, after the district judge granted a request to the defense for more time to prepare for the trial, and then again to October 26, after 1st District Judge Fred Gibler stated that "No one wants to try this case twice, including me", thus granting Duncan's attorneys the six month extension. On October 16, 2006, Duncan plead guilty to three counts of first-degree murder and three counts of kidnapping for the deaths of Brenda Groene, Slade Groene and Mark McKenzie. In an agreement reached with prosecutors, Duncan, 43, will receive three consecutive life sentences on the kidnapping charges, which stem from the manner in which Duncan detained the victims before their deaths. His sentencing on the murder charges has been delayed until the completion of his case in federal court for crimes that allegedly occurred against Shasta and Dylan Groene after they were kidnapped from the family's home. [2]
In a January 23, 2007 interview, Duncan admitted to killing three other children in the California area. Detectives are checking into this new information.
Federal Case
On December 2, 2007, Duncan appeared in Federal court in Boise, Idaho. At this hearing he plead guilty to a total of 10 federal felonies related to the Idaho kidnapping and murders. During this court appearance, he read a statement in which he said, "The not-guilty plea was not entered by me, but on my behalf."
There was no deal made by federal prosecutors in return for the plea, and they are seeking the death penalty. Duncan's federal death penalty sentencing trial began on August 13, 2008. [1]
"The Fifth Nail" and "Fifth Nail Revelations"
Duncan recorded many of his violent sexual fantasies, even to the extent of becoming a sex offender advocate working for the repeal of sex offender law. He published his ideas on the Internet. He titled it "The Fifth Nail", which is also the URL for his personal website. According to lore, in addition to the four nails used to pierce the body of Jesus Christ as he was hung upon the cross, there was a fifth nail that was taken away and hidden by Roma. Duncan adopted the name for his own website and blog. The website depicted Duncan's day-to-day life as a sex offender. Together with his many years of incarceration, Duncan expressed his feelings of persecution.
Investigators are also considering the possibility that a "Minnesota girl" mentioned in his online diary could be related to another minor who is listed as missing.
"The Fifth Nail" advocates for sex offenders and contained material that called for the legal reform law aimed at sex offenders, calling them, "State Sanctioned Discrimination." Duncan was particularly angered by the requirement for sex offenders to participate in a public registry.
With the help of a "ghost blogger", Duncan has been posting to his new blog, "Fifth Nail Revelations", from prison. He writes his blog entries by hand and mails them to the "ghost blogger", who posts them exactly as written. According to media reports, law enforcement agencies have been watching the contents of the new blog in hopes of gathering incriminating information about Duncan's crimes, both known and unknown.
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GPS is not effective and doesn't work in all locations either. Stricter penalties don't lead to lower crime rates, and in fact can inspire actions in a sexual assailant which leads to more dead victims. Doesn't it bother you that second-degree murder penalties are on the way to becoming (if not already) less than those for child sexual abuse?
In the new millennium, we seem to feel that it is less of a crime to take a child's life (permanent) than to rape a child (life can go on, victims can become survivors). Am I the ONLY person that sees something seriously wrong with that picture? If you were a parent and were _forced_ to choose between your child being raped or your child being murdered, which is less harmful? Now, ask yourself, what message does the trend in changes in criminal penalties send out to would-be criminals?
August 29, 2008 12:07 a.m.
To the person saying "the ghost blogger should be arrested" I must ask you why you don't know anything about the First Amendment and why it exists. Freedom of speech isn't there to protect popular speech, it's there to protect speech that is NOT popular. Remember the famous quote, "I don't agree with what you're saying, but I'll defend to my death your right to say it." That's the spirit and the essence of "freedom of speech!"
August 28, 2008 11:57 p.m.
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August 21, 2008 1:50 p.m.
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August 21, 2008 1:42 p.m.
It’s the repeat offenders that cause me the most concern too.
I think the real question is how do we predict when someone will be a repeat offender? With some crimes it seems like prison convinces the offender not to make that particular mistake again.
With other crimes, e.g., DWI, drug use, and sexual crimes, I’m not so sure that the lesson is learned. Or even CAN be learned.
For DWI and drug use, the system can err on the side of leniency and the damage to society is usually not too great. What I mean is that MOST DWI’ers don’t cause accidents; and that MOST drug users don’t cause overt problems. Not that there aren’t serious exceptions.
With sexual predators a second offence is ALWAYS serious.
Maybe the solution is to lock them up for life for a second offense. Or at least keep them in for so long that they won’t be able to do much damage from a wheel chair when they get out....
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August 21, 2008 1:25 p.m.
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