It is the classic "not in my backyard" stance. And quite honestly I can't blame anyone. Having said that, they have served their punishment and need to be released. Sure they will be put on the sex offender list and other sex offender mitigation methods such as supposed to have no contact with kids or no booze or no computer, etc. But nobody wants these people released into their neighborhoods or close by. Every town they propose to release them the town hall gets packed and everyone complains. But they have to go somewhere. What should officials actually do?
Over the past several years we have had as many as 12 with in 5 miles never bothered my wife or I. Right now have one next door. He was all right before he went to prison and he is even quieter now then before
I have one on our street somewhere that everyone warned me about due to seeing it on the local website but I have never heard anything out of him and he seems to live a normal life (although I'm sure they all do while still committing those crimes)
If it is just you and your wife that is one thing. If you have young kids. Playing outside and the pervert lives next door how do you feel then? I would hate it. I also have no idea what to do with them at the same time.
If they've served their time I don't have a problem with them. If you have that big of a problem move, but they are every where.
The recidivism rate for sex offenders is very high. they are required to register so that you know where they are. I think the best thing is to warn your children that a certain neighbor is a VERY BAD PERSON, who likes to hurt children. Make it clear that they are to stay a looooong way away from that person.
I think it all depends on the crime they committed. I've met a few who committed crimes that by all accounts were wrong, but IMO didn't justify the stigma of being known as a registered sex offender. Most people hear sex offender and immediately think pedophile or child molester, when there's a litany of other offenses which can earn you that title. I've always been a believer that many offenders deserve a second chance that all too often society doesn't give them. Except child molesters. They just deserve a bullet.
It would haveta to depend on situation. Not all people on sex offender list are pedophiles. If they served the time and don't bother anybody then don't really care.
I'd have a serious problem living next to a convicted rapist or a guy who molested kids. Unacceptable amount of stress and potential recidivism associated with that kind of person. I'm currently in court with a guy raped a women some years ago and served 15 years. Within 3 years of his release he has abducted and battered two women. The first one didn't want to cooperate.....the victim in my case does. The guy is a complete psycho who fired his lawyer the other day right before we were set for trial. Sick mothers.
We are talking about the violent and serious crime ones. Not the 18 year old dude having a sex with his 15 year old girlfriend type.
I do not believe people who commit rape or molest children deserve a second chance. They have crossed a line that they cannot come back across and regain trust. So many of them eventually commit the same types of crimes. I have no use for them.
See I thought we were talking about the 18 year old sleeping with the 15 year old down the street. Violent sex offenders are are just as bad as murders in my eyes. I think we need to bring back the rope, and stop letting people die on death role from old age.
Sentence them to general population after everyone knows they are sex offenders and let them learn THE HARD WAY what bad (very bad) people do.
I still do not understand how we don't hear about more parents shooting a pedifile so we wouldn't have to deal with them at some point. I know for sure what I would do and there isn't even a slight doubt. Also if I was on a jury there is no way I would ever say guilty for a parent who took matters in there own hands.
