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Originally Posted by ophelia783
Taken from News4Jax.com
While I do agree that it was a very big step for the boy's family to make a deal, I don't think the same offer would've been given if the perp. was a man.
What are your thoughts on this?l |
Well first off.... Thank God this didn't happen in Texas...we have enough of her kind locked up already. I also agree that had it been a man, I doubt there would have been any offer made. I guess for some reason they think women child molesters are not as bad as their male counterparts. To me a child molester is a child molester, regardless of gender.
Not to threadjack here, but I would like to add to this discussion if I may. Having firsthand experience dealing with this sort of inmate within Texas prisons, I know for a fact that their lives behind bars is anything but pleasant. I agree with locking them up, and locking them up for a long time, and allowing them to experience prison life for as long as possible. But, my problem is this...In Texas there is no such thing as rehabilitation really. If inmates change any, it is because they want to, and that's it. The general public has this get tough on crime stance all through the discovery of what the criminal did, continuing on thru the trial, and right up to conviction and incarceration.... then that's where it stops. Then people like me get to deal with the crap that gets sent our way, knowing our hands are tied on what we can do, say or hwo we are allowed to treat these scumbags. So, what will happen is she will do her time, then get out, register as a sex offender, and then what?
I see it all the time.... inmates discharged after completing their sentence, or paroled early for good behavior (especially sex offenders)....only to offend again, and then they're right back in prison for us to deal with. In most cases the inmates discharging are worse than when they were originally incarcerated.
If we could get past the shock of what she actually did, we also need to be asking ourselves, what is the best way to punish this person, and if it is incarceration.... why don't taxpayers want to fund programs aimed at rehabilitation, and reducing recidivism, or why aren't the penalties for this sort of crime a LOT harsher than they are right now? Either sentences need to be lengthened just to keep sex offenders off the streets if that is our goal, or do something with them while they are locked up if we are just gonan let them out in a few years.... All I see right now is a revolving door.. What's wrong with that picture?
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