Slog - Comments on Today's Most Disturbing Headline http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/todays_most_disturbing_headline "Paedophile Freed for Dracula Book" So a real-life predator gets released from jail for becoming an expert on a fictional predator? An American historian jailed in Romania for paedophile offences has been released more than two years early because he wrote a book about Dracula. According to the law, Kurt Treptow was entitled to early release because his writing counted as work in prison. And his sentence for abusing two girls—aged 10 and 13—was only seven years? And you let him out early? What's with you, Romania?... Copyright 2008 Tue, 27 Feb 2007 10:48:33 -0800 Sat, 10 Mar 2007 15:32:29 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Lindy I went to Bucharest once because my brother married a Romanian. The first thing they told us was: "Don't walk down the street by yourself because the packs of wild dogs will eat you."

]]> Lindy http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/todays_most_disturbing_headline#c650040 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/todays_most_disturbing_headline#c650040 What the Tue, 27 Feb 2007 11:24:01 -0800 Comment by Mike in MO What’s with you, Romania?

Uh, it's Romania. I'm surprised there are any laws against screwing kids there...

]]> Mike in MO http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/todays_most_disturbing_headline#c650051 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/todays_most_disturbing_headline#c650051 What the Tue, 27 Feb 2007 11:46:08 -0800 Comment by keshmeshi Are sentencing laws really that much better here?

]]> keshmeshi http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/todays_most_disturbing_headline#c650069 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/todays_most_disturbing_headline#c650069 What the Tue, 27 Feb 2007 12:05:57 -0800 Comment by Abby Romania loves Dracula, it seems...

]]> Abby http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/todays_most_disturbing_headline#c650084 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/todays_most_disturbing_headline#c650084 What the Tue, 27 Feb 2007 12:19:59 -0800 Comment by Aislinn I have a Romanian coworker. He hates his crazy wife, has no upper teeth, and most of his stories involve prostitutes in the mother country. Not that this is related to pedophile/fictional historians; I'm just sharing cultural experiences.

]]> Aislinn http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/todays_most_disturbing_headline#c650098 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/todays_most_disturbing_headline#c650098 What the Tue, 27 Feb 2007 12:34:05 -0800 Comment by Lindy Their pedophile and rabid dog problems aside, all the Romanians I know are extremely nice, they will party forever, and they're still struggling to recover from 25 years of a fucked-up dictator. And also young Romanian priests are hot.

]]> Lindy http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/todays_most_disturbing_headline#c650177 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/todays_most_disturbing_headline#c650177 What the Tue, 27 Feb 2007 13:34:04 -0800 Comment by Gitai It's fucking Romania. Have you ever read anything regarding Romania that indicates it's a good place to raise children? Let's see. There were the horrific orphanages. And after the fall of the USSR, Roma children were automatically institutionalized from birth, since it was assumed that all Roma children had to be retarded.

]]> Gitai http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/todays_most_disturbing_headline#c650201 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/todays_most_disturbing_headline#c650201 What the Tue, 27 Feb 2007 13:55:46 -0800 Comment by ellarosa gitai, you can't be serious...i know romania has horrific problems, but that there defies belief. what are your sources for that assertion?

]]> ellarosa http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/todays_most_disturbing_headline#c650491 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/todays_most_disturbing_headline#c650491 What the Tue, 27 Feb 2007 21:30:39 -0800 Comment by punninglinguist A little googling reveals that the age of consent is 14 in Romania. So this is not only a fucked-up Romania story, but also a stupid criminal story. He could've halved his sentence by waiting another year.

]]> punninglinguist http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/todays_most_disturbing_headline#c651115 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/todays_most_disturbing_headline#c651115 What the Wed, 28 Feb 2007 14:50:19 -0800 Comment by aosxwl lpzsuedh ujbvhmp cyiv cxusdoq vilh scnjbyak lhot uvgnz

]]> aosxwl lpzsuedh http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/todays_most_disturbing_headline#c665302 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/todays_most_disturbing_headline#c665302 What the Sat, 10 Mar 2007 15:31:21 -0800 Comment by aosxwl lpzsuedh ujbvhmp cyiv cxusdoq vilh scnjbyak lhot uvgnz

]]> aosxwl lpzsuedh http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/todays_most_disturbing_headline#c665348 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/todays_most_disturbing_headline#c665348 What the Sat, 10 Mar 2007 15:32:29 -0800