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<\/td>\nI debated all day about whether to blog the horrific
\n details of the vicious prision murder of convicted pedophile ex-preist
\n John Geoghan. Sure it was gross, but it was news, and provokes all sorts
\n of profound throughts about retribution, the death penalty and the American
\n criminal justice system in general.<\/p>\n
Any way, for those of you outside of the local area (here in Boston Druce will have trouble pleading self-defense:<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n I debated all day about whether to blog the horrific details of the vicious prision murder of convicted pedophile ex-preist John Geoghan. Sure it was gross, but it was news, and provokes all sorts of profound throughts about retribution, the … Continue reading
\n we are being innundated with blow-by-blow exposure, to the point it’ll
\n be difficult to find a blind jury), here is a detailed article from todays
\n Boston Globe.<\/a><\/p>\n\n Druce, serving a life sentence for the 1988
\n strangulation death of a Gloucester man he believed was gay, jammed the
\n door shut by inserting a book into the crack above it and a toothbrush
\n and nail clipper into the space below. He prepared the book by ripping
\n out the pages so that it would fit perfectly, Conte said. Druce bound Geoghan’s
\n hands behind his back with a T-shirt and threw him on the floor, then strangled
\n the 68-year-old, using socks he had "previously been stretching for
\n some time." He used Geoghan’s shoe to tighten the tourniquet, Conte
\n said, and wrapped a pillow case around Geoghan’s neck to "strengthen
\n the strangulation."Druce also had a razor in his pocket, said Conte
\n who, in response to questions, added that inmates are not allowed to have
\n razors and that it was "definitely possible" Druce intended to
\n castrate Geoghan <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"