Rape: what do you concieve as a viable punishment for rape?

Question

recently in the Uk a man was sentenced for 3 years for the rape of a three-year old girl. can i ask if you were the judge and you had the power, what would your judgement be, what punishment would you give to such an individual as in this case.
personally i would give the death penalty for such a inhumane act against a child.
do you agree? if yes then why and if not then why not?
also i would like for you to consider the inconcievable scenario where you are the victims parents... in this case a three year old girl. what would you have the punishment be if you were.
all logical reasoned answers appreciated :)

ps im sorry if this question offends anyone, as it is quite a sensitive subject.

applesquirt04- im sorry to hear that. the truth is society is full of evil creeps. and the worst thing is it is so easy to commit a crime these days and get off scott-free. it may not stop rape but hanging someone for it could deter some people atleast. to destroy an individuals life and leave them scarred is just....horrendous.

plus i would like to add that the death penalty would only be if the rape was proven eg via dna, fingerprints and that it was 100% certain that the person commited the rape.... otherwise an innocent person would have died.

Answer 1

There are three options mentioned by others, death, castration, and imprisonment.

Castration is appealing but is not effective. There are cases of re-offence following castration. I'll spare the details.

A mixture of imprisonment and supervised community living is expensive, about $80 K plus overheads per year on average. Taxpayers will be happy to know that the 80K is spent to 'normalize' the social experience of the offender by taking him to concerts, sporting events, theatres and resturaunts (not the cheap seats). Needless to say, all of the offender's necessities of life are also paid by the state. Budgets are a zero sum game. Resources spent on sex offenders are denied to worthier causes such as education. Actually, every other cause is a worthier cause. The expenses are classified as "mental health" in the health care budget. Voters and tax payers will be shocked to see the fraction of the total health care budget allocated to this category. Ask your elected representatives for details. The 'treatment' is ineffective because the 'cure' rate is less than 5%. (The treatment provider thought that 5% was a success for his program.)

THE ONLY EFFECTIVE TREATMENT IS THE DEATH PENALTY. The less society spends on sex offenders the better. All that is needed is a $10 rope and a tree. If the victim was a relative of mine, I would be a bit more creative. I endorse the solution proposed by happy trucker above.

Answer 2

Castration. And this should also be the punishment for child abusers. Plus life imprisonment, of course. I don't agree that rape is more severe than murder though - that's illogical as there are many women who are rape 'survivors' but of course nobody survives being murdered! JDRIVEN - counselling? I disagree; it's a waste of time and resources because if you review the literature on the topic, you'll find that most rapists are not 'mad' they are perfectly sane and able to discern the difference between right and wrong. Rapists rape because they can. Simple as that. And there shouldn't be a chance for them to even rape a second victim. Castrate the bastards after the first time that they are found guilty of rape!

Answer 3

Well, go a little deeper into the workings of this f*cked up world and you might notice the following:

1. Peados are given lenient sentences because a) It costs too much money to incarcerate them; and it wouldnt be too outrageous to say the state would prefer another attack than another £100,000 per year to keep them in jail (this is true of all crimes) b) the judge(s) are probably peados themselves and sympathise so give lenient sentences.

2. If you are freemason or person of very high authority - and a peado - you can say goodbye to them ever being "caught", unless they have done something very obvious.

3. Peado networks are very well organised and very large. These are clever, deceiving people who can probably easily cover up their dirty work.

4. It probably IS those in authority who are the worst offenders (and probably run the peado-rings). "Forbidden fruit" and all - the social elites can have "what they want". Why do you think despite the FBI finding credit card details for child porn sites of judges, police cheifs and MPs, nothing was ever done about it and they were let off scot free????

Punishment? Tricky to say. Death penalty i think should be avoided because you could either put to death an innocent or it would be an easy way out for the filthy f*ckin peado.

I say overhaul the UK justice system, take away all the "hotel room" bullshit in our prisons, keep things as cheap as possible, throw the peados in with some big burly jail house nuts for life, and OVERHAUL the human rights act, it seriously impedes any kind of decent sentences.

Only last week a Somali ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT was awarded £50,000 damages for being held 18 months longer than his actual jail sentence - for RAPING a 13 year old girl. Its disgusting and outrageous.

