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Wed 22 Feb, 2006 04:37 pm
Kiss Sends Man to Prison - for Life
It may have been a borderline call, but it was still a third strike. The Oregon Court of Appeals on Wednesday upheld a ruling that sent Nicholas Meyrovich to life in prison under a 2001 three-strikes law. Meyrovich got his third strike, a felony sex offense, for delivering an unwanted kiss.
Meyrovich, in his appeal, claimed that a life sentence for the kiss violated the Oregon Constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment.
Meyrovich, 60, an exterminator, was inspecting the home of a Salem woman in October 2003 when he suddenly grabbed her and kissed her. The woman pushed Meyrovich away, but he took hold of her again and sucked her on the neck, stopping when a neighbor walked in.
Meyrovich was later convicted of first-degree sexual abuse, which under Oregon law requires the forcible touching of the "sexual or other intimate parts" of another person.
Meyrovich argued that the neck is not an intimate part of the body; the court disagreed.
"In ordinary social intercourse, one adult does not touch the neck of another adult outside of intimate relationships, at least not without some unusual but reasonable justification," Judge David Schuman wrote for the panel that decided the case.
The court also disagreed that the sentence was cruel and unusual, noting that the three-strikes law was not aimed at the gravity of a particular crime but at habitual offenders. Schuman wrote that Meyrovich had been convicted of nine prior sex offenses before the kiss.
Meyrovich is one of only four inmates serving life sentences under Oregon's sex offender three-strikes law.
That wasn't just a kiss. That included a grope, suck and fondle. Lock him up!
There are kisses, then there are kisses.
I think the three strikes stuff is nonsense but this was not just a kiss.
I think he assaulted this woman. No telling where it would have gone if the neighbor hadn't walked in.
I'm with NickFun--
Quote:That wasn't just a kiss. That included a grope, suck and fondle. Lock him up!
This was his 10th sexual assault (at least on the official record).
That was an ASSUALT. Calling it a "kiss" makes him sound like a gentleman caller who gave an unsolcited peck to his sweetie on the porch swing.
Put 'im away.
So, why are you guys so soft on crime?
Sheesh, he's only getting life?
I say hard labour as well, at least!
Once a day, a crust of bread and little bit of water, if they've been good.
Give him a real sexy cellmate, with a seductive name, like, Bruiser McGurky, or Slasher Jones.
I'm all for putting 'em all on an island somewhere. Save taxpayer's money for buildings and guards.
How about an unlimited supply of raw turkey necks?
Noddy24 wrote:How about an unlimited supply of raw turkey necks?
Sounds like an extravaganz to me. :wink:
Under the circumstances they wouldn't need to be refrigerated.
psst Reyn. Are you reallyl Col Man?
NickFun wrote:psst Reyn. Are you reallyl Col Man?
Me? I'm nobody. Just some dumb smuck who likes to come up with weird crap.
Seems to amuse one or two people.
I like to read weird crap.
haha, Great minds think alike, eh?
I guess that's why I'm so fond of you, Edgar.
Crap is my favorite reading material.
Well, you must be the second person then.
So go ahead and kiss Edgar on the neck, Reyn.
That seems a little impersonal.