Media Links For Brooke Bennett: No Discussion

[MrsMush99]

Brooke's Funeral:

http://www.wcax.com/global/story.asp?s=8647568

Funeral services were held this morning in Randolph for 12-year-old Brooke Bennett, who was murdered two weeks ago.

Hundreds of people from the community crowded into a large tent on the grounds of Randolph Union High School.

Hundreds also showed up for a wake yesterday to remember the young girl.

 

[Liz]

Snippets from:

Brooke Bennett is Pedophile Victim
By JoAnne Thomas


Brooke Bennett. The name itself conjures up images of an innocent child. There is a softness to it, along with a touch of elegance. It is a sweet name, belonging to another deceased child …. another victim of the pedophiles and their *community*.

From reading the websites in the pedophile community, I have learned more than I might have wanted to know about that community. The paedo’s express concerned about the welfare of Brooke’s uncle, Michael Jacques, and Brooke’s stepfather, Raymond Gagnon. Their focus is not on the sadistic and brutal rape and murder of this precious 12-year-old, but on what they believe the true injustice to be. In their *heart* and *soul*, they believe if there was no stigma attached to child , child rape, and if it were legal, Brooke would still be alive. If those of us, known to the paedo’s as the *anti’s* would just leave them alone, and understand that even a smiling infant is consenting to sex, the world would be a better place. They really don’t want to hurt children … it is the anti’s fault when harm occurs.

~snip~

We also have people that just look the other way … mostly women, that tend to become deaf, dumb and blind at the first hint that all is not well in the home …. that their son, or daughter might be a victim. These women are usually in survival mode, dependent on the male for everything, from food to drugs. They allow their children to be exposed to the vile child predator because it’s easier for them. They become so desperate for a man that nothing else matters … and your average low-life predator knows just how to seek out, find and ingratiate himself to a woman like that.

~snip~

On the other hand, we have Jacques, admitted and convicted pedophile, that is allowed to be released early from prison, and without supervision. He is alleged to be the rapist/murderer of tiny Brooke, along with her stepfather Ray Gagnon. These men were allowed constant access to Brooke and other children, and are thought to be part of a large scale child prostitution ring. These rings are orchestrated by your pedophile community and they are everywhere and we can no longer look away.

~snip~

Pedophilia is not a disease, so there is no cure. It is a mindset … of people that are evil to the core. SCOTUS has ruled we can’t give them the death penalty, and many state courts just want to give them rehabilitation time. They cannot be rehabilitated.

http://www.rightpundits.com/?p=1673

 

[Starr58]

http://www.timesargus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=BENNETT01

 

[RayStar]

We have some sick people out there.

 

[Liz]

Vt. official meets resistance on sex offender crackdown plan
Cites slaying of girl to show need

Vermont's lieutenant governor, Brian Dubie, spoke to the media in Montpelier about tougher laws against sex offenders.

MONTPELIER - Seizing on the case of slain 12-year-old Brooke Bennett, Lieutenant Governor Brian Dubie yesterday called on lawmakers to convene in a special session next month to pass new laws cracking down on sex offenders, proposing a 25-year mandatory minimum prison term and other measures.

But his calls got a cool reception, with lawmakers saying the issue is too complicated for such quick action and a victims' rights group saying that long mandatory minimums can discourage suspects from entering into plea bargains and scare victims out of coming forward.

Much more:
http://www.boston.com/news/local/ve...ts_resistance_on_sex_offender_crackdown_plan/

 

[Tom'sGirl]

Bennett father: There are a million questions VIDEO

http://www.necn.com/Boston/New-England/Bennett-father-There-are-a-million-questions-/1216220744.html

Janet Brooks
http://www.necn.com/Boston/New-England/Bennett-stepmother-Feels-like-Im-dreaming-/1216220478.html

 

[Tom'sGirl]

Bennett step-grandfather impressed with community
[SIZE=-1]NECN - Newton,MA,USA[/SIZE]

Bennett step-aunt: Hope it never happens to anyone else
[SIZE=-1]NECN - Newton,MA,USA[/SIZE]

 

[Starr58]

http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=8615806

Timeline of a Tragedy
Click on any underlined passage for more information.

 

[Liz]

Brooke Bennett's Dad and Stepmom Speak to the Media for the First Time
Posted: July 17, 2008 07:32 AM PDT

In their first television interview last night, Jim and Janet Bennett told a New England TV station that returning to daily life has been a struggle.

http://www.wten.com/Global/story.asp?S=8690963

 

[Tom'sGirl]

Jul 19, 1:47 PM EDT
Library confrontation points up privacy dilemma
By JOHN CURRAN
Associated Press Writer

RANDOLPH, Vt. (AP) -- Children's librarian Judith Flint was getting ready for the monthly book discussion group for 8- and 9-year-olds on "Love That Dog" when police showed up.

