[Rhodes22-list] National registry.

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Then as Hadz says, don't let them out.  The dating your HS sweetheart is all too common.  Since the 1960s the trend has been to make everything a felony.  Prosecutors are not re-elected or reappointed by how well they uphold the law, rather how many convictions they get, innocent or not.  A prosecutor who says, "I upheld the law 100 times in the last two years and secured 30 convictions of the guilty" against the prosecutor who says, "I put 100 criminals behind bars" regardless of the circumstances doesn't stand a chance.  The system rewards overzealous prosecution.  Meanwhile our laws tend to coddle the real criminals.

Philip


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From: "L. Sailor" <watermusic38 at yahoo.com> 

> Brad, 
> 
> Unfortunately for society, paying the debt to society 
> doesn't erase the offender's predeliction to these 
> behaviors. 
> 
> Sexual predators, esp. pedophiles, have sharply higher 
> recidivism rates. 
> 
> If only it were as simple as serving the sentence & 
> then coming out and being a contributing citizen. 
> 
> 
> elle 
> 
> 
> --- Brad Haslett wrote: 
> 
> > Elle, 
> > 
> > I too was relieved to see my neighbors weren't 
> > predators, but I had a pretty 
> > good idea that was the case in the first place. 
> > Illinois just passed a law 
> > to create a similar site for meth offenders. Where 
> > does this end? If they 
> > are still a threat, they deserve to stay in prison. 
> > Otherwise, consider 
> > their debt to society paid and take off the Scarlet 
> > Letter. 
> > 
> > Brad 
> > 
> > 
> > On 11/1/06, L. Sailor 
> > wrote: 
> > > 
> > > Rummy, 
> > > Thanks for posting the registry info. 
> > > 
> > > Brad, I can understand your position; but as the 
> > > mother of a beautiful 23 year-old living on her 
> > own in 
> > > Nashville & going to school & working, I was 
> > relieved 
> > > to see that there are no offenders nearby. 
> > > 
> > > I guess in this litigious society, we must do what 
> > we 
> > > can to protect ourselves, and think ahead as to 
> > the 
> > > consequences of our actions, however they may be 
> > > construed. 
> > > 
> > > elle 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > --- Brad Haslett wrote: 
> > > 
> > > > Rummy, 
> > > > 
> > > > Well, it is interesting to play with. Frankly, 
> > I 
> > > > have a problem with these 
> > > > sites and the laws behind them. I knew a guy 
> > from 
> > > > my home area in Illinois 
> > > > that did two years on a statutory rape charge 
> > under 
> > > > circumstances that many 
> > > > of us could have been charged with during our 
> > youth. 
> > > > It ruined his 
> > > > life. There is no 'corrections' in our 
> > corrections 
> > > > systems. Get busted with 
> > > > a joint and see what it does for your career. 
> > You 
> > > > look at what has happened 
> > > > to the kids at Duke and one realizes what havoc 
> > a 
> > > > overzealous prosecutor can 
> > > > do to one's life. The criminal justice system 
> > here 
> > > > in Shelby County 
> > > > Tennessee is downright scary! I have very mixed 
> > > > emotions about the mixture 
> > > > of the digital age and crime. I worry more 
> > about 
> > > > the local yahoos watching 
> > > > me than I do the Federal government watching 
> > foreign 
> > > > currency transactions. 
> > > > 
> > > > Brad 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > On 11/1/06, R22RumRunner at aol.com 
> > > > wrote: 
> > > > > 
> > > > > I thought everyone on the list would find this 
> > > > interesting. 
> > > > > 
> > > > > _http://www.familywatchdog.us/_ 
> > > > (http://www.familywatchdog.us/) 
> > > > > 
> > > > > Rummy 
> > > > > 
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