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Glory's Sun · 01-09-2007, 07:21 AM

I'm assuming that by saying that sex offenders should never get out of jail, you mean the actual predators, not the 18 year old who slept with a girlfriend. Correct??

This is a pretty tricky situation, and while I feel that if you rape a child, you need serious help, I'm not so quick to jump on a bandwagon of life in prison. There has to be some validity to the rehabilitation process. If a person, let's say, goes to the club and some girl is there who looks 18 (we all see 'em every day) but in actuallity is only 15, goes home with the guy and say, only has oral sex. Does that person really deserve to be on the sex offender list? Regardless of the man's age (while he should have asked for I.D. first naturally) did he committ the crime or did he just happen to be in the wrong place at the wrong time with a girl who's hormones were raging?

These type of scenarios are why the Sex Offender Registries/laws are so muddled. That person if found guilty or via plea bargin, would then be on the same list as the boogey man who seeks out and coerces children and sodomizes them. This makes no sense. A person can plead or be found guilty (and yes there are plenty of people who plead guilty to things even if they didn't do it in fear of wrongfull conviction) of indecent liberties and share the same fate, if not worse, than the boogey man.

How do we change this? A tierd system is a good start but obviously has some flaws. If the person had no predatory sense in the matter and the state still thinks the person is guilty of a sex crime then tier one it is.. but let's only put him on the registry for let's say.. 3 years. Not 10 or life (in some states).

If a person uses force, coercion, or the victim is indeed a child, then it's tier2.
Put the person on the list, throw them in prison for 25 to life (depending on the circumstance) and if they make it out, notify neighborhoods, schools, daycares etc.

No need for a tier 3.

No matter what system comes or goes, shakran is right in saying that you have to watch your kids with anyone. There was a point in time when even the most vile sex offender wasn't on a list.

01-09-2007, 07:21 AM	#81 (permalink)
Glory's Sun Registered User	I'm assuming that by saying that sex offenders should never get out of jail, you mean the actual predators, not the 18 year old who slept with a girlfriend. Correct?? This is a pretty tricky situation, and while I feel that if you rape a child, you need serious help, I'm not so quick to jump on a bandwagon of life in prison. There has to be some validity to the rehabilitation process. If a person, let's say, goes to the club and some girl is there who looks 18 (we all see 'em every day) but in actuallity is only 15, goes home with the guy and say, only has oral sex. Does that person really deserve to be on the sex offender list? Regardless of the man's age (while he should have asked for I.D. first naturally) did he committ the crime or did he just happen to be in the wrong place at the wrong time with a girl who's hormones were raging? These type of scenarios are why the Sex Offender Registries/laws are so muddled. That person if found guilty or via plea bargin, would then be on the same list as the boogey man who seeks out and coerces children and sodomizes them. This makes no sense. A person can plead or be found guilty (and yes there are plenty of people who plead guilty to things even if they didn't do it in fear of wrongfull conviction) of indecent liberties and share the same fate, if not worse, than the boogey man. How do we change this? A tierd system is a good start but obviously has some flaws. If the person had no predatory sense in the matter and the state still thinks the person is guilty of a sex crime then tier one it is.. but let's only put him on the registry for let's say.. 3 years. Not 10 or life (in some states). If a person uses force, coercion, or the victim is indeed a child, then it's tier2. Put the person on the list, throw them in prison for 25 to life (depending on the circumstance) and if they make it out, notify neighborhoods, schools, daycares etc. No need for a tier 3. No matter what system comes or goes, shakran is right in saying that you have to watch your kids with anyone. There was a point in time when even the most vile sex offender wasn't on a list.