Should Sexual Offenders Be Detained Even After They've Done Their Time?

by Country Girl 34 Replies latest jw friends

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  Descender

  If someone ever violently raped my wife, mother, or daughter and I knew who it was, it wouldn't matter if they were drunk or under the influence of drugs when it happened, their body would never be found.

  On another note, I notice people always state that the legal age of consent is 18 so I looked it up because I had heard differently many years ago. Check this site out http://www.avert.org/aofconsent.htm - I'm not saying I agree with those ages, but you might be surprised to know what it is in your state or country. The legal age in my state is 17, yours might be 16 or even 14 for males if you live in Iowa, in Chile it's 12 years old. I just found it interesting, I don't think it's widely known information or maybe everyone else knew and I was in the dark.
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  Gerard

  Again, history repeats itself. Too bad common sense is not.

  http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,104600,00.html

  This sweet guy is a known violent sex predator : http://www.doc.state.mn.us/level3/OffenderDetail.asp?OID=108212

  After serving a sentence of 23 years, he was released last July under no supervision.
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  Yerusalyim

  Ya beat me to posting that article...with some common sense being used for exceptions...I see no reason why sexual offenders need ever be released into society again.
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  Gopher

  This offender who served 23 years -- he was spotted on camera in the same Grand Forks, ND mall where Dru Sjodin (the missing college student) was working that day. So they've placed the guy at the crime scene.

  In 2001, his case was reviewed, and he could have been housed in a facility for an "indefinite period", according to news reports. However the review board declined that option, and thus he was set free this year. The reasons given were (1) He hadn't "acted out" in any sexually violent manner while incarcerated, and (2) the recidivism rate is statistically lower for older offenders. So using the current standards in place, this level-3 (violent, intrusive) sex offender was set free.
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  Phantom Stranger

  So there's a 5.3% recidivism rate and you want to lock the 94.7% up for life? And that's "common sense"? Sounds like somebody needs to study those 5.3 percent and figure out what's different between them and the 94.7 percent...

  Fromthe US DoJ website, http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/crimoff.htm

  Of the 272,111 persons released from prisons in 15 States in 1994, an estimated 67.5% were rearrested for a felony or serious misdemeanor within 3 years, 46.9% were reconvicted, and 25.4% resentenced to prison for a new crime.

  Within 3 years of release, 2.5% of released rapists were rearrested for another rape, and 1.2% of those who had served time for homicide were arrested for a new homicide.

  Sex offenders were less likely than non-sex offenders to be rearrested for any offense ?? 43 percent of sex offenders versus 68 percent of non-sex offenders.

  Of the 9,691 male sex offenders released from prisons in 15 States in 1994, 5.3% were rearrested for a new sex crime within 3 years of release.

  Sex offenders were about four times more likely than non-sex offenders to be arrested for another sex crime after their discharge from prison ?? 5.3 percent of sex offenders versus 1.3 percent of non-sex offenders.

  Of released sex offenders who allegedly committed another sex crime, 40% perpetrated the new offense within a year or less from their prison discharge.