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Wisconsin county sheriff defends hiring convicted killer
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What do you guys think? Would you have an issue with this?

SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin sheriff has defended his decision to hire a man convicted of killing and dismembering his girlfriend nearly 40 years ago in Texas.

Rafael George Macias has worked as a radio technician for the Sheboygan County Sheriff's Department since 2011 after performing similar duties as a contract employee for 10 years.

Macias was a 20-year-old airman at Carswell Air Force Base in North Texas when he pleaded guilty to killing and dismembering his live-in girlfriend, Julia Adams, in 1977. Macias was sentenced to 40 years in prison, but released after 13 years.

While at the Texas State Penitentiary at Huntsville, Macias earned an associate degree as a radio technician. He eventually moved to Wisconsin and ended up working at his cousin's radio shop.
 
Macias told The Associated Press on Thursday that he never lied about his past and was upfront with Sheriff Todd Priebe when he wanted to bring him on as a regular employee. Details of the case resurfaced when an anonymous letter was sent recently to media outlets, including the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, questioning why Sheboygan County employees had to work with someone who committed such a horrible crime.
 
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My first though is that if you kill and dismember someone then you should never be free again.

I wouldn't hire him to dig a ditch less alone get a county paycheck. 

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that's what I feel as well

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I can't imagine my 'tax money' supporting that on a local level.

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Yeah, I doubt he will have his job much longer

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Gravel Road said
My first though is that if you kill and dismember someone then you should never be free again.

I wouldn't hire him to dig a ditch less alone get a county paycheck. 

But what about paying your debt to society and starting fresh?  I know, I know, "His victim won't get a chance to start fresh."

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Doesn't matter to me to be honest

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I am all for people getting another chance at life, but killing and dismembering someone crosses a few lines that make me think you really shouldn't be given that kind of authority ever... Just not worth the risk.

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