[Rhodes22-list] Robert Skinner - Leering Alert

Robert Skinner robert at squirrelhaven.com
Tue Apr 15 02:16:29 EDT 2008


Maine is a hotbed of sexual repression.  We inherited 
it from Massachusetts.  They are getting over it.  We 
are still a bit hyper as many of the pederastic Catholic 
priests seem to have been shipped up here as punishment.

Frankly, I don't think this piece of "feel-good" (no 
pun intended) legislation will survive the more 
sagacious scrutiny of the Maine senate.  If they lack 
the testicular fortitude to kill this legislation, the 
state supreme court will almost certainly reveal (and 
revile) the uninforceability of the measure.

It would be an embarrassment to the fine state of Maine 
if it had to go to the US Supreme Court before being 
consigned to the graveyard of inane laws.

I prefer the good old fashioned way of dealing with 
child molesters.  The police have nothing to do with it.
See my prior comments about keeping your old pickup.

/Robert
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Brad Haslett wrote:
> 
>  Robert,
> 
> Are you guys in a competition with California for silliness? Am I going to
> lose my career because I was waiting outside a public restroom waiting for
> my daughter and some mother thinks I leered at her 14 year old? This should
> be good for the sunglass industry. How about we pass a law that all women
> have to wear a burka until they're of legal leering age?
> 
> Brad
> 
> By Dave Choate
> dchoate at seacoastonline.com
>  April 06, 2008 6:00 AM
> 
> Those who peer at children in public could find themselves on the wrong side
> of the law in Maine soon.
> 
> A bill that passed the House last month aims to strengthen the crime of
> visual sexual aggression against children, according to state Rep. Dawn
> Hill, D-York.
> 
> Her involvement started when Ogunquit Police Lt. David Alexander was called
> to a local beach to deal with a man who appeared to be observing children
> entering the community bathrooms. Because the state statute prevents arrests
> for visual sexual aggression of a child in a public place, Alexander said he
> and his fellow officer could only ask the man to move along.
> 
> "There was no violation of law that we could enforce. There was nothing we
> could charge him with," Alexander said.
> 
> He attended a talk with Hill a week later and brought the case to her
> attention. Hill pledged to do what she could, Alexander said, and the result
> was a change through the Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee in the
> House, which made the law applicable in both private and public places.
> 
> Alexander said he's grateful Hill was willing to take up the cause, and is
> hopeful the measure will clear the Senate.
> 
> "I'll be pleased that we were able to identify this flaw and take steps to
> rectify it," he said.
> 
> Under the bill, if someone is arrested for viewing children in a public
> place, it would be a Class D felony if the child is between 12 to 14 years
> old and a Class C felony if the child is under 12, according to Alexander.
> 
> Hill said she believes the move was necessary to correct what she called a
> "loophole" in the state's criminal law statutes.
> 
> "I told Lt. Alexander that I would be happy to work with him and sponsor a
> bill that would correct this in the 2008 session," Hill said. "And so we
> did."
> 
> In arguing for the bill, Alexander said she cited public rest rooms as
> places where the people using them should have a reasonable expectation of
> privacy. She said the committee determined that there would not be any major
> side effects from expanding the statute to include public places.
> 
> The bill recently cleared a fiscal review, done because of the state's major
> prison budget crunch, and Hill said it should be heading to the Senate
> before long.
> 
> York Police Chief Doug Bracy said the statute would represent a fairly minor
> change that would help keep the public safer, especially children. He noted
> that York police respond fairly regularly to reports of public peepers on
> the town's beaches.
> 
> With ever-growing concern over sexual predators, Bracy said the arrests will
> also allow police to check backgrounds and determine if there is a criminal
> history involved.
> 
> "There is a growing outcry by the public to protect our children," Bracy
> said, noting that tourists from all over the country visit York.
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Robert Skinner  "Squirrel Haven" 
Gorham, Maine         04038-1331
s/v "Little Dipper" & "Edith P."


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