Should he be banned from sons graduation ceremony? Yes, and he should be in jail!
The guy is an idiot.
The ambulance chaser sides with the child rapist. Surprise, surprise.
YES!
Maybe James should ask his son if he wants his classmates to know what his father looks like.
To top that off, he acknowledged doing his time, but he doesn't exactly sound sorry for the crime.
So, no, he shouldn't be allowed to attend.
Forcible rape? Burn in hell scumbag. This POS should be dead and buried.
This is not one of those stupid non-cases where the guy is a "sex offender" for urinating in the woods, or where a 22 year old male has sex with a 17 yo female he met in a bar (fake ID cases).
If he was 17, presumably was tried and convicted within a reasonable time after that and served only five years, then married and fathered a child and has not reoffended in the years since then, then he was probably not a true compulsive sex offender and should be legally rehabilitated.
However, I think the idea of his going to his son’s graduation and getting arrested at it is truly stupid and shows he has no concern for his son.
Can’t do the time ( or repercussions ), don’t do the crime.
> All in all, I side with Jones.
Five years in Gaol is quite a while, and it is probably in-line with the seriousness of the crime of forced rape. And in that respect he has paid for the crime.
But no, he should not be allowed to attend the graduation: sometimes our life choices carry lasting consequences that go beyond any punishment meted out. One of those consequences is, unfortunately, that rapists and child molesterers tend to never be trusted around kids ever again.
Life is tough: sometimes it seems unfair. But that is what Life Choices is all about.
Jones is a sex offender, sex offenders should face the same punishment murderers do. He should thank his stars he’s even alive to hear about his son graduating.
If he does show up I hope they throw him back in jail for a long, long time.
He should go, be quiet and then also accept whatever sanctions come his way. That would be the principled thing to do in my opinion.
Obviously he did not go to jail right away, he had to be 18 when he became a dad. When I was 36, my oldest child was 4. If the law is that he is not allowed on school property, then he is not allowed. Next life, don’t violently rape girls, and wait until you are a grown up before you have children.
There are many reasons why parents cannot go to their children’s graduations. Sometimes their jobs are such that they cannot take time off, or they could be ill. Let someone videotape it and he can watch the video.
At 17 he probably didn’t realize the long-range effects of his crime, but that’s the way things work. He did the crime and he did the time, but he must continue to suffer the consequences. I’m sure his victim still has to live with the memory of what happened to her. Not going to his son’s graduation is pittance compared to what she is living with.
Hopefully like the piece of dog==it he is.
Can someone tell me what an unforceable rape is?
This just turns the good guys into bad guys and makes the former bad guy into the victim. It is beyond justice and becomes returning evil for evil. When that happens, God help us all. This is like a pre-crime division. It’s more dangerous than the risk of repeat offense.
So this isn't a high school graduation , it's graduating from middle school? Sheesh! I think he is an idiot for saying he might break the law and go to jail for an eighth-grade graduation.
He served his time. If released you get your rights back sorry. If what he did was that bad they should have put him to death or in prison for life. But the fact is they let him out. He has the right to see his son graduate.