Why are sentances on sex offenders so soft?

Question

The two GAY men who have just been convicted for abuse to children in foster care will most probalbly only end up serving half of the sentance given which initself is not much compared to other crimes. I just cannot understand how the judicial system somehow seems to not punish these kind of crimes more harshley. Also , how come the social sevices have been so neglectfull in their handling of the situation from start to finish when it was reported that the men took pictures of a child . There should be some action taken there too

Answer 1

We are way too easy on those who decide to abuse children. Here is my answer to these people who abuse our loved ones
Sex Offender Legislation “Wish List”
1-GPS and lifetime supervision/treatment Law The failure of today's solutions regarding sexual offenders is because we are stuck in the strategy of “public notification” rather than “controlling offenders”. The current model puts the burden on parents rather than offenders, and makes the wrong people work to prevent abuse. Remotely (GPS) knowing where an offender is at all times throughout his lifetime can help to prevent that offender from creating new cases of sexual abuse.
2-Include all known offenders in the management plan-for life. It is wrong to include just those under supervision since the Meagan’s Law was written. People do not ever age out of this behavior so why an old is charge less important than a new charge. Sexual offences are the most under reported crimes (according to the FBI). The fact that a molester has not been arrested recently does not necessarily means he has not offended. In my opinion all offenders should be included in any plan, regardless of when their offense occurred. I believe some states have done this already.
3-Put all offenders , levels I, II or III on the website . I believe Florida does this. The leveling tool is very poor and pedophiles often end up with only a level I because they did not use force, and they superficially complied with treatment. The way the leveling system works pedophilic “groomers” who do not use force (and are the most busy of all offenders with hundreds of victims) are often not level III’s and therefore are able to have their offense relatively unknown. In New York for example offenders can lawyer up and reduce the “level” they get at their hearing. Molesters can assert they are “non violent”, “sober”, ect, and get the “points” reduced or get the judge to “override” the scale. Currently the public notification system is failing. All offenders of all levels should be on the website.
4- “Victim Shield Law”. As you know one of the few protections we offer rape victims is “Rape shield laws”, in order to at least try and prevent a rape victim’s sexual history from being put on trial rather than the rapist. In child sexual abuse cases there are no “Rape shield laws” to prevent the victim, or the victim’s family (often the mother) from being made the center of negative attention. In the past defense lawyers for rapists would portray rape victims as promiscuous, today child molester’s lawyers portray victims and victim’s mothers as manipulative, litigious, unreliable, angry, mentally ill, sociopathic, medicated, or undedicated. Because we as a society love to blame women, especially mothers, molesters have been able to harness the misogyny in our culture in order to escape responsibility for their offences. Like the old rape cases that would revolve around the victims sexual past, today molester cases revolve around a child or a mother’s real or fictional problems instead of the focus of attention being the sexual abuse committed by the offender. I do not know if there can ever be a “victim shield law” to prevent the victim/victim’s mother being put on trial rather than the molester, but I know it would help victims avoid being re-traumatized in the system and help society hold sexual offenders accountable. One of the things to always remember with offenders is they are control seekers, and will take any opportunity to attack rather than just defend. They feel entitled to their behavior and see being held accountable as an injustice they are being forced to suffer, and they have zero guilt in harming any number of people (even their children) in order to escape the consequences they deserve.
5-Plea deals down to “Endangering the welfare of a minor”. Despite the underlying behavior being the sexual abuse of children offenders are often given convictions that hide the nature of their behavior. When this happens offenders can get employment that gives them access to children, offenders are not on the State Sex Offender Registry. The other consequence to their being given non-sexual charges is that it cuts their supervision time in half. Misdemeanor sex offences carry 6 years probation supervision but “Endangering the welfare of a minor” carries only three. I feel the law should be changed so offenders cannot be given non-sexual abuse charges.
6-Make “Endangering the welfare of a minor” registerable , if the judge feels it was a sexually motivated crime. The registry is to narrow and limited as to what crimes can be registered. Laws be changed so “endangering the welfare of a minor” is registerable when the behavior or motivation was sexual.
7-“Standardized” conditions for those on sex offender probation. Right now offenders with good lawyers can get specific (or all) sex offender conditions removed from their sexual offender conditions of probation. This means that sexual offenders are on probation but are allowed to drink alcohol, work with children, have computers, go to bars, and do other things that will create a higher risk for the community. I feel there should be a “Statewide Sex Offender Conditions of Probation” that conditions cannot be removed from (but conditions can be added to suite the offenders issues).
8-Sexual Offender Contraband law- Strangely it is legal for sexual offenders off probation to own all kinds of things such as handcuffs, police lights, spy cameras, and software to make their internet behavior more anonymous.
9-Sex Offender use of technology law- When bank robbers use technology such as wearing body armor the penalties are increased, why are sex offender allowed to use any technology without added consequences. Offenders choose the internet because it allows greater access to children and greater anonymity. They should be punished for use of technology to harm a child. (technology such as Computers, digital cameras, webcams, ect)
10-“Secrecy Bind Law” The offender getting his victim to not report the crime he committed should be a separate crime that he suffers added consequences for. The pain that a victim suffers because the offender threatened, tricked, or manipulated the victim into silence should be seen as a separate and deserving of added consequences.
11- “Parental Alienation Syndrome” is a pseudo syndrome that is being used to get offenders off the hook by saying (incorrectly) that sexual abuse allegations come from a manipulative ex- playing head games with a child rather than because the child was actually molested. This “Parental Alienation Syndrome” is not a legitimate disorder, has not been subjected to peer review, has been ignored for 20 years by the APA, AMA, NASW, ECT because it is just a sophisticated way to say your wife is crazy and turned everyone against you. It is being pushed by hired guns such as Doctors, PhD’s, and lawyers to get their child molesting clients out of trouble. It is a favorite of the “Fathers Rights” groups who see men as victims of the Family Court system. By the way, these “Fathers rights” groups, “wrongly accused” groups, and “victims of allegations” groups are very organized and spend a good deal of time and energy networking and paying professionals. These angry, entitled molesters are organized and work hard, and I feel we need to work just as hard against them.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Anybody with an ounce of decency can see that the British Justice System is an embarrassing failer!
We complain we sign petitions, we write to MPs & we get nowhere!
2 many of this Pervs have friends in high-places & so far the Police have had to Persecute these offenders in shifts.
It's of no great surprise to me that a few years later our prisons are now over-flowing, IS IT?
We were lied to when we were told these offenders could be re-educated, punished & monitored. As it's been proved now RE-HAB for these scum does NOT WORK! They should at least be stripped off their Human Rights for a start & that fails to appeal to the Judges, The Law or the Government.
Me, I'm all for putting said Pervs up against the wall, shot & let God sort it out!

