Posted on 06/19/2007 9:35:51 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
Let me restate that....there is a cure for sure...busting kneecaps to start with....
Stealth kills
The guy filling in for Mike Savage last night offered a $1,000 reward for info on the location of Jack McClellan - so the last I heard was the guy was on the run. How are these moms finding him?
Don’t know how they found him.....
Fixed it for you.
}:-)4
I understand....
Then the first order of business must be to rid ourselves of the Jack McClellans - permanently.
Sure there is
...for some.
As repugnant as these pedophiles and their crimes are, there are some who get counseling and therapy during or after prison and go on to lead normal, crime-free lives. Pedophiles are actually not one of the highest repeat offenders, if you look at all crime.
Your 45 cal. or my 9mm?
Yep. And thats why states like Kansas and Washington have civil confinement statutes. I had a similar problem with my 12 year old. She opened a myspace account unbeknownst to her mother and me. With the help of the Baltimore County Police, I was able to get the password. What we saw was nauseating. The people who attempted to contact her now have their IPs logged with the Baltimore County Police. KNOW WHAT YOUR KIDS ARE DOING ONLINE!!!! Even though her age was listed on the page, a number of contact attempts were made. The whole episode has really shocked me. The detective told me that some of the contact attempts were tame compared to others she had seen. I couldnt imagine that, what I was reading made me physically ill. I agree with your kneecapping idea..
It is really disgusting how these guys bob and weave through our society knowing exactly what they can get away with in order to satisfy themselves. I will never know how a childs innocents can ever be balanced against any rights these guys think they have.....
Uh..they have some the highest repeat offences out there. Most high profile child cases, most always involve repeat offenders. And those are the ones we know about...
No, they are never cured. If they do it once, they'll do it again.
In my files are a list of freepers who defend pedophiles.
Well, it's nice to feel that way, and I'm not defending them or their crimes, but I like to find the truth when I can.
The fact is, most other crimes have higher recidivism rates than sexual crimes do. And all crime reporting is "the ones we know about", so you can't just use that uncertainty on the sexual crimes.
Federal Bureau of Justice Statistics: Recidivism Study (Sexual crimes are between 41% and 46% repeats.)
Study: Education reduces recidivism
Treatment reduces sex offender recidivism
It's odd to me that so many Christians are anxious to throw all sex offenders into the lion's den as beyond hope. There's real evidence that many sex offenders have been helped and can repent. But many who profess to know Christ will declare that this is impossible.
Sometimes the truth isn't conducive to absolute, snap judgments.
Not all sex offenders are unchangeable monsters. Not all sex offenses are equally horrible. We shouldn't just go after them all with pitchforks and torches.
I believe the study you are citing was one done several years ago in which they defined 19 year old men who dated 15 year old girls as "pedophiles". After ten years of "therapy" very few of these by then 29 year old men, reoffended with 15 year olds. They went on and pooled their data with other studies in such a way as to create the impression that all pedophiles are treatable which is just not true.
Does that list include those who defend the American principle of a trial by jury, prosecution based on evidence and a presumption of innocence unless and until guilt is proven beyond a reasonable doubt?
In other words, does your list include every FReeper who isn't in your lynch mob?
What is the list for? Why are you keeping track?
It seems that some people feel that every person who is even accused of looking sideways at a child should be hung, shot, then drawn and quartered and fed to alligators. Forget the whole evidence thing.
Have you been paying attention to the Duke "rape" case and what can happen when that mentality prevails!? Do you have any idea just how many innocent men's lives have been destroyed by false accusations of sexual crime on a child?
For your list: I'm not defending pedophiles in the least. I am defending the principles I outlined at the beginning of my reply. I believe in proving accusations at trial. I believe that some can get treatment, after serving their prison sentences, and can change.
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