[xzins]

Bullseye!

It's time to admit the obvious about sexual offenders.

I have no doubt at all that violent sexual offenders should be executed. That won't happen, so I'm totally in favor of lifetime without parole for those who use violence/kidnapping/etc. in the commission of their crime.

The non-violent type have just as bad recidivism, but I'll give them the deal in my earlier post.

[D-fendr]

I'm with you on the violent sex offenders - there should be a much higher degree of punishment than for other ones.

However, if death is the punishment for rape, then the sick one has a high incentive to kill all his victims.

Criminals know these things, it's part of their "job." If rape is a capital crime, murders of rape victims will go up dramatically.

There needs to be a deterent to the criminal from increasing their crime.