In the US there's what they call the "three Strikes" rule, if you get caught and convicted of doing the same thing -- three times, you're going away for life (at least that's how I understand the law - I'm probably wrong)
I'd be willing to buy that one of the teenyboppers seduced him, I've read too much and seen to much that little girls of 11 and 12 aren't like I remember them, however, he's an adult and should know better, so ignorance on their age is absolutely no excuse at all.
This guy is a habitual offender, prison is clearly not rehabilitating him, not that it's supposed to, prison is about punishment. 7 years is not enough time, because when he gets out, based on his history, he'll do it again. What should be done? Medication to help control his urges, medical castration to help control his urges, is that cruel and unusual punishment? Or is is that he's proven what he is, and now society needs protection from him.
Rehabilitation should happen in prison, because otherwise for really any crime, a person hasn't learned anything, they've done their time and they're released... What do they take away from the punishment? Should more money be put into some sort of therapy for the prisoners?
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