Professor Chaos' Blog

Sheboygan County Circuit Judge Timothy M. Van Akkeren has overturned a jury's verdict in the case of Mitchell D. Pask. Pask, a registered sex offender with a long crimnal history, was charged with attempting to lure a 9 year old girl into a shelter at Workers' Water Street Park in Sheboygan. Apparently, Judge Van Akkeren felt that the area was not a "secluded area" as required by the charge! Can you believe it? He's not saying that the guy didn't try to have sex with a 9 year old girl, it's almost like he agrees to that. I guess it's just that he felt the area he was trying to take her to was too public for something to happen. What a fool! How do morons like this get on the bench to begin with?!