what were criminals called that went to Australia?
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Well, Australia (and Georgia in the US) were penal colonies... but I'm not sure what people who go there are called.
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I remember that story also his name was Father Ronald Dennis Pickering heres the article.\n\nSex predator: the priest who got away\nBy Gary Hughes, Larry Schwartz\nMarch 24 2002\n\nA Roman Catholic priest who sexually abused young boys in Melbourne for more than 20 years is unlikely to ever face prosecution after fleeing to Britain.\n\nThe Catholic Church has so far paid out more than $50,000 in compensation, provided counselling and made formal apologies to victims whose lives were shattered by Father Ronald Dennis Pickering.\n\nA Sunday Age investigation has revealed that Pickering moved from parish to parish around Melbourne, selecting vulnerable boys. His preferred victims were members of church choirs or altar boys.\n\nA number of deaths from drug overdoses and attempted suicides among suspected victims have been linked to Pickering's activities.\n\nBut despite detailed statements having been given to Victoria Police by two of Pickering's victims, it is unlikely he will ever be extradited to Melbourne to face charges.\n\n\nOne victim said police told him the case was not serious enough to justify the cost of extradition proceedings.\n\nThe Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne said it was prepared to "fully cooperate" with any extradition.\n\nBut Victoria Police refused to say whether the Pickering case had been investigated and refused to comment on why there had been no attempt to extradite him.\n\nThe Sunday Age has traced victims dating as far back as 1966 through to the early 1980s. One of the victims says he believes up to 100 boys may have been abused by Pickering before he fled to his native Britain in 1993.\n\nPickering, who was ordained in the Melbourne archdiocese in 1957, served as a priest in Essendon, St Kilda East, Warburton, Clayton and Gardenvale.\n\nThe Vicar-General of the Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne, Monsignor Christopher Prowse, confirmed that three victims had so far contacted the church, with the most recent application for compensation being made earlier this month. The church was satisfied in each case that abuse had occurred and has made two ex gratia compensation payments, with an offer being made in the third case.\n\nA further suspected victim, who was befriended by Pickering during the early 1980s, died of a drug overdose in 1992 at the age of 22. In a letter to the man's mother in November, the head of the Melbourne archdiocese's Independent Commission on Sexual Abuse, Peter O'Callaghan, QC, admitted Pickering "had a proclivity for child abuse".\n\nMr O'Callaghan wrote to the mother, Rosemary Gaudin, who is receiving counselling paid for by the Catholic Church, that her "suspicions that Matthew (her son) was a victim of Pickering are well justified".\n\nMatthew had been a member of the choir and an altar boy at St James in Gardenvale, where Pickering worked before fleeing Australia.\n\nMs Gaudin said another Gardenvale choir boy had died of a drug overdose a year before her son and a third had attempted suicide and was receiving psychiatric care. She believes they may also have been victims of Pickering's abuse.\n\nTwo of the victims who have received compensation payouts from the Melbourne archdiocese also received written personal apologies from the former Archbishop of Melbourne, George Pell, who is now Archbishop of Sydney.\n\n"On behalf of the Catholic Church and personally, I apologise to you and to those around you for the wrongs and hurt you have suffered at the hands of Father Ronald Pickering," Dr Pell wrote.\n\nLast week Pope John Paul, breaking his silence on a wave of child-sex scandals in the United States, said Roman Catholic priests abusing minors were carrying out the worst form of evil possible. \n\nThe Sunday Age believes that Pickering fled to England after lawyers representing one of his victims began making inquiries.\n\nMonsignor Prowse said Pickering left his parish in Gardenvale "without warni
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Your question is a bit vague.........where did you commit the crime, in the US or else where, where would you be coming from to enter the states, etc.?
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Hi,\n\nI know there was a movie called "lightning Jack" but I thought it was a fictitious character based on numerous Aussie bushrangers. I thought they drew the name from Captain Thunderbolt.
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AUSSIES.\n\nTHEY  ARE ON SWEET REVENGE.
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I heard that some executioners were, themselves, convicted criminals. They were allowed to remain alive as long as they executed other convicted criminals. I think the executioners that I heard this about were actually hangmen in the American West 1700-1900.
