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John Walsh Urges Passage of Sex Offender Law
NewsMax ^ | 11/22/05 | NewsMax

Posted on 11/22/2005 5:35:06 PM PST by wagglebee

John Walsh and "America's Most Wanted" urge Congress to pass sex offender legislation (H.R. 3132 and S.1086) before the end of the year.

Right now Congress is set to adjourn without sending a bill to the President to be signed into law. This critical legislation would strengthen current laws to protect children from predators by creating a comprehensive, national system for sex offender registration and community notification.

"How many more children and other victims need to suffer before our elected officials do the right thing and pass this legislation," said John Walsh, host of America's Most Wanted. "Enough is enough. We see what these predators do and we know how easily they disappear. Congress needs to act now and pass this legislation immediately. They owe it to Carlie Brucia, Jessica Lunsford, Shasta Groene and all the other precious children who were abducted, abused and murdered by repeat sex offenders."

John Walsh is the co-founder and national spokesperson for the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC), which has worked tirelessly on this vital legislation.

Ernie Allen, president and CEO of NCMEC, agreed with Walsh and stated, "We can't wait another week, another month, and another year, for this legislation to become law. Statistics from the U.S. Justice Department show that 67 percent of reported sexual assault victims are children. This is powerful testimony to the fact that children are at risk and we must do something to stop it. Passing this legislation, this year will be a step forward in helping to reduce that risk."

NCMEC applauds the sponsors of the House and Senate bills, which include Congressman James Sensenbrenner, Congressman Mark Foley, Senator Orrin Hatch, Senator Joseph Biden, and Senator Charles Grassley. This legislation, if enacted, will close the necessary loopholes in the current system which allows sexual predators to evade law enforcement while continuing to prey upon our children.

Currently there are more than 550,000 registered sex offenders in the U.S. and at least 100,000 are missing from the system.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 109th; childmolesters; congress; hr3132; johnwalsh; ncmec; pedophiles; s1086; sexoffenders
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I can't imagine why this doesn't have enough bipartisan support to pass without any debate.
1 posted on 11/22/2005 5:35:07 PM PST by wagglebee
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To: little jeremiah

Moral absolutes ping.


2 posted on 11/22/2005 5:35:35 PM PST by wagglebee ("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
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To: wagglebee

solution

3 posted on 11/22/2005 5:38:21 PM PST by Flavius (Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum")
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To: wagglebee

You'll have liberals and the ACLU fighting this, and at the same time, you'll have a few simple minded arguing this isn't a federal matter (though lets be honest, it is).


4 posted on 11/22/2005 5:38:55 PM PST by Sonny M ("oderint dum metuant")
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To: wagglebee

This absolutely MUST be done. I'd like to see life in jail for the first offense.


5 posted on 11/22/2005 5:46:18 PM PST by Peach (The Clintons pardoned more terrorists than they ever captured or killed.)
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To: wagglebee

---because it's one of those idiotic pieces of grandstanding legislative garbage which won't stop one child molestation but allows some congressional horses hind end to proclaim he's "doing something"--


6 posted on 11/22/2005 5:47:35 PM PST by rellimpank (urbanites don' t understand the cultural deprivation of not being raised on a farm:NRABenefactor)
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To: Peach

I fail to see the problem with castration.


7 posted on 11/22/2005 5:48:44 PM PST by wagglebee ("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
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To: wagglebee

I have no problem with it either. But I think some of the bast*rds still abuse children with objects. So I'd prefer life in prison. AND castration.


8 posted on 11/22/2005 5:49:36 PM PST by Peach (The Clintons pardoned more terrorists than they ever captured or killed.)
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Simple. Execute them. End of story.


9 posted on 11/22/2005 5:50:35 PM PST by 57chevypreterist (Remember, your orthodoxy was once heresy.)
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To: wagglebee
Yawn. Just another wannabe riding a non-controversial issue for public fame and profit.

Sex offenders a problem? Crank up the sentences. Make them life. Or death. End of problem. Period.

Anything else (so far) is a demogogues' delight. Feels good, but adds no protection. Would you move into a community that advertises "no sex offenders can buy houses here"? O)f course you would, and there is one such in TX. Of course
1) It only (I think) applies to initial buyers
2) It does not protect against resales
3) It does not protect against non-buyer relatives

but worst:
4) It does not protect against outsider sex offenders who think "In this place they are off their guard: Hoo Haw, target-rich environment, here I come!"