They weren't kidding around: Five state police detectives wanted to seize Kimball Public Library's public access computers as they frantically searched for a 12-year-old girl, acting on a tip that she sometimes used the terminals.
cont'd:
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/L/LIBRARY_PRIVACY?SITE=FLTAM&SECTION=US

 

[Liz]

Last paragraph from this article posted below

Jessica's Law: Brooke Bennett's legacy
July 20, 2008

Jessica's Law is based on a simple message, "If you do the crime, you will serve the time." As citizens of Vermont, each of us must decide how we will join Pastor Harty in pledging "never again."

http://www.timesargus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080720/OPINION02/807200315/

 

[fran]

http://www.boston.com/news/local/vermont/articles/2008/07/21/special_session_appears_unlikely/

Special session unlikely

MONTPELIER, Vt.—After meeting with legislative leaders Monday, it's unlikely the governor will call a special session in the wake of the Brooke Bennett case because lawmakers do not agree with his proposals to crack down on sex offenders.

"I was disappointed," Gov. Jim Douglas said after the closed-door meeting. "I laid out a three-point program for a bill and a special session with civil confinement and an enhanced sex offender registry and Jessica's Law, and they rejected it."

But lawmakers said they want to find out first what went wrong in the Braintree girl's case before they pass any new laws and contend that none of the governor's proposal could have saved Bennett's life.


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[fran]

Jessica's Law petitions express residents' anger

MIDDLESEX - In the few short weeks since 12-year-old Brooke Bennett was found dead in Randolph, the chorus of Vermonters calling for tougher penalties against convicted pedophiles has swelled to a crescendo.

Their voices, scribbled on sheets of paper in gas stations and convenience stores around Vermont, will soon find their way to lawmakers in the Statehouse.

Two petitions calling on legislators to pass "Jessica's Law" have garnered thousands of signatures. One, circulated by Middlesex resident Angelo Napolitano, has the names of more than 2,000 registered voters. A separate petition authored by Lt. Gov. Brian Dubie, meanwhile, already has "thousands" of signatures, Dubie said Tuesday.

"People are angry. People are frustrated," Napolitano said. "And they're saying it's time for Vermont to finally give these perverts the penalties they deserve."

Never mind that the proposed statute, which sets a mandatory minimum sentence of 25 years in prison for anyone convicted of sexually assaulting a child, wouldn't have prevented the tragedy that unfolded earlier this month in Randolph.

Michael Jacques, charged by federal prosecutors in Bennett's kidnapping, had a long history of sex crimes. But he was never convicted of raping a minor, and therefore would not have been subject to such a law had it existed.

Napolitano concedes that Jessica's Law doesn't apply directly to the Bennett case. But the tragedy, he says, offers occasion to revisit the issue of sexual predation in Vermont.

"It is up to us, the citizens of Vermont, to bring change," Napolitano says

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http://www.timesargus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/RH/20080725/NEWS03/994004559/1004/SPORTS

 

[fran]

Prison Officials Stand by Sex Offender Treatment


Prison officials are standing by Vermont's sex offender treatment despite one of its graduate's suspected involvement in the murder of a 12-year-old girl. Officials say the program comes with no guarantees, but they say it dramatically reduces the risk of re-offense. And the Vermont Corrections Department says its programs have become a model for other states because they are so successful.

"It makes us safer than not doing it. It doesn't guarantee total safety," says Vt. Corrections Commissioner Rob Hofmann.

Hofmann says studies show that sex offenders are less likely to re-offend if they complete the state's sex offender treatment program.

About 400 of Vermont's 2,000 convicts-- about 20 percent-- are doing time for a sex crime conviction. Most will complete sex offender treatment. The great majority of the graduates will not re-offend, unlike Michael Jacques.

He completed the treatment program and was called a model prisoner by the department and released from probation in 2006 after the department categorized him as a model prisoner.

Until 12-year-old niece Brooke Bennett was kidnapped and murdered last month-- and he's the prime suspect. The commissioner says the program should not be judged by this one

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http://www.wcax.com/global/story.asp?s=8738317

 

[fran]

Vermont to Implement New Sex Offender Laws

VT Will Require Evaluation, In-Person Reporting, and Location Advisory of Sex Offenders

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) -- When a state Senate committee begins deliberating later this summer on how to respond to the kidnap and killing of 12-year-old Brooke Bennett, it also will be under pressure to deal with a new federal law named for another slain child.

