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Just a question but have you been a victim of a crime like this? Know someone who has? I will not forgive what was done to me. I can't imagine a punishment that would equal what was done to me. A grown adult who would harm someone like that (IMO) could never go through enough rehabilitation or prison time to make up for what they did.

You have a daughter. If someone close to you that you trusted were to sexually abuse your daughter, what kind of punishment and how long do you think you'd want that person to suffer for what they did?

The Texas Online Sex Offender list actually tells you what they did, the ages to who they did it and what risk level they are of repeating.

They have the pictures, the date of birth and the crime up. Pretty hard to get someone confused when you have all that.

Tell her that

You see, its not just the list, its what people do with it and how they label people.
Would you be happy to see an innocent victimised for the crime of another? I would never wish that on anyone.

Edited, Dec 15th 2008 4:45pm by GwynapNud

The reason for the Sex Registry as Nexa mentioned is for protection. Sexual predation has been recognized as having a psychological component that suggests punishment, such as jail time, does not deter an individual from repeat offense.

...or something like that.

So, is a 'sex registry' going too far?

The information is available regardless of the registry. It just takes more work to get at it. Is informing a neighborhood or a community of a sex offenders presence in any way, shape, or form, a duty of our public safety folks?

Should we be informed of the presence of other deviants that have committed, but done time for, a crime?

Katie your offender doesn't know the pain and suffering he put you through. However at the same time you don't know what an offender has gone through and if they're truly sorry for the pain they've caused and if they're really rehabilitated. Just like a man doesn't know what it's like to be pregnant or a woman to get kicked in the balls. I'm not saying what he did to you wasn't terrible and doesn't deserve punishment but you're bordering between punishment and revenge. It's a line that shouldn't be crossed. Each case is different. In yours then there were more people and victims involved. That's not always the case and sometimes these crimes are a one time thing followed by a lifetime of regret. You're angry and rightfully so but revenge is bittersweet.

You believe the registry should remain because you like the idea of how you think it *should* work. Like so many others, the idea of it is so fascinating and appealing to your sense of purpose that you don't care about actual outcomes. Do you know what the registry has done to protect people? Do you know what it *has* done is cause more people to stop registering with police departments so that now, offenders who were at least known to the local authorities are now mia? Do you know who those are that are faithful to the registry requirements? Give you a clue, not the dangerous ones. Do you know who avoid the requirements and go underground because it's the only way they can get housing and jobs? Right-o...the ones you want to track.

You know what the number one issues impacting the ability of sex offenders to rehabilitate and go on without offending again? Reintegration into society, acceptance, family, gainful employment. However, this is not what we want at a base level. We would rather that we take measures that DIRECTLY cause further harm, measures the end result of which is MORE sex offenses, than to stop our revenge cycle because it just makes us feel all warm and fuzzy and even better, righteous.

Nexa

Want my opinion on that? Maybe we shouldn't be releasing the dangerous ones! ZOMG! WHAT A CONCEPT! Or we track animals with high tech why not a person? DISCLAIMER: I'm not saying track everyone and I'm not saying track those who were caught peeing in public or teenaged consensual sex. I'm talking the DANGEROUS ones. My dog can be micro chipped with a itty bitty implant, so can a person.

The problem is most people are naturally judgmental and disdainful towards others. These list gives these kind of people fodder.

Just like the OP. Their first response was to stop treating them like people. It's natural. However there are things you can do to protect those around you from becoming a victim but still treating these offenders as a person. If someone is going to become rehabilitated it's going to come a lot faster and easier, which is better for the community, if those in their community wouldn't hinder the process. How can someone be rehabilitated if they're treated different?

I just think of both tshirthell and george lopez whenever something comes up that could potentially involve female teachers sleeping with their male students. Remember that George Lopez episode where the sexual offender moved into the neighborhood and everybody teamed up into a mob to "greet" the person, and then they found it was a woman and stopped caring? I honestly can't think of a mentally stable 15+ guy that wouldn't sleep with his teacher if she was hawt.

But yeah, situational and ****.

Few years back using Google, I also learn that I live across the street from an old man that is on Maryland's sexual offender list. My first thought once I place an house with the listing, was figures it would be the house of our local red necks. I never actually met the man and if I did I wouldn't say anything to him about his pass. I have no reason to know the detail as the man is unable to move about or care for his own needs.

Now if it was the guy who is caring for him, a red flag would have gone up in my mind and I would have worried more about living near him. He was the owner of the old car parked on their front yard for years and recently has been overheard yelling at his girlfriend in front of their child over money.

While I have a child who was sexually abused as an child and another one who was raped, I recognized how quickly witch hunts get out of hand and so agree with Nexa. If the police and judicial system kept better track of sexual prederators and follow up on reports of abuse, then i don't think we would have created the public lists that are more likely to ruin innocents then actually keep people from becoming victims of repeat offenders.

I learn after the fact that the man who sexually abuse my daughter was known by neighbors to prey on girls and that he had friends in high places, kept him out of jail. When it became too politically hot, to turn an blind eye on his behavior, he left the country and died quietly overseas. The rapist is in jail for a string of rapes and so I'm at peace knowing he will never be release unless he lives to be 130 years old.

Filthy liberal.