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Tracking Sex Offenders via GPS for Life
ecmcn writes "According to Yahoo! news, the governor of Florida just passed a bill that, along with increasing the jail time served for convicted sex offenders, requires them to be tracked for life via GPS. No technical details about the tracking, but it mentions "warning authorities when a sex offender is someplace he shouldn't be". Maybe they can get Google maps to add red zones around all of the restricted areas."
Before anyone says "what about thier RIGHTS", let me just say, THEY DO NOT DESERVE RIGHTS. Sex offenders are _by far_ the worst human beings on the face of this planet. I do not consider this harsh enough. If we could get the repeat offenders of ANY crime wear identifing clothing, or marks, I believe it would cut down on repeat offenders. Anyone who went to a Catholic school knows what I mean, shame is the most powerful way to punish someone.
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Because the rate of recidivism for violent sex offenders is nearly 100%, which means that they will almost certainly rape or murder someone it the future. Now, one could argue that people like this should be locked up permanently or at least be placed under very close supervision, but currently the law says that at one point or other we have to let them go.
This would not be the first step on a slippery slope. There are already a few classes of people that we track because they have proven to pose a threat to society. The key word here is proven - they've already been convicted of a serious crime, and as a condition of their (usually early) release from prison, they agree to be tracked. (Ok, ok, Martha Stewart is probably an exception unless you consider a complete lack of modernity in decor to be a threat to humanity, which I do.) This is very similar. We're dealing with people that are nearly impossible to rehabilitate. We're releasing them on the hope that they will behave, but we should also recognize the extreme danger that they do present.
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Burning them at the stake would cost much less, and prove more effective over time. In my opinion, they deserve no less. Anyone who thinks differently should walk a mile in a victim's shoes (or, alternatively, their parents').
I have young ones of my own, and can't fathom how devastating the experience must be. It's easy to spend a few moments pondering what it must be like and instantly feel the anger and outrage that wells within.
It's still better than these people deserve.
Why are cops known for knocking on the windows of cars where people are making out and telling them to move along? Because sex in public (and in your car where people could see you is public for this) gets a charge of public indecency. That is a sex crime (for both the man and woman).
So, making out at Make Out Point is punishable by a minimum of lifetime registration and tracking. Do you think that is still better than these people deserve?
How about the places that don't have the rules relaxed for people of similar ages? There are places where sex between a 17 year old and an 18 year old is illegal. Of course, a 17 year old and a 16 year old is ok. So you can have sex with your high school sweetheart for a while, then it becomes illegal, then it becomes legal again. Should the short period of illegality be punished by a life sentence of registration and tracking?
Sex crimes aren't all molesters and rapists.
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No matter how unspeakable their acts may be, a human is a human and deserves human rights.
The victims are human as well, and they deserve human rights - they deserve the right of justice.
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You think that being a dissident or a "brown immigrant" (whatever that is) is the same as being a pederast?
Man, you're pretty fucked up.
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Well, perhaps tagging wouldn't be necessary, but he should be forced into some sort of psychological help. You have to wonder about the sort of people who have sex at that age, they must have some issues.
Am I the only person that thinks we shouldn't waste the money on the very expensive technology require to lo-jack every child sex offender? I say EXECUTE them. Anyone that preys on children, to molest, to rape, to kill, to steal a child's lollipop should not be allowed to breath. The majority that are released are not reformed, and commit the same crimes again. Stop pandering to the "reforms" of a prison system that is worried about offending the rights of people that have destroyed the rights and lives of their victims. Don't whine at me about society giving these people rough lives. Don't talk to me about the "pedofiles are victims, too" crap. Everyone has bad things that happen to them in life, but that is NOT a justification for destroying other lives. I was molested as a child, that does NOT give me the right to do the same to others. I have been in a store while it was being robbed, that does not give me the right to rob other stores. We, as a society, fail to take responsibility for our actions. We all to readily place the blame on everyone else. Be it an abusive family, bad brain chemistry, financially poor upbringing, or too much stress, we throw drugs at everything, and then are surprised when the inhibitions of a person on these drugs is lowered enough, or mangled enough to give them the idea of breaking laws and ending lives. Then we can blame it on the drugs. Anything but take responsibility for our actions. Let us feel compassion for the B*st*rd that preys on children. Let us protect his/her rights. Forget the children. Their parents should be watching them 24/7. It is obviously THEIR fault.