IF YOU HAVE TROUBLE VIEWING THIS PAGE HIGHLIGHTING THE WORDING WILL MAKE IT EASIER TO READ~~PLEASE NOTE!!~THIS PAGE IS NOT BEING RUN BY JASON DEAN BUNGER ~~JASON DEAN BUNGER, PERSONALLY,HAS NO CONNECTION TO THIS PAGE WHATSOEVER~ ALL WE DO IS COLLECT ARTICLES CONCERNING THE CRIMES BUNGER WAS CHARGED WITH AND PERSONAL COMMENTS BY ZAKORY'S FAMILY MEMBERS. ALL INFORMATION POSTED IS A MATTER OF PUBLIC RECORD WE OBTAINED FROM VARIOUS NEWS REPORTING AGENCIES. THIS IS A FORUM DESIGNED AS A PLACE FOR THE PUBLIC TO VOICE THEIR FEELINGS AND OPINIONS OF BABY ZAKORY'S DEATH AND THE DESPICABLE VERDICT THE JURY CAME BACK WITH AND WHY IT DOESN'T SEEM TO MATTER LEGALLY THAT ZAKORY WAS BEATEN TO DEATH. HOW CAN NO ONE BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR HIS MURDER??! THIS PAGE WAS ALSO DESIGNED FOR THE PURPOSE OF BRINGING ATTENTION TO THE INADEQUATE JUSTICE SYSTEM WE HAVE FOR CHILD ABUSERS IN THIS COUNTRY. IT IS AN INFORMATION PAGE. WE WANT TO INFORM YOU OF THE ATROCITIES THAT TAKE PLACE AGAINST OUR MOST HELPLESS VICTIMS. AND WE WANT TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF HOW LITTLE THE SYSTEM DOES TO PUNISH THESE PERPETRATORS. OUR AIM IS TO PROVIDE HARSHER SENTENCES FOR THESE DEVIATES, WE WANT THE PUNISHMENTS FOR CHILD ABUSERS TO BE SO SEVERE THEY MAY STOP THEMSELVES BEFORE THEY COMMITT AN ACT OF VIOLENCE AGAINST A CHILD. SOCIETY IS SICK OF HEARING THAT CHILD RAPISTS, MURDERERS, & ABUSERS ARE ACTUALLY BEING PROTECTED BY THE VERY JUSTICE SYSTEM DESIGNED TO CONVICT & PUNISH THEM. WHY SHOULD THEY STOP WHEN THERE ARE FEW, IF ANY, CONSEQUENCES TO THEIR ACTIONS? WE WANT TO CHANGE THAT. WHEN YOU HEAR OF AN ATROCITY AGAINST A CHILD GOING VIRTUALLY UNPUNISHED WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO MAKE A PAGE INFORMING THE PUBLIC OF THE EVENT, OFFENDER, AND THE OUTCOME. MAKE THE DEATH OF THE CHILD HAVE THE MEANING HIS LIFE NEVER GOT THE CHANCE TO HAVE. HELP US BRING THESE OFFENDERS OUT OF THE DARKNESS THEY HIDE IN AND OUT INTO THE PUBLIC EYE. WHERE WE CAN SEE THEM.
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Kids Come First
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Date: Jul 29, 2007 11:51 PM
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Someone ElseShe had stopped off at the grocery storeWorn and tired from the stress of the dayThe lines were too long, the cashier was too slowShe was anxious to be on her wayA little boy stood behind her,Upon his cheek an awful bruise.He caught her gaze with sad, pleading eyes...but she thought someone else would report the abuse.She was far too behind that day, and dinner would be late.Important errands that had to be done,Tasks that just couldn't wait.The bank, the pharmacy, the post office,Too much that needed done...Someone else must notice this, she couldn't be the only one!Taking her change and grabbing her bags she looked back at him in line,"Someone else will help you," she thought, "today I don't have time."She thought of him as she drove home..."Maybe he just had a bad fall..."She lied to herself to ease her mind,"Probably wasn't abuse after all!"Later on that evening her chores complete,Little ones tucked into bed...She turned on the news as the anchorman announced:"A Local Boy Is Dead".The tears rolled down her cheeks as she bowed her head to pray..."Oh dear God what have I done? How could I have just turned away?"And all across her city, others fell to their knees,Asking for forgiveness for ignoring the boy on TVHe had silently begged each one of them for help,on the streets and in the mall,But each and everyone of them thought..."Someone else will make the call."Lacy Vaughn- 2007 –
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Jun 11, 2007 10:39 PM Subject New Study SHOWS that "DEATH PENALTY DOES DISCOURAGE CRIME! Body: Studies: Death Penalty Discourages CrimeMonday, June 11, 2007Anti-death penalty forces have gained momentum in the past few years, with a moratorium in Illinois, court disputes over lethal injection in more than a half-dozen states and progress toward outright abolishment in New Jersey.The steady drumbeat of DNA exonerations — pointing out flaws in the justice system — has weighed against capital punishment. The moral opposition is loud, too, echoed in Europe and the rest of the industrialized world, where all but a few countries banned executions years ago.What gets little notice, however, is a series of academic studies over the last half-dozen years that claim to settle a once hotly debated argument — whether the death penalty acts as a deterrent to murder. The analyses say yes. They count between three and 18 lives that would be saved by the execution of each convicted killer.The reports have horrified death penalty opponents and several scientists, who vigorously question the data and its implications.So far, the studies have had little impact on public policy. New Jersey's commission on the death penalty this year dismissed the body of knowledge on deterrence as "inconclusive."But the ferocious argument in academic circles could eventually spread to a wider audience, as it has in the past.(Story continues below)"Science does really draw a conclusion. It did. There is no question about it," said Naci Mocan, an economics professor at the University of Colorado at Denver. "The conclusion is there is a deterrent effect."A 2003 study he co-authored, and a 2006 study that re-examined the data, found that each execution results in five fewer homicides, and commuting a death sentence means five more homicides. "The results are robust, they don't really go away," he said. "I oppose the death penalty. But my results show that the death penalty (deters) — what am I going to do, hide them?"Statistical studies like his are among a dozen papers since 2001 that capital punishment has deterrent effects. They all explore the same basic theory — if the cost of something (be it the purchase of an apple or the act of killing someone) becomes too high, people will change their behavior (forego apples or shy from murder).To explore the question, they look at executions and homicides, by year and by state or county, trying to tease out the impact of the death penalty on homicides by accounting for other factors, such as unemployment data and per capita income, the probabilities of arrest and conviction, and more.Among the conclusions:• Each execution deters an average of 18 murders, according to a 2003 nationwide study by professors at Emory University. (Other studies have estimated the deterred murders per execution at three, five and 14).