11-22-2007, 02:31 PM | #1 (permalink) | |
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Location: Lilburn, Ga
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Ga. court overturns restrictions on where sex offenders live
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Now, before anyone jumps on me, I totally agree that there are some sick fucks out there and IMO they should still be in jail, not finding somewhere to live. BUT I find it totally wrong that after a "sex offender" has done his time and found a place to live under the restrictions, it could be totally ripped out from under them just because a bus stop got moved or a day care center was built. Most of the guys I dated in high school could have been considered a "sex offender" at the end of one of our dates simply because of ages. I will never understand why that "kind" of sex offender was penalized for doing nothing because a new business was built or school bus stop created. Its just not fair, IMO. I can understand not letting them move to an area that already had restricted places on the list....but to make them uproot and leave because of something AFTER makes me sick. In the last few years our news has been filled with story upon story about SOs like the guy in this case....some of them did nothing more than be 17 and horny in the backseat of a car with at 16 year old. Please, remember Im not at all disclaiming that the sick ones need to be near kids, Im not advocating pedophiles and rapists. But, until someone buys and island and ships them all there after they have done their time....I find it horrible that they had to live under the previous law. your thoughts?
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11-22-2007, 02:36 PM | #2 (permalink) |
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Location: on the back, bitch
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That the sex offender laws right now are so broad and all-encompassing that it makes it impossible to differentiate between the peds and the just dumb. So law decides that the 'just dumb' are as much a threat as the peds and everyone gets the same treatment. Any other sector of society being grouped in such a way and treated with the same disdain would be considered a total travesty-but throw in the words "sex offender" and everyone gets on their high horse and feels it's all justified.
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11-22-2007, 04:21 PM | #3 (permalink) |
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Location: Orlando, Florida
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The court got it right in my opinion. Ngdawg also has a good point on the broadness of the sex offender laws. In some states a lewd and lacivious will require you to be on the sex offender registry. L&L is pretty broad and open to intrepretation. Public urination can as well (indecent exposure) in some states, but most men have committed this "offense" at some point in their lives (wouldn't be surprised if quite a few women haven't as well).
The funny thing is that the people who most deserve to be on the sex offender registry, the crimes that really victimize others sexually, aren't being given life without parole. I could see though in some cases where statutory rape shouldn't carry life (or even prison) in the case where the people who had sex are close in age, (I'm thinking 2 teens where the girls' parents catch them and insist on prosecution) and the state law isn't enlightened enough to have a Romeo & Juliet exception. |
11-22-2007, 09:52 PM | #5 (permalink) |
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Location: CT
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The sex offender registry is de facto proof that our prison system does nothing more than get people away from us so we can calm down about what they did. If they are a repeat offense risk, they obviously aren't suited to live in society with the rest of us. If they aren't, then we're fucking them over by depriving them of their right to live a normal life. At the very least, the judge and jury should have the authority to choose whether to list an offender. Being a registered offender in our society is more like the mark of Cain than the scarlet letter, and it's not fair to assign the same draconian punishment to everyone who commits a crime within a broad spectrum.
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