Do You agree with the Georgia Law that would prevent Sex Offenders from living within 1000ft of a bus stop?

Question

Why or Why not? Remember not all sex offenders are child predators and some have gotten a life with wives and children after being a teenager involved with a younger teenager?

REMEMBER NOT ALL SEX OFFENSES ARE AGAINST CHILDREN. THIS COULD BE YOUR SON OR DAUGHTER IN THIS SITUATION.

Answer 1

No because I either want them in prison their entire life or put to death.

Answer 2

No, I don't. In large cities, there are bus stops all over the place, and clearly the goal is to circumvent court judgements that you can't outright ban them from a community by creating overlapping 'exclusion zones' that effectively do the same thing. I understand the need for certain 'exclusion zones' (i.e. around schools) and I've been an advocate for a long time of using tracking devices similar to the one on Martha Stewart to follow high risk predators, but the fact is that sex offenders exist and once they've served their sentences will be with us in society, Further, if the goal is to cover most of the developments in Georgia with 'exclusion zones' so that they move out of the state, then it only means that the population of sex offenders in some other place (Florida?) will increase. I'm sure people in Georgia would find it offensive if I (being from Arizona) bought one way bus tickets to Atlanta and gave them to a bunch of undocumented aliens (or how about a truckload of radioactive waste from the Palo Verde nuclear plant?), and it seems that this rather open attempt to convince sex offenders to leave Georgia is just as offensive to those of us who live in other states.

Also, what if they put in this law, somebody buys a home in the suburbs, and then a few months later, they decide to run a bus line out there? Do they then have to sell their home?

Let's also be honest for what this is: It is an attempt by politicians who are afraid of actually having to run a government that they've spent their careers attacking, to dodge the whole issue by focusing people's attention on an issue they can look good on when they are running for re-election, and bash anyone who votes against it as 'coddling sex offenders' or some such nonsense. Until voters start thinking and reject the politics of phony populism (gay marriage and flag burning are two other examples) by voting out politicians who spend their time making great rhetorical speeches that address nothing, you'll see more and more of these laws.

Answer 3

Hmmm... interesting questions.

You know, just by the way you phrased the details, the answer seems obvious... "Of course I disagree with the Georgia law! Not good!"

Truthfully though, there's much more to it than the fact that sex offenders may have their own lives after jail...
1) Sex offenders will probably have already served massive amounts of jail time. That means that one part of their life is already dead and gone.
2.) Sex offenders will probably have enough trouble as is getting a home or a job, what with a felony charge against them.
3.) Except for a few of the really scary ones, in general criminals will do better if they are put back into society, so that they can become productive members of our nation.
4.) As you mentioned, not all sex offenders are distinctly bad people. It could have been a one time thing or it may not have even seemed like a crime to them at the time.

So I guess my real answer is yes, I do disagree with the law.

However, I have one clarification question: is the bus stop for a school, or is it for public use (a transit system)?


*Note: The asker answered my clarification question. This applies to ALL bus stops, not just school ones. In that case, I even more disagree.

By not allowing them to live near any bus stops, it a) seriously gets in the way of their living capabilities and b) makes it almost ridiculously inconvenient for them to reach any buses.

Buses take people to specific places. Individual cars do not. Do we want sex offenders joy riding around town?

Answer 4

It seems to be a law that is difficult, time consuming and expensive to enforce. There does not seem to be any greater protection to for a potential victim. Bus stops and bus routes change a lot, so would the offender have to move or would the offender's presence prevent a bus stop from being added in a certain spot? I don't agree with the law and I think they should use their resources to do a better job at protecting the public from sex offenders.

Answer 5

I actually do not agree with it. I know nothing abuot the law other then what you have stated, so my response is simply based on that. I assume they mean school bus stops not all public transportation. I also assume there would be some time frame involved, can they go near a school bus stop on Saturday?

Either way, I cannot imagine how they are going to enforce this. If a child predator is going to commit that crime then surely breaking this law will not deter him. This reminds me of most gun control laws, it only keeps law abiding citizens away from the guns, the criminals, well they break laws for a living.

The only sex offender this is going to stop, is the one that has been able to let the rule of law override his (or her) desires. Those are not the ones we need to worry about though.

Answer 6

I absolutely do not agree with the GA law. Not only about the bus stops but the churches as well. Can't you people see that little by little more and more of your civil rights are going down the drain? Supposedly, we still have Freedom of Religion in this country. Yet, now GA says a Sex Offender can't go within 1000 ft of a church!!! Who is next? People with a mole on their nose? People with red hair? There will be another group of persons attacked. This is called History repeating itself. But this time, the stakes are a little higher. This presidency is taking more and more of all you civil rights away and you just sit there and let him!! Get out there and not the truths. Get out there and fight. By the way, the rearrest rate of reoffenses of sex offenders is the 5.3% but the reconviction rate is 3.5%. Also, the reconviction rate of those who have molested a child is 1.2%

Answer 7

Yes, I don't believe any sex offender should ever be let out of prison assuming they can't get the death penalty. I don't really care if he has a family or children. So, his family is more important than the families and children he hurt? It's hard for a rape victim to get someone charged and convicted and everybody tries to claim the girl lied. It's these kind of rationalizations that prevent this madness from being stopped. I agree with ANY law that prevents sex offenders from being around children, including his/her own.

Answer 8

I agree with the law except that it should only apply to pedophiles. Someone already stated that only 5.3% of sex offenders are rearrested for a sex crime, but what about all of the crimes that aren't prosecuted? The majority of sex crimes go unreported, especially if the victims are small children. If we keep the sex offenders away from temptation, there *we hope* will be less of a recurrance.

Answer 9

a 19 year old guy dating a 15 year old girl is wrong but shouldn't be labeled as a sex offender unless she was unwilling

that being said all the other ones should die and rot in hell

Answer 10

you need to do your homework 1st because you decide on the factor.
This should be case by case
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/rsorp94.htm
goverment stats show
Within 3 years following their release, 5.3% of sex offenders (men who had committed rape or sexual assault) were rearrested for another sex crime.
only a small % do reoffend
some have children
this is another thing that is being punish after they have been punished

Answer 11

i ought to collect the associates and characteristic a extreme talk including her and how you sense. Then sort a neighbor watch so no baby is ever out of sight of a to blame individual, Sorry baby sex criminal do not get a second alterations in my community,