• The Illinois moratorium on executions in 2000 led to 150 additional homicides over four years following, according to a 2006 study by professors at the University of Houston.• Speeding up executions would strengthen the deterrent effect. For every 2.75 years cut from time spent on death row, one murder would be prevented, according to a 2004 study by an Emory University professor.In 2005, there were 16,692 cases of murder and nonnegligent manslaughter nationally. There were 60 executions.The studies' conclusions drew a philosophical response from a well-known liberal law professor, University of Chicago's Cass Sunstein. A critic of the death penalty, in 2005 he co-authored a paper titled "Is capital punishment morally required?""If it's the case that executing murderers prevents the execution of innocents by murderers, then the moral evaluation is not simple," he told The Associated Press. "Abolitionists or others, like me, who are skeptical about the death penalty haven't given adequate consideration to the possibility that innocent life is saved by the death penalty."Sunstein said that moral questions aside, the data needs more study.Critics of the findings have been vociferous.Some claim that the pro-deterrent studies made profound mistakes in their methodology, so their results are untrustworthy. Another critic argues that the studies wrongly count all homicides, rather than just those homicides where a conviction could bring the death penalty. And several argue that there are simply too few executions each year in the United States to make a judgment."We just don't have enough data to say anything," said Justin Wolfers, an economist at the Wharton School of Business who last year co-authored a sweeping critique of several studies, and said they were "flimsy" and appeared in "second-tier journals.""This isn't left vs. right. This is a nerdy statistician saying it's too hard to tell," Wolfers said. "Within the advocacy community and legal scholars who are not as statistically adept, they will tell you it's still an open question. Among the small number of economists at leading universities whose bread and butter is statistical analysis, the argument is finished."Several authors of the pro-deterrent reports said they welcome criticism in the interests of science, but said their work is being attacked by opponents of capital punishment for their findings, not their flaws."Instead of people sitting down and saying 'let's see what the data shows,' it's people sitting down and saying 'let's show this is wrong,'" said Paul Rubin, an economist and co-author of an Emory University study. "Some scientists are out seeking the truth, and some of them have a position they would like to defend."The latest arguments replay a 1970s debate that had an impact far beyond academic circles.Then, economist Isaac Ehrlich had also concluded that executions deterred future crimes. His 1975 report was the subject of mainstream news articles and public debate, and was cited in papers before the U.S. Supreme Court arguing for a reversal of the court's 1972 suspension of executions. (The court, in 1976, reinstated the death penalty.)Ultimately, a panel was set up by the National Academy of Sciences which decided that Ehrlich's conclusions were flawed. But the new pro-deterrent studies haven't gotten that kind of scrutiny.At least not yet. The academic debate, and the larger national argument about the death penalty itself — with questions about racial and economic disparities in its implementation — shows no signs of fading away.Steven Shavell, a professor of law and economics at Harvard Law School and co-editor-in-chief of the American Law and Economics Review, said in an e-mail exchange that his journal intends to publish several articles on the statistical studies on deterrence in an upcoming issue.
MyGen Profile Generator ~~~~BABY "ZAKORY RAY COMMISSARIS" IS MY HERO~~~~JAN,Grandmother to Taegen McKinney & Child Abuse Warrior~~~each & every one of the abused & murdered children of the world who were robbed of their chance at life~~R.I.P.Darlings~~~------- Original Message ----------------- From: montanamissy Date: May 30, 2007 8:37 PMThis is from a Seattle paper, The Stranger: http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7~~~~~~~~ As if to punish us for ignoring everything in the world except Michael Jackson last week, today Last Days was confronted by the type of news story we are physically incapable of ignoring. The headline says it all: "Whatcom County baby beaten to death." Still, the details are worth reporting: Yesterday in Bellingham, WA, the 20-month-old son of Mike Commissaris and Danielle Seymour died after enduring what doctors called torture, with young Zachary subjected to beating, shaking, and strangulation before being killed by a blow to the head. Authorities learned of Zachary when doctors at Bellingham's St. Joseph Hospital reported their receipt of the fatally battered boy, who'd been delivered to the hospital by his alleged caretaker--29-year-old Jason Bunger, a family friend who'd been caring for Zach for four days while his parents--recovering drug addicts who'd suffered a recent eviction--searched for new housing. Unfortunately, as KING 5 reports, Jason Bunger is dealing with a drug problem of his own, which is perhaps why he disappeared from the hospital before police arrived. Since then, police have located and interviewed Bunger, classifying him as a "person of interest" but as yet refraining from filing any charges. Meanwhile, for every kid beaten to death while in the care of a drug-troubled family friend, evidently two kids get to live, with the donation of Zach's vital organs helping to save the lives of two other children.