What does the question mean in your mind? Why do people think that all offenders are molesters or rapist? Why are people not worried that the neighbor is a convicted drug dealer? Why is it ok, to violate these peoples rights that after they have finished their time, they must still do more time by registering for 10 or more years. I realize that some of these people are never going to change and are a danger to people, and I think after the second time the rules shouls apply, but there are people out there who just make one mistake and learn from it, and it is qutie right to punish them for life due to one bad call on their part!
2006-06-17 06:10:05 · 9 answers · asked by wantyou26101 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
I should add that what if in the case of a 18 year old girl, and a 17 year old girl, that should help clairfy things, every case is different, not all cases are forced and not all are repeated, or are young children as most people think, and from responses so far i get the feeling it is ok if the guy sells your kids drugs and they die from and over dose, just as long as they are not a sex offender! I had a friend that died who was a so called sex offender, he was 28, and happened to have sex with a guy when he was 19 and they were 17, and people found out, so he spent 4 years in prison, got out and in time just couldn't take it any more and commited sucide. He was one of the nicest people I have ever known, and sorry that people are so closed minded they group all people in the same area as a child molester.
2006-06-18 10:41:47 · update #1
What a sex offender means in my mind is a person who has made a mistake, paid their debt to society, been in sex offender treatment therapy and should be granted their civil rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
Sex offenders have the lowest recidivism rate of all criminals, with the exception of murder.
A child has a much higher chance of being harmed by a drug dealer/user, drunk driver, gang related incident, etc. But you don't know where these people live do you?
2006-06-18 17:10:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 4⤋
Okay.... There is no way around it, if you are a sex offender, regardless to what level of the crime you committed, no matter how small it was, in the eyes of the law it is a SEX CRIME. You cannot downplay something so serious as this. Traffic offenses. Now there's a topic where this can work. I am not into labels. But if you are convicted of a sex- related crime or incident, you ARE a danger to others, and maybe yourself. By putting your lifestyle into this 'world', you're morally bankrupting yourself. Destroying your family, close friends who would stick by you - the cost would be too much. So I would have to say it has to be the person behind the label that would turn me off for what they have done.
2016-05-19 22:51:54 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
first of all statistics show...that of all offenders... the sex offender is not going to be rehabilitated without a divine intervention. you can attend AA and successfully stop drinking... you can be drug rehabilitated although tough... and you can be educated to learn a more positive lifestyle..and you can be taught an alternative to criminal thinking. yet sex offenders and child molestors stats show no real success in changing. the recitivism is also high for their return to prison. i think children and young people are our most precious gifts from GOD and we should do whatever is neccessary to protect them. i dont fear sorry for a man or woman who has destroyed that innocence. so if they are impositioned by having to register there whereabouts...oh well. i could care less. that child or persons life will never be the same again... and neither should the offenders. as far as a drug dealer i can choose whether to purchase drugs... and it is my decision whether or not i want to put a needle in my arm... but victims of sex offenders had no choice..and most spend the rest of their lives questioning what they could have done to avoid this or why they were chosen. i commend anyone that truly changes.. but we have to be accountable for the decisions we make in life. the rules are there... and i dont think a second victim is necessary to take action. and if you are changed why should you care about registering.one..you are innocent..so having the law know where you are is no big deal..and two i think a constant reminder will keep you on the right track..just in case.. a victim catches your eye. what do i think when i hear the word sex offender: low scum of the earth that has imposed themselves on some innocent..unwilling..unknowing.. victim. sorry but that is how i feel
2006-06-17 06:30:44 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Im a register sex offender
becuase of my crime it will be on my head for the rest of my life
right now the victim is very successful women more successful then I am because she have move on and let me move on with my life.
I just think the law are too harsh for everything
here is another example I just post
answer if you want
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Avx86L3.kkZ_EOd65aW.fVTsy6IX?qid=20060618202631AAVd4go
Genarlow Wilson sits in prison despite being a good son, a good athlete and high school student with a 3.2 GPA He never had any criminal trouble. On the day he was to sit for the SAT, at seventeen years old, his life changed forever. He was arrested. In Douglas County he was accused of inappropriate sexual acts at a News Year’s Eve party. A jury acquitted him of the allegation of Rape but convicted him of Aggravated Child Molestation for a voluntary act of oral sex with another teenager. He was 17 and she was 15.
2006-06-18 17:13:34 · answer #4 · answered by nk_rso 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A sex offender is a person who has been criminally charged and convicted of, or has pled guilty to, a sex crime. As a label of identity it is used in criminal psychology. Especially in the United States and the United Kingdom, the person, if convicted, is most likely required to register with the respective jurisdiction's sex offender registry.
2006-06-17 06:13:22 · answer #5 · answered by Anry 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Selling drugs doesn't have the same matters of consent at hand as sex offenses. Frankly, I want to know where these people are. I don't care if you only raped someone once. I want to know where you are. I want to keep my daughter safe from you.
I don't care if you learned from your mistake. You raped someone. I don't trust you. I'm never going to trust you. I'm not your friend. I don't care what kind of person you are. I want to make sure that me and mine are safe from you and everyone like you. The list helps me do that.
It's either this, or we start advocating having you castrated upon release. Personally, I think this is a pretty good idea too.
2006-06-17 06:16:54 · answer #6 · answered by Miss Red 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sex offender is too vague. It can mean an 18 year old kid whose 17 year old girlfriend got pissed at him, and decided to charge him with something, even if whatever they did was consensual.
Sexual predator, that's different. I see an animal who should be castrated and locked up, probably for life.
2006-06-17 06:21:24 · answer #7 · answered by meathead76 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
personally I think a fat chick in a thong is a sex offender, because when I see that I don't want to have sex anymore, but that's just me.
2006-06-17 06:16:49 · answer #8 · answered by Jeremy W 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes they have committed a violent unforgivable crime
2006-06-17 06:15:10 · answer #9 · answered by Pobept 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