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I don't normally watch daytime t.v., but during the course of the day if I'm having a smoke break or a 10 min. break because of chronic back-pain, I flip to the "talk show's". You don't have to be involved in them to watch 10 min's worth.
I have seen so many of these shows in the past 15+ yrs. about sex offenders that go to prison for a minimal amount of time, get out of prison and then accost someone else almost immediately. If damn talk-shows have been spot-lighting this phenomenon for so long, then why the fuck aren't our legislators paying attention? That just sickens me and pisses me off.
I agree there needs to be differentation between the offenses. No, if an 18 yr. old is having sex with a 16 yr. old (and it's concentual) then there is no way the 18 yr. old should go to prison. If it was a 22 yr. old and a 16 yr. old, then yes the 22 yr. old should. That is a large enough gap, and the 22 yr. old has been a "legal" adult for a long enough time that they should realize (both morally and legally) that they are doing wrong and/or breaking the law. It's statutory rape. Technically (sp) the 18 yr. old is also commiting it, but the gap in the age's is so small it's not the same circumstance (she could be almost 17 and he could have just turned 18-how many of you are only a year or a bit more in age from your spouse?)
Boys have penises and they want to use them. If a girl sleeps around for whatever reason (and there are a plethora of psudo-legitamate and sad reasons), who can fault a boy for jumping at the chance to dip his wick with a girl who seems willing? There is a world of difference from sex between minors (or nearly minors) and sexual abuse. If you are 18+ (yes I realize the line is blurred by my previous example, but I was trying to emphasize that there can be a small gap in age) then you are a legal adult and should be treated as such.
Those that are legal adults and are convicted of a sexual crime (whether statutory rape as in my example above or rape/violent rape/murder) need to spend their life behind bars because of their likelyhood of repeating the crime, or they need to have a life-long "sex offender" tag that follows them wherever they go (though, as I've seen on shows like "Montel", that doesn't mean much to them, alot have gone on to assault/rape/murder even after they are registered in their towns.) The laws need to change and become stiffer, no 2nd, 3rd, 4th or 5th chances, period.
As far as where they should live? How about Antartica without clothing or shelter....
Ali
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