Ellie Nesler Revisited
My fellow baby seal clubbers argue that the near-deification of beating victim Rodney King is terrible, considering all of the crimes that King has committed and continues to commit.

Which brings us to Ellie Nesler. In case you don't recall the name:

[Ellie Nesler] was convicted of manslaughter in the April 1993 Jamestown courtroom slaying of a man accused of molesting children at a church camp.

William Nesler had been named as one of the accused molester's victims.

Ellie Nesler was sentenced to 10 years in prison on the manslaughter conviction, but served less than four years. The state Supreme Court threw out part of the jury's verdict; Nesler then pleaded guilty in exchange for a lighter sentence.

She was released in 1997.

While Nesler has not received universal adultation, she does have some supporters:

Every day there are examples of people defending their very lives because of unrighteous actions. One news story related a black teenage boy shooting and killing a White homosexual trying to molest him. Should the black boy be charged when sodomy is against God's law? Then, there's the case of Ellie Nesler, a California mother who shot and killed the pedophile that raped her son. Did Ellie take the law into her own hands, or was she a murderer? Many Californians thought she was a heroine. Can the judeo Christians biblically argue against such actions? Of course, the liberal minded bleeding heart can make all kinds of technical arguments, but the principle of taking righteous action is found in Deut. 19:1-13, especially verse 13 which states, "Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel that it may go well with thee".

(Vengeance is whose? And, of course, the preacher quote above then starts talking about the "antichrist jews"....)

Well, I hadn't heard what happened to Ellie after she was released:

But in July 2002 she was back in prison, sentenced to six years after pleading guilty to two drug charges -- furnishing methamphetamine to an undercover police officer and possessing ingredients to make the drug. She is still in prison.

Over the last few days, additional material has come out about the son who was molested in the first place:

SONORA -- William Nesler, the 22-year-old son of courtroom slayer Ellie Nesler, is wanted on suspicion of attempted murder.

Tuolumne County sheriff's investigators say William Nesler beat a 45-year-old man...severely early Sunday....

Investigators said the attack took place about an hour after Nesler was released from Tuolumne County Jail after serving 30 days for battery on the same victim.

Here are the latest updates:

On Wednesday, more information surfaced about the Sunday morning incident that left Davis dead, and the pair's confrontation in June.

According to Tuolumne County sheriff's reports, Davis made an arrangement with the Nesler family to live on the Shaws Flat Road property, northwest of Sonora, owned by Ellie Nesler. On June 24, deputies were called there to handle a dispute between William Nesler and Davis over some tools.

Enraged, Nesler "just started beating on (Davis) in front of the officers," sheriff's Sgt. Roger Dittberner said.

As two deputies tried to control Nesler, he threw Davis to the ground, tried throwing more punches at him and stomped his foot on the ground, narrowly missing the man's head....

The deputies arrested Nesler on suspicion of assault and battery. He refused to answer questions, Dittberner said, but told deputies: "No, I don't want to talk. Just take me to court so I can get my sentence.

"He's lucky I didn't kill him. I should have just blown that (expletive) away."

Four days later, Nesler pleaded guilty to battery in a plea bargain.

The Sheriff's Department released Nesler from jail at 4 a.m. Sunday, after serving 32 days of a 60-day sentence. Nesler was freed early because of good behavior and jail overcrowding....

Less than an hour later, Dittberner said, Nesler returned to his family's property and severely beat Davis in front of witnesses....

Deputies who responded to a call about the attack found Davis, on the ground near the road, unconscious and bleeding. He was transported to Doctors Medical Center in Modesto but didn't regain consciousness before dying Monday afternoon.

Nesler has been booked at the Tuolumne County Jail 18 times since 1999, when he turned 18. The arrests range from driving without a license to concealing a weapon and possessing drugs in jail....

Authorities are also familiar with the family's plot of land, which has prompted numerous complaints and, because of them, frequent visits by code enforcers and the county's Environmental Health Division.

At one time, there were up to six recreational vehicles with people living in them, several junk cars and a mound of garbage more than 8 feet high on the lot, according to Rick Roberts, a code compliance investigator for the county.

"People were just throwing trash out the doors" of the trailers, Roberts said....

Sources: Modesto Bee articles from July 27 and July 29; "A Time to Kill" sermon notes from kinsmanredeemer.com