Jonwin wrote:
OH No Joph wrote a troll post!
Which of you offended folks will invite someone who has a conviction for a sex offense to your community to live? Got any rental property?
The situation in Miami does cry out for changing, on that I agree, a permenant camp with cabins is much better than tents.
Part of my job is helping ex cons get into school, my school, my community. I've worked with child molesters, I've worked with men convicted of statutory rape, I've worked with 18 year old kids with offenses from when they were children playing doctor with another kid and I've worked with guys who go caught by their girlfriends kissing the girlfriend's kid. Do I want to be best friends with these people? No. Do I think that after going to prison, spending years in therapy, being on probation/parole for years, and having no further infractions that they shouldn't be permitted to go to school, live in a community, do something meaningful with their lives? Also no. We only get one life, some people **** it up. I don't think it means the entire thing has to be ****** and I think the vast majority of people can be rehabilitated if we don't pull the rug out from under them and treat them like lepers.
Additionally, I obviously don't work JUST with sex offenders, but I've had men with 15 charges of domestic assault, a woman that beat her kids regularly, drug addicts who stole everything from elderly patients in nursing homes, men with charges from multiple states including possession of a firearm while on parole and evading arrest, etc. None of these things is on a registry, nor should they be, but who is more dangerous to the community? I'm sure there are plenty of people who would appreciate a "domestic violence registry" to check before that first date and I wouldn't support that either. We need to give people a chance, leave law enforcement in the hands of the police and punishment at the end of the sentence...it shouldn't be life (well, unless it really is life).
Nexa