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No Excuses For Sung Koo Kim, The Oregon Panty Bandit
May 09, 2005
We have previously blogged here about the dark saga of Sung Koo Kim, The Oregon Panty Bandit. His is a tale involving allegations not only of thousands of women's panties stolen from laundry rooms of college dorms, but a cache of sick and violent child porn, as well. Now comes news that with his first trial a month off, his lawyer is considering a diminshed capacity defense. I dunno, seems to me a guy with his attention to detail was in full control, and should bear full responsibility for his actions if convicted. Detail? Yes, detail. Kim is facing 11 felony counts of first-degree burglary and seven misdemeanor counts of second-degree theft in Yamhill County, which broke the case and continues to take the lead in its prosecution. He faces a similar array of charges in the other three counties, as well as 16 counts of child pornography in his home county of Washington. Quite the cataloguer and downloader, if the charges are borne out. I could sure never do that. Seems to me such obsessions would require enhanced capacity, not diminished capacity. Via Mike, a Rosenblog reader and concerned Tigard-area neighbor of Kim's, comes this tip from the current Willamette Week (7th item down, here). Perhaps connected to his lawyer's musings about a diminished capacity defense...... Suspected serial panty-thief Sung Koo Kim went on suicide watch for one day at his own request after Multnomah County sheriff's deputies discovered sinister smut in his jail cell. Sheriff's spokesman Lt. Michael Shults says a routine search last Thursday yielded a stack of newspaper photos with handwritten inscriptions. Another source says the photos, including shots of scantily clad women, were labeled with the names of Kim's alleged underwear victims. Among the phrases: "Heather's a bitch," "Rape me," and "I love sperm." Portland police detectives seized Kim's collection. I must be lacking in compassion, for were Kim to be convicted, I would be perfectly happy to see him spend the rest of his days behind bars. Fat chance, tho. If found guilty and sentenced for the full array of burglary, theft and child porn charges, how long do you think Kim would actually serve? And what is the way to rehabilitate someone with a nasty panty fetish seemingly linked to violent pornographic imagery? Any suggestions? Or can rehabilitation even really occur? Posted by Matt Rosenberg at May 9, 2005 12:59 PM Comments:
My guess? 2-3 years tops.. this guy will re-offend. Is there any way to rehab someone like this? I'd say forced military service might get his mind off his addiction :) Posted by: bmvaughn at May 9, 2005 01:16 PMOh, I don't see any need for jail time. That is just more expense for the tax payer. His sentence should be that he must wear woman's panties the rest of his life and is not allowed to were pants, a skirt, or anything else over them. He might well attempt to re-offend, but everyone would know when he is in the vicinity. Posted by: DeadManVoting (aka Iguana) at May 9, 2005 02:57 PMIcckkk!! I used to work in Tigard, icckk. Matt makes a very good point though regarding enhanced rather than diminshed capacity. Unfortunately, in the PDX metro area, it won't be too hard to find a jury of HIS PEERS. -Spin Posted by: SpinDaddy at May 10, 2005 05:08 AMNuke him. Better still: Pipe KVI into his cell. And throw Jim West with him... Posted by: Josef at May 15, 2005 07:42 PMAnd if it couldn't get any weirder....news out of Portland...his third attorney in a year, Des Connall, a very well respected defense attorney, has asked to be removed from the case citing, "Because of very recent activities which have occurred between Mr. Kim and this law firm, as of Wednesday, we would move to withdraw representation in that matter in all four counties," Connall told Collins in a pretrial conference conducted by telephone last Friday. Connall termed the details of his conflict of interest in the case "extremely delicate," saying he could reveal them only in a sealed affidavit or private appearance in Collins' chambers." My wild-ass guess? Des Connall's daughter, a pretty woman in her thirties, has been working on the Kim case. Wouldn't surprise me AT ALL, that this has something to do with Mr. Kim doing or saying something in reference to Ms. Connall that freaked her dad out! As evidenced by the last bit of info I provided on this blog, Mr. Kim is still a sick, sick dude. Mr. Connall is very close to his daughter per stories that have appeared in the local media. Because of the "extremely delicate nature" of whatever is causing Mr. Connall to request to be removed, it sounds like something pretty juicy. The other thing that can't be ignored, this announcement comes on the 1 year anniversary of the disappearance of Brooke Willberger...something that Mr. Kim has been considered a "person of interest" and, at times, a "suspect" in. Rumor among the local legal community is that despite press reports, Mr. Kim still remains a very significant person of interest to at least some of the law enforcement folks involved in that case. Maybe just a coincidence, but the timing is creepy! Post a comment
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