From an article in Boston magazine (emphasis added by myself): The alleged act of necrophilia was quickly reported as fact, even though Maine's chief medical examiner found no evidence that the body had been sexually abused. "It went from 'Sicari said' to 'police said' to simply being fact, and there wasn't a shred of evidence that it happened," says Jaynes' attorney, Robert Jubinville. "The way the sexual aspect of this case played out in the press was absolutely ludicrous." ... Sicari was eventually convicted of first-degree murder, while Jaynes got second degree. Because Jaynes had copies of the NAMBLA Bulletin in his car, NAMBLA quickly became a focus of the story. ... That did not appease the Curley family, which has filed a $200 million civil suit against NAMBLA So, to make a long story short. Two men kill a boy (there is no evidence of rape and they were not charged with it), one of them had a NAMBLA bulletin in his car, so the family decides to sue NAMBLA. It seems this is the typical problem we see cropping up so often in the US. People do not feel that justice has been served until someone gets payed money. |