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My first comment is that I've always understood that "castration" is only the removal of the testes and that a man can still get it up and rape someone if only they are gone, he just can't impregnate a girl/woman. If that's true, then you'd really have to cut the penis off to deter future rapes. That still wouldn't stop them from abusing girls/women with inanimate objects. The common thoughts are that these crimes are not about sex but about dominance, anger and aggression. Again, if that's true, the only solution is to lock them up for life or execute them as there is no guarentee they won't do it again even if they lose their balls and/or penis.
2nd. Strange Famous: You stated that this guy in his 20's was accused and convicted but didn't serve time for sexually assaulting a 11 yr. old (11?!)
Let's for the sake of argument just say he was only 21 then. A few years later (3) (he apparently didn't learn a lesson being let off the first time) he was convicted of rape against a adolescent (at 24 yrs. old) and then served 5 yrs. He is now hypothetically 29 yrs. old..
O'kay, please someone explain to me how a (approx.) 29 yr. old man is "seduced" by one of the four 10-12 yr. olds?! I don't think there's a defense in the world that could stand up to normal peoples (not to mention the law's) reasoning, logic and morals on this situation.
3rd.: I just do not understand the concurrent thing. If a person commits a crime and is sentenced on one count to serve, say, 10 yrs. in prison. That person has to serve 10 yrs. minus the time served/good behavior/appeal thing. Therefore, a person convicted on multiple counts and sentenced seperately on each count should have to serve out the individual sentences on each count. How do they somehow get lumped together? So, are we saying to criminals, "don't just go for the assult and battery, throw in the murder too, 'cuz the time you spend in prison for one goes towards the other!".
4th.: The "three strikes your out" thing. I agree with this, sort of, although I feel that it's a crime-fit's-the-punishment thing. Violent crimes-murder/rape/violent assault/drunk driving(potential murder or assault) =yes. Being caught with a few doobies 3 times=definately not (unless serious harm resulted from said doobies). I just don't see the 3 strikes thing for drug dealers. O'kay, I should qualify that to only include "I don't see it for Mary Jane" dealers. It's just my personal opinion that Pot is different than all other drugs and for that matter (though I no longer smoke it) shouldn't even be called a drug but an herb. The people that buy "hard" and "soft" drugs will always find someone to get them from, they're all illegal to begin with. You put away a drug dealer, another will take their place immediatly. The "War on Drugs" and "Just say No" campaigns have not worked an iota since the Nancy Reagan "This is your brain on drugs" era. Something revolutionary needs to be done on the drug front, but I don't think it will happen for a long, long time. As far as really serious crimes, why do we even go as far as 3? If you murder someone (act of passion or calculated), you're either going to jail for life or you're going to die. That's it. No argument once you're convicted (especially given the quality of DNA and forensic evidence these days).
5th.: I, again, don't understand the concept or truth of prisoners especially hating child molesters, therefore, the thoughts that they are more likely to be raped/abused and/or killed while in prison. I might get this if there were only tax evaiders or petty theives in prisons. However, alot of prison inmates are there because they've killed/raped/violently abused/robbed people. I too hold the belief that people that sexually or otherwise abuse children are the lowest form of humans. I just don't understand the myth/rumor/truth that other criminals that have also commited heinous crimes single out "child molesters" to prey on. Is it just human instict to try to find someone that's done worse than you have in your mind and make them suffer as much or more as you've had to? Not the same but sort of like senior fraternity members hazing the incoming freshmen simply because they were hazed when they were freshmen? Not really expecting any ex-cons to answer, mostly just throwing my ruminations out there. That's all.
Ali
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