You want to be safe? Turn your community into a prison with you in charge, and you will be safe. (Maybe as long as you run the committee..)

10 posted on 11/22/2005 5:55:12 PM PST by Clint Williams
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To: Peach

Okay, you win.


11 posted on 11/22/2005 5:55:58 PM PST by wagglebee ("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
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To: wagglebee

bump...


12 posted on 11/22/2005 5:56:58 PM PST by tutstar (Baptist Ping List Freepmail me if you want on or off this ping list.)
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To: wagglebee

I researched this about 2 years ago for a letter to the editor that I wrote and was pretty shocked at how out of control it all is.

There is at least one state (I've forgotten which one now -maybe Utah?) that has life imprisonment for the first offense. That works for me.


13 posted on 11/22/2005 6:03:52 PM PST by Peach (The Clintons pardoned more terrorists than they ever captured or killed.)
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To: Peach

"This absolutely MUST be done. I'd like to see life in jail for the first offense."

Petty point of information. Jails are where misdemeanor perps and felons awaiting processing are held. You put felons in Prison. Hard Time Prison. A place where kiddie creeps are afraid to be within a mile of the population. Where the shiv is a way of life....and death!


14 posted on 11/22/2005 6:21:18 PM PST by lawdude (Does a Paramecium beat its flagella?)
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To: rellimpank

***---because it's one of those idiotic pieces of grandstanding legislative garbage which won't stop one child molestation but allows some congressional horses hind end to proclaim he's "doing something"--***

New laws that won't save any lives. Just what we need. Each state already has one. Why do we need more?


15 posted on 11/22/2005 6:31:27 PM PST by queenkathy (My idea of rebooting is kicking somebody in the butt twice)
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To: Sonny M

Count me among the simple minds


16 posted on 11/22/2005 6:40:15 PM PST by kublia khan (Absolute war brings total victory)
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To: wagglebee

I see a problem. Predators do not register with their probation officers, they disappear in order to prey again. The majority of "sex offenders" do cooperate with the terms of their probation, because they're not "predators". Many are victims of vindictive women who falsely accuse their children's father of sexual crimes to gain the children and the house. Others are guys who dated underage girls. Really? I'm talking about 19 and 17. Some pissed off parent can effectively nail their daughter's bf to a tree. I'm suspicious of teens that accuse their teachers or other adults of bad behavior, maybe because of bad grades.

The problem is that we can't find real predators until it's too damn late. I know for a fact that families will not talk to cops, whether because of fear or other reasons. These people walk the streets. Look at the BTK killer. No one knew! He was an asshole, but no one suspected him of being a serial killer.

While I sympathize with John Walsh on the murder of his little boy, I also sympathize with men (and women) who have been falsey accused of this horrible crime.


17 posted on 11/22/2005 6:53:21 PM PST by TheSpottedOwl ("President Bush, start building that wall"!)
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To: queenkathy

--yep--another example is the federalization of the "missing child" thing--I'll bet that hasn't had one success and in a few years will have a budget and bureaucracy of its own--


18 posted on 11/22/2005 7:05:20 PM PST by rellimpank (urbanites don' t understand the cultural deprivation of not being raised on a farm:NRABenefactor)
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To: wagglebee

Because the RATS are to beholdened to the ACLU types. Then there is the MONEY issue, they have plenty to spend on social programs, but not to lock up sex offenders or killers for that matter.


19 posted on 11/22/2005 7:13:23 PM PST by GailA (Glory be to GOD and his only son Jesus.)
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To: TheSpottedOwl
Many are victims of vindictive women who falsely accuse their children's father of sexual crimes to gain the children--

--I probably saved a guy from that about ten years ago--a co-worker talking about her sister's messy divorce made the comment that "we'll play that card too, if we have to--"

I said nothing, just pulled a notebook out of my pocket and walked away , making an apparent note of it--

20 posted on 11/22/2005 7:14:11 PM PST by rellimpank (urbanites don' t understand the cultural deprivation of not being raised on a farm:NRABenefactor)
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