Rant of the Week

Our Passionate Relentless Vindictiveness Towards Sex Offenders

 

 

I've heard people say that you might as well lock sex offenders up forever because almost all of them re-offend.

There are facts available.    The link in the left column provides more detail, but here's a summary.  The numbers represent the percentage of offenders who were previously convicted of the same offense.

• Incest offenders ranged between 4 and 10 percent.
• Rapists ranged between 7 and 35 percent.
• Child molesters with female victims ranged between 10 and 29 percent.
• Child molesters with male victims ranged between 13 and 40 percent.
• Exhibitionists ranged between 41 and 71 percent.

Do these numbers surprise you? 

Since the feminists have joined forces with the Moral Majority on crime issues, I find myself part of a very, very small minority of old-fashioned liberals who don't believe that locking people up for long sentences accomplishes very much-- except for the grim satisfaction of seeing someone else suffer.  If that's what you want.  And it is what most people want.

Sorry.  Dark moment for me.  But it is what most people want. 

Some days, doesn't seem like there is much light on the other side.

 

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