[Hildy]

Wow...so you think his crime as described should be punished the same way you would punish a murderer?

[liberty or death]

If he raped a child the answer is a great big YES.
How would you like to have someone you love and trust bend you over and sodomize you.Try and comprehend the fear,pain,shame and utter horror that must be for a child.
Get a clue and turn off the daytime T.V.

[bonfire]

His crime and the crime of the parents for subjecting their child to a known pedophile.

[cajungirl]

A serial pedophile maims children's souls for their lifetime. I think it deserves the same punishment as murder. Rape of a juvenile is a capital crime in some states, reflecting society's ideas which are similar to mine. One who robs children of innocence, who abuses them sexually deserves the highest penalty we have. Do you feel a serial pedophile, and most are serial offenders with scores of victims, deserves a few years in jail or what. What is the punishment you would give a man who abused say ten children.

[right wing]

Wow...so you think his crime as described should be punished the same way you would punish a murderer?

I'll go a step further. If evidence shows that Michael Jackson is guilty of child molestation, I'd like for him to get the death penalty or at the very least, life in prison with no parole. Ditto for all pedophiles. IMO, they're similar to murderers. They kill the innocent lives of children. Its high time that the punishment fit the crime for perverts who ruin the lives of children, preying on them for their own deviant self gratification. It is a fact that pedophiles cannot be cured & continue to re-offend. Society has been negligent in dealing with these vermin & we need new laws to address fairness and justice.