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You sound a lot like my brother...are you?  Seriously ditch town.  My brother didn't and now he is behind bars for a good 4 more years. and that is for the first crime he already served, just for violation of parole....he was out on good behavior. He has problems and issues, but he is my brother and will not judge him, love him.   Since Australia started out as a penal colony I do not see why they wouldn't take you and yes you can permanently leave the United States, but you need to obtain  citizenship, France is where you should go it requires you to give up on your US citizenship and think all other countries do too.  Back to my brother he is telling me all the things he wants to do with his life when he gets out...well saying and doing are two different things and with a criminal record it won't be easy to get on with your life it sucks but that is our society. But I'd leave town and start anew, and just be honest with people close to you so your past doesn't catch up with you.
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The Aussie slang for a cattle thief is a poddy dodger.
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TAX COLLECTOR.\nINVISIBLE ROBBER.\nROBIN HOOD.
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Sounds like Australians have themselves a decent set of immigration laws that are actually enforced. You sound like someone who didn't get his way so you thought that you might try to cast aspersions on the Australians for "stealing" land. And lastly...Why dint you remove the locks from your house or apartment doors so anyone can just walk in?
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I think you mean that crook who went prison for having his business partner killed.\nNicholas van Hoogstraten.\nhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3301361.stm
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Just to put the record straight,the three "immigrants" in question had 36 convictions *between* them. Yes, they were given life sentences,but the judge ordered them to be deported after serving their sentence. \n\n**LONDON (Reuters) - Three members of a gang of armed robbers "addicted to violence" have been sentenced to life in jail after terrorising London streets.\nThe group, whom police described as one of the "most violent street robbery gangs to operate in London in recent years" subjected their victims to brutal attacks during a three-month campaign last year.\nThe gang would abduct strangers from the street before stealing their valuables and bank cards. Those who resisted revealing their PIN numbers were threatened with guns and knives and viciously beaten.\nOne suffered a fractured cheekbone, which required the insertion of a metal plate, while another is still receiving medical treatment after being repeatedly hit in the face.\nOn Monday, all four men pleaded guilty to conspiracy to rob at Wood Green Crown Court, north London, and were sentenced to a total of 45 years.\nUnemployed Robert Lincoln, 18, from Barking, was told he should serve at least 14 years, after which he should be deported to Jamaica.\nPedro Frota, 19, also unemployed from Barking, was told he should serve 12-1/2 years and be deported to Portugal.\nUnemployed Sofian Majera, 22, from Dagenham, was given 14 years and told he should be deported to Rwanda.\nThe only member of the gang to avoid a life sentence was Luis Frota, 23, also from Barking, who was sentenced to 4-1/2 years, after which the judge recommended he be deported to Portugal.\nDetective Inspector Lloyd Gardner, of London's crime squad, said: "This gang were one of the most violent street robbery gangs to operate in London in recent years.\n"They used extreme violence on their victims, who were put through a terrifying ordeal."\nThe gang carried out 24 attacks between September and December 2005, often targeting passengers as they left tube and train stations.\nJudge Witold Pawlak, passing sentence, said: "These men were addicted to violence and treated their victims like they were characters in an arcade game."**
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AUSTRALIA GAVE ASYLUM (PERMANENT STAY) TO THE 47 PAPUANS\nSEPARATORS .. AUSTRALIA IS AN EVIL GOVT. AND A FOE OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA .. NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT
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Murderers and rapists executed.  Burgalurs locked up for a long time and pay restitution.  Robbers locked up for longer and pay more money.
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Yeah, there once was an Irish gang that went by the name Westies. They operated in a New York neighborhood called "Hell's Kitchen" They were tied with Italian organized crime groups for a period. Extortion and theivery were there businesses of choice, and the first two founding leaders of the Westies  also developed a  very brutal and profficient method of killing and disposing of bodies. There mob came crumbling down when people started ratting eachother out to save their own skin. The loyalty disappeared and with it the gang.
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Suaveness aside....  they're all criminals!!!!  \nBut I would have to say Jewel theives....  because after all, they may be a little bling to be gained!!
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He was a bushranger so technically a criminal but was touted as a "folk Hero" to the people....see wikipedia article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Kelly