Posted on 03/17/2007 10:17:00 AM PDT by MissEdie
re: liberals say the death penalty is not a deterrent
The deterrence thing is a straw man argument. It's called capital punishment, not capital deterrence. Any deterrent effect is serendipity. The object is to punish, not deter.
While Cuoey(sp), and all the rest of them should be hung until dead, there is a lot of prosecutorial abuse of the system.
Take for example the teacher who is targeted for being tough on grading and bad behavior. While I'm guessing many of the female teachers arrested are guilty of child molestation according to the laws, don't forget about the ones who get framed. I want to see the evidence.
Then you have the man who runs afoul of a vindictive soon to be ex wife/gf. Most dangerous. The courts will wait you out until you run out of money. You will then plead "no contest", because your lawyer has taken 20k and doesn't work for free. Your happy face will be forever on Megan's Law website, sometimes even if you manage to exonorate yourself.
Never forget, the DA wants to appear tough on crime and will twist, manipulate, and ignore exculpatory evidence to nail that conviction. The judge too, wants to be reelected, and even if he/she realizes that the accusation could be a set up, has personal and financial reasons not to do their job.
The real child predators sometimes claim hundreds of victims before being caught. The real dangerous ones if let out of prison, disappear and don't register, or honor their parole/probation terms. Those are the ones that you have to find and dispose of, because they're out there hunting down their next victim. They're the ones that are NOT on a Megan's Law website.
I understand your anger and frustration, and I share that with you when it comes to predators in the woodpile.
No, most states require a five year age difference. So in order to commit statutory rape with a 17 year old, you would have to find a state where 17 is not considered of age (it's 16 here in my home state) and where the older person is at least 22 years old.
I would wager there isn't a single state where 18/17 would consitute statutory rape.
Liberals call for the death penalty for republicans and Christians...they only object when it might be applied to someone actually deserving it such as child rapists and cop killers. Those they lift up as shining examples to follow.
Do not apologize for wanting to expurgate animals from the midst of human society. For there are animals roaming wild among us.
They are disguised as humans but under the skin, they are sub-human and worthy of nothing but elimination.
Justice is both of those things. You're defining American legal.
The results of brief googling, accuracy not to be vouched for.
Alabama: <2 year difference OK
Alaska: <3 year " "
Arizona: No exemptions. 18/17 is a felony.
Arkansas: <3 year " "
California: <3 year " "
I don't feel like going through the rest of the list, but five years would be the exception and not the rule - if it exists anywhere at all.
this is heresay but i beleive it to be true because of my sources.
on one fantasy island, off the coast of Mass, one of these 'things' raped one of the island boys. word got around to the locals and somehow, he met with a bad end (of a steel pipe to the head). the 'thing' is still alive but he wont be doing any more damage.
I would be willing to forego the death penalty, provided the punishment make them WISH for death.
See my profile page for a proposed solution.
I hope you're comfortable taking the position that John Couey's life should be preserved. You obviously do not have children.
Or their senior girlfriends, if they are under 18. A boy could have sex on his 18th birthday with his girlfriend who was born the day after him, and be a child molester in some states. Or vice versa, for that matter. I don't think there is much support for a death penalty in such a case.
I am all in favor of hanging true child molesters, but by that I mean adults who have sex with pre-pubescent children.
-ccm
This scum cannot be rehabilitated. A dirt nap is the only cure.
Well, if this were the standard, most of us wouldn't be here, because our ancestors would all have been killed. This includes my wife, whose grandmother was 15 and grandfather 18 when they married. They were happily married for over 50 years and have dozens of descendants.
I am in favor of the death penalty for real child molesters, but your proposal is idiotic moral hysteria.
-ccm
I simply cannot agree with that. What these teachers did was wrong, but it was with clearly consenting students.
The crime doesnt even come close to meriting the death penalty.
They're right. It's not a deterrent.........when they are permitted to drag the process out for twenty years at a cost of millions!
Honestly, it's like saying water is no deterrent to thirst.
Castration is good if they go the whole route & remove everything.
Maybe also both eyes poked out and skin dyed bright green.
Sorry. I neglected to mention that I don't care if you think this is all about you.
I am the center of the universe.
Didn't you get the memo?
< /sarc >
You said that; I didn't.
I have three children, all adults and well-adjusted.
Seek help...
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