Answer 4

This is because our judical system and government have gone down the drain. Why do these politicians and judges care???

It is ridiculous!!! The sentencing they give out is laughable. A paedophile gets lets time than someone who accidently ran someone over. In my eyes abuse against children is the worst crime ever. Ask the parents what whose children are being abused what the sentencing should be!?? I think it should be life!!!

If it was the children of these judges and these so called politicians, then Im sure these crimnals woudn't get just a few months!!!!!
Drastic action needs taking, if this needs to be sorted and we can't rely on the people in charge of this country!!!!!!

ITS ABOUT TIME THE VOICE OF THE PUBLIC IS HEARD!!

Answer 5

You ask a question while presuming part of the answer. The same logic as me asking you, "Why are you gay?" . See I am asking a question assuming you are gay without knowing you and with the raw odds being 85% to 90% you are straight.

Who says they are soft? In what area? Under what circumstances? Define soft?
FYI come on down to Arizona and get caught molesting someone 12 or under. Heres how soft it will be. You will get 35 to life! Probably life. Simple as that! If you are 35 then figure not seeing freedom in less than your 70th b-day and that is if you were a good boy. I guarantee you many times here that 35 yeras IS life! It is hard to stay alive in modern prison for 35 years. But admittedly AZ has underfunded the investigation side of sex-offending. Recent figures indicate that for every ONE molester or rapist convicted that more than 10 aren't even charged!

Too many people here ask really vague questions without specifying and details. How can we answer incopmplete questions?

Answer 6

The children in our country are not valued by those running it or we would have stopped this many years ago. I am hoping that this new Goverment in my country of Canada will change all that. we had the Liberals for many years a age of consent was 14 years old the conservative Goverment wants to change it to 16 years old and I think that is too young in a matter like this. I had a friend who wanted me to go with him to Toronto in 1965 to make extra cash from these type of perverts and he told me that they were Judges,Lawyers, and Radio DJ'S. What does that say? We allow abortions that may kill the next genius to solve a medical break through or invent something that will help mankind.Just because a perent was from a poor back ground does not mean that this baby will be a burden to the sysytem. Bill

Answer 7

It just shows the contempt the authorities have for children as well as women. Sex offenders seem to get relatively light sentences and then they let them out, which is a bigger problem since such people are very likely to re-offend. I wouldn't blame the judges too much - often they give the maximum sentences available, and it is the government who ought to provide legislation to make the minimum sentences more substantial.

Answer 8

I'm not sure what the bigger crime is ,.. these ridiulas sentnces or the act itself, anpother example,. the gorgeous blone teacher in her late 20's having sex with a 13 y/o boy in class in in a car in front of his cousin,.. she got almost no time ,. as well,.. i've talked to people about this . and they seem to think that that is ok,. because she is a beautiful blonde and the child was a male ,. what boy 13 or 14 is really gonna complain about it ,.. but it's child molestation no less. Good question,. hard answer

Answer 9

I believe that men that made the laws in the past did not see this as such a horrible crime, we know more about these things now and the devastation upon the child's life, we need to change the laws and make them harsher, write to your senator and congressman,

Answer 10

they are not
you can be in jail for couple year just for being a tree pisser

and a life time register requirement

that not so soft

in many case most of us can't get a job beause of that damm megan law registery

Answer 11

Seems to me the sentences are only soft when theres a liberal democat judge involved..on the east coast the sickos have it made