Serial killer suspect identified as recent prison parolee

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5 women raped and murdered in 5 weeks. How terribly tragic.

It is unclear from this story what his original sex offense was. However, many claim that violent sex offenders can never stop; they will commit more crimes as long as they are capable.

LANSING, Michigan (AP) – A prison parolee and sex offender is the man suspected of killing five women in the city in a little more than a month, and he could face charges in a sixth death from 2004, authorities said Friday.

Murder and assault charges were being pursued against Matthew Emmanuel Macon, 27, of Lansing, who was paroled from state prison June 26, said Lansing Police Chief Mark Alley.

Macon had been in prison off and on since 2001, returning twice for parole violations after serving more than a year and a half for larceny from a person, said state Corrections Department spokesman Russ Marlan.

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If I recall correctly, Washington state used to have some sort of lifetime incarceration for violent sex offenders after they served their sentence. I believe this was ruled double-punishment and thus unconstitutional and thrown out. Perhaps if Michigan had a constitutional lifetime incarceration, 5 women would be alive today, and countless other victims would have never been raped.