The cases of child victims Brooke Bennet, left, and Adam Walsh, right, have prompted the new laws pertaining to sex offenders.
(ABC News Photo Illustration / AP Photo / AP GraphicsBank)The Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 establishes new mandates for the way states set up their sex offender registries -- mandates Vermont currently does not meet.

"It will mean some huge changes for Vermont," said Sherry Englert, sex offender registry program coordinator with the Department of Public Safety.

Adam Walsh was 6 when he was abducted from a Florida shopping mall 27 years ago; his body was found 16 days later. No one was ever charged in the abduction and slaying. He became one of a sad gallery of dead children for whom various laws trying to crack down on sex offenders have been named.

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http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/story?id=5462954&page=1

 

[fran]

States under the gun to comply with sex offender laws

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Vermont currently has about 2,500 sex offenders on its registry, but access to the information is tightly controlled in a system lawmakers designed to take into account the privacy rights of people who've already served their time and in the hope that they'll have a smooth transition back into society.

Sears said he expects one result if the state complies with the Adam Walsh Act will be a larger number of offenders with information posted online, including some as young as 14 if they are convicted in adult court.

But with Gov. Jim Douglas and others calling for a "Jessica's Law," with 25-year mandatory minimum sentences for sex offenders, and with national media personalities pummeling Vermont as being soft on sexual predators, any concern for youthful offenders or for the privacy of those promising to mend their ways is at an ebb.

"The idea (of the Adam Walsh Act) seems to be that most sex offenders have to be on the Internet," Sears said. "And I don't think a lot of us (lawmakers) have a problem with that."

The changes Vermont will have to make under the federal law are complex.

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http://www.benningtonbanner.com/ci_10019348?source=rss_viewed

 

[Knoxx]

Dedicated to Brooke Bennett Slain girl's supporters swell ranks of Walk for Children

August 17, 2008
By SARAH HINCKLEY Staff Writer

MONTPELIER – Saturday was Crystal Swan's first visit to the capital city and she did a walking tour.

Swan is the director of the New England School of Hair Design in West Lebanon, N.H., where Savanna Andress – Brooke Bennett's sister – is a student. During the harrowing week of Brooke's disappearance earlier this summer, at least 50 students and faculty of New England School of Hair Design were on hand to help. Early Saturday, members of that same group, dressed in purple T-shirts, gathered around one of their own to walk three miles in the 2008 Walk for Children.

Andress, along with her mother Cassandra Gagnon, cousin Courtney Jacques and brother Dennis Andress, sported a purple T-shirt that said, "The New England School of Hair Design Loves Brooke" on the back.

James Bennett and his wife Janet were also walking with a support crew who were all wearing T-shirts that said, "Justice for Brooke," on the front with her photo, and "Never Again," written on the back.

http://www.rutlandherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080817/NEWS/808170403/1004/NEWS03

 

[Tom'sGirl]

Dedicated to Brooke Bennett Slain girl's supporters swell ranks of Walk for Children

August 17, 2008
By SARAH HINCKLEY Staff Writer

MONTPELIER – Saturday was Crystal Swan's first visit to the capital city and she did a walking tour.

Swan is the director of the New England School of Hair Design in West Lebanon, N.H., where Savanna Andress – Brooke Bennett's sister – is a student. During the harrowing week of Brooke's disappearance earlier this summer, at least 50 students and faculty of New England School of Hair Design were on hand to help. Early Saturday, members of that same group, dressed in purple T-shirts, gathered around one of their own to walk three miles in the 2008 Walk for Children.

Andress, along with her mother Cassandra Gagnon, cousin Courtney Jacques and brother Dennis Andress, sported a purple T-shirt that said, "The New England School of Hair Design Loves Brooke" on the back.

James Bennett and his wife Janet were also walking with a support crew who were all wearing T-shirts that said, "Justice for Brooke," on the front with her photo, and "Never Again," written on the back.

http://www.rutlandherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080817/NEWS/808170403/1004/NEWS03

Thanks for the info. and link Knoxx!

 

[Knoxx]

THE 2008 WALK FOR CHILDREN
DEDICATED TO MEMORY OF BROOKE BENNETT
August 23rd in Burlington
http://www.pcavt.org/index.asp?pageid=369

 

[Tom'sGirl]

http://blackpearl.wcax.com/documents/Jacques_indictment.PDF​