Early sign favors reform of Minnesota’s sex-offender program
December 12, 2012 at 5:10 pm in Grand Forks Herald
When lawmakers consider vital but sensitive reforms, they know there’s only one way to get to yes: Together. Members of both parties must vote “Aye” to make sure one side doesn’t hold the reforms against the other at election time. Continue Reading
This is a tough subject no matter what you do. Half way house facillities and such are a very expensive way to deal with this. An added bill that MN (As well as other states) would have a difficult time justifying….Especially when the public generally finds sex offenders totally non deseriables for making their way back into society. Many other criminals will often see the error of their ways as they mature and can actually become a solid citizen quite often, but with sex offenders there’s always the fear that the offender is just dormat until he might either no longer can resist, or until he thinks he could get away with it.
I don’t support the death penalty considering how many people they’ve found on death row who were basically rail roaded through the system when they were actually found either innocent or having been convicted under false evidence. Unfortunately other than the death penalty to eliminate the problem….Anything they do will be expensive. Of course in bigger prison systems with a lot of violent men….Any child molester put into general population wouldn’t ever be returning to society to be a problem again. Because of that general knowledge they are kept out of gen pop and that costs the tax payer more already….Castration only partly works because the mind set to over power someone weaker will still be there…….No easy solution…
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Prison should be the only option for offenders who physically or sexually cause harm to another person. Maybe if our justice system would focus less on incarcerating non violent drug offenders, more prison cells would be available for sexual predators and violent offenders.
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Sexual predators have been shown to be in many cases abuse victims themselves usually in their young formative years. Often violent child abuse of a non sexual nature creates the dynamic of adult sexual crime in individuals. Perhaps it would be most productive to look at ways of protecting children vulnerable to abuse so that they do not go down that road to begin with. Better ways of separating parents who create these monsters from their children before enduring harm occurs. Of course that’s going to be a tough idea to sell to society generally. Sadistic abuse from parents or others in authority seems to be the common thread among many who go to commit these awful crimes.
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Any way you try to tackle this is complex unless we were to do like the old Soviets and after the trial they’re taken to a room and shot…..Everything else gets complicated…..
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The recidivism rate of sex offenders is almost 100%. It’s what cost Dru Sjodin her lfe.
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An implant already exists that prevents “repeat offending” on major crimes such as murder, forcible rape, etc., where the evidence of guilt is overwhelming.
It’s not particularly expensive. Once implanted, there’s no need for continued incarceration in a prison, or in a “hospital”.
There is no need for ankle-bracelets, continued monitoring, periodic “check-ups”. We don’t have to feed, clothe, and house the offenders; or supply them with lawyers until the end of time.
As part of a “complete procedure”, the price goes up somewhat, but is still manageable and affordable by comparison to a sentence of “Life” in an “Offender facility” such as a prison or hospital. The complete procedure would assure that there’s no memorial site that serves as a catalyst for the next generation of offender.
The implant is called a “bullet”. Delivered at high velocity by an appropriately-skilled voluntary crew perhaps comprised in part by members of the victim’s family; it is 100% effective. After the device is implanted, the remaining technique would be to cremate the body, and flush the ashes down any convenient toilet.
Allowing these oxygen thieves to continue breathing is unhealthy for Society. All that is needed to dramatically reduce the cost of incarceration; and eliminate the chance of re-offending is a bit of political will-power.
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