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http://www.cnbc.com/2015/08/24/caitlyn-jenner-halloween-costume-sparks-social-media-outrage-.html

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It's nowhere near October, but one ensemble is already on track to be named the most controversial Halloween costume of 2015.

Social media users were out in full force on Monday criticizing several Halloween retailers for offering a Caitlyn Jenner costume reminiscent of the former-athlete's Vanity Fair cover earlier this year.

While Jenner's supporters condemned the costume as "transphobic" and "disgusting" on Twitter, Spirit Halloween, a retailer that carries the costume, defended the getup.

"At Spirit Halloween, we create a wide range of costumes that are often based upon celebrities, public figures, heroes and superheroes," said Lisa Barr, senior director of marking at Spirit Halloween. "We feel that Caitlyn Jenner is all of the above and that she should be celebrated. The Caitlyn Jenner costume reflects just that."
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Paedo caught grooming girl, 12, at anime convention claimed he was outing other perverts​

Adam Eltabib was found with 3,000 indecent images on his computer but brazenly claimed he was a "hero" who was downloading them to bring down those who took them



Adam Eltabib, 30, targeted the child after they met at a convention in London in 2018

Adam Eltabib, 30, targeted the child after they met at a convention in London in 2018 (Image: @age815/Twitter)


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A fantasist caught grooming a 12-year-old girl he met at an anime convention claimed he was a "hero" who was exposing paedophiles by downloading indecent images.

Adam Eltabib, 30, targeted the child after they met while dressed as Japanese cartoon characters at a convention in London in 2018.
He then sent her numerous inappropriate WhatsApp messages, including one where he said he wanted to have sex with her when she turned 16.

Eltabib was later found with 3,000 indecent images on his computer but claimed to police officers he was a "hero" who was downloading vile pictures to bring down those who took them.

File image of Japanese manga products

File image of Japanese manga products (Image: Getty Images)
Kathryn Hirst, prosecuting, told Maidstone Crown Court that Eltabib had used the name of an anime character known to stalk and spy on women.

She said: "The victim attended an event in London dressed as her favourite anime character.

"After returning home she showed her mum pictures of her posing with people also dressed as anime characters and it appeared that she had had a really good time."

A grab of Eltabib's Twitch streaming profile where he said he wanted to build a community

A grab of Eltabib's Twitch streaming profile where he said he wanted to "build a community" (Image: @age815/Twitter)

Afterwards, the victim's mother became aware of "inappropriate messages" which had been sent to her daughter from a man called Adam.

She asked to see a photograph and realised 'Adam' was an adult and explained to her daughter that the WhatsApp messages were not appropriate.

Ms Hirst told how police began investigating Eltabib for unrelated matters and he was arrested at his work.

She said that when officers carried out a forensic examination of his phone they discovered images and details of chats he was having with the child, including references to sex.
During a sentencing hearing, Judge Philip Statman rejected as "fanciful" the claim that Eltabib was "a citizen trying to bring others to justice".
Eltabib was sent to prison for a year after admitting to having sexual conversations with a child and two charges of making prohibited images.
The Judge added: "A young girl was being asked in these texts to confront adult issues and you took advantage of her expressing your sexual desires."
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Thought it was a troon, turns out to be a garden variety creep rather than garden variety creep troon. Not sure if it deserves it's own thread. Archive.
 
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I have certain feelings about just posting a video up here but this Matt Christiansen video about Kim Gardner should be shared.
 
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A Florida babysitter who pleaded no contest more than three decades ago to attempted murder of a baby she was watching has now been charged with murder following the victim's death in 2019.

In 1985, Terry McKirchy pleaded no contest to attempted murder for shaking then-5-month-old Benjamin Dowling so severely that he suffered a brain hemorrhage, according to the Associated Press. She was sentenced to spending weekends in jail for three months and three years on probation while Dowling lived with permanent mental and physical disabilities.

In 2019, at 35 years old, Dowling died, according to his obituary. Now, McKirchy has been charged with his murder.

 
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Crazedking said:
yeah im interested in the legal justification for charging her.

Double jeopardy? Arent there statute of limitation for that sort of thing as well?
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They're different charges (even though it's the for the same event), so no double Jeopardy. And even if murder had no statute of limitations (it doesnt), I think the clock wouldn't start ticking until the person actually died.
 
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Cheesegirl78 said:
I didn't think you could be charged twice for the same crime?
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You can't, and she's not. Technically this involves two different crimes - attempted murder and murder. Though really, its probably stretching it in a big way to attempt to charge her for murder at this point, as the victim did live for 35 years afterwards so good luck definitely proving her actions actually killed the victim. Contributed? Probably, but you need more than just contributed to lock somebody up for murder at that point. I wouldn't convict if I were on that jury no matter what the prosecution showed me. Its impossible to conclusively prove it and borders on a civil rights violation to assume you can, and i'm saying that as someone who would likely believe her guilty anyway. But its not about what you believe or know its about what you can legally prove and thats not feasible at this point. Calling someone who lived for 35 years after an incident a murder victim is edging far too close to violating the defendants civil rights for my liking, no matter what she did

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Arent there statute of limitation for that sort of thing as well?
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Nothing involving murder has a statute of limitations
 
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I'm... mixed about charging her twice, but whatever.

What pisses me off is the paper who used that photo for the poor guy. He was a tard, but you don't have to glory in it. Certainly there was a more dignified picture you could run for his fucking DEATH STORY.
 
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WonderWino said:
You can't, and she's not. Technically this involves two different crimes - attempted murder and murder.
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The standard would be the same criminal act, otherwise the government could Zemo paradox their way into (practically) infinite cycles of trial, imprisonment, trial, imprisonment, etc. Image a robbery, first they try and convict on plain robbery, you serve your time, then on release day they arrest and try you again, this time for weapon possession in the commission of a crime, then on release day you are arrested and they try you for simple kidnapping of the clerk, etc over and over again subjecting you to a dozen trials for a single criminal act. We have half a dozen standards now about what should be a straightforward concept (separate sovereigns, fuck you) because people want to play duck around games.

You can only split kitty whiskers for so long before everything collapses.
 
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The standard would be the same criminal act, otherwise the government could Zemo paradox their way into (practically) infinite cycles of trial, imprisonment, trial, imprisonment, etc. Image a robbery, first they try and convict on plain robbery, you serve your time, then on release day they arrest and try you again, this time for weapon possession in the commission of a crime, then on release day you are arrested and they try you for simple kidnapping of the clerk, etc over and over again subjecting you to a dozen trials for a single criminal act. We have half a dozen standards now about what should be a straightforward concept (separate sovereigns, fuck you) because people want to play duck around games.

You can only split kitty whiskers for so long before everything collapses.
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Statute of limitations prevents the situation you're describing (as well as a general reluctance of people to convict for 'lesser' crimes after enough time has passed). Murder is a different ball game. IMO this is no different than a gangbanger's charge for a stray bullet getting upped to murder after the victim's family decides to pull the plug. Time should't be an out for taking someone's life just because the family held out hope.
 
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