Answer 4

a very sensitive question as you have stated. and there are a zillion answers. the punishment of the individual that did such heinous act -- is first and foremost to take away such individual -- away from society...until he can be rehabilitate to be let back into society. and that takes a long time.
that is number one issue. the second issue is to heal the victim. that should be the priority of the society....and it should be put into law. last but not least -- to castrate or not to castrate, death penalty or no death penalty is not the issue here. it all depends on the society and the form of society we live in. in my humble judgment there should be zero tolerance for such acts in the law books and judgments should be made accordingly. case not closed as long as society does not take enough measures..to protect the children and the Innocent -- from the very sick elements of society.

Answer 5

If i were the judge i would release them in the middle of the place where the crime was committed pull the police out for 30Min's and let the public decide with no charges to follow ! What chance did the three year old get , NONE! sorry but people like that don't deserve to live.

Answer 6

I think a jail sentence of minimum 20 to 30 years, possibly life would be appropriate. Problem with the dealth sentence is that in our current system, it takes forever for one to actually be executed. (except in few states such as Texas) They usually turn into a virtual life sentence. After lengthy and costly appeal, it, pretty much is a costly burden to the States.

I have a big issue with our current system where rapists can be released as early as few years and then he/she has to register with the local agency for rest of his life.

In our system, if one serves the sentence, he/she is considered "paid his/her due." Then, why the requirement for registration. Of course, the uaual argument is, urge to rape never goes away.... if so, why, then was the individual released in the first place? It just does not make any sense.

I would agree with forced chemical/physical castration as condition of the release, provided it is proven to prevent the urge. It does not require certain organ to rape/molest another individual.

Answer 7

With regard to your headline question, you have assumed that the word 'rape', and the various sexual acts falling within this definition, are of equal gravity, and, therefore, require the same punishment. Your subtext, then goes on to cite probably the most serious act falling within the definition of rape, which raises ones emotions to the level where you would want to impose the most draconian of punishments.

I think that men, in particular, need to be very careful about buying into the notion that "Rape is Rape", no matter what. You have to bear in mind that feminists have successfully broadened the definition of rape in recent years to embrace sexual acts that, until relatively recently, would not have been considered to constitute rape, or, would not have been regarded as serious as the example you refer to. I point out this 'caveat', simply to remind men that there exists a feminist agenda to entrap as many men as possible into having been regarded as committing rape. There is also, to a degree, a tacit connection with 'Paedophilia', which has been very much heightened in the public consciousness in recent times.

Of course, in the example you cite, and other circumstances where, for example, the attacker is a stranger and there is possibly a threat to the victims life, then yes, you would advocate a long prison sentence, probably with psychiatric treatment. Because I am sure, particularly where a child is involved, that perpetraters of such acts must have serious emotional/psychological problems.

The acts I have just referred to, would fall within everyones definition of rape. Of course, how you deal with them depends to some extent on whether you think that they are ill, and/or, are overtly wicked.

The reason why I stated that we should be somewhat cautious about allowing feminists to be the final arbiters, and thereby, ceasing the high moral ground as to what other acts/circumstances should fall within the definition of rape, we might consider some of the changes they have helped bring about in recent times.

Rape did not exist between husband and wife. No man would be convicted of rape, if say, the woman willingly went back to a hotel room with him and sex took place. No court would convict a man of rape if sexual intercourse had commenced: but during the act, the woman changed her mind, because this would have been regarded as grossly unreasonable. You would probably have to be a man to understand that it would be like taking a meal away from a starving person. In the past, the courts would not have allowed as a defense, the womans right to claim that she was drunk, and therefore, belatedly, could not have given consent. It is interesting, that the man is not allowed to use alcohol as an excuse. Surely, this is treating women like children. Also, not entertained, would be a later claim that the woman had been raped, where there was absolutely no evidence of this, but, the man is assumed to be guilty, unless he can prove that he isn't. This overturns one of the tenets of English law, that you are innocent until proven guilty. There are many other possible examples, but, in general terms in the past, the courts had a better understanding of the male condition and expected women to take more responsibility, quite simply, because they were better able to.

Having read your other respondents answers, they have ignored your headline question and dealt only with the seperate area of paedophilia. Mainly producing the usual rants: but as far as the males are concerned, failing to realise how easy it is to be accused of rape these days. Feminists win again.

Answer 8

I think the most fitting punishment would be to let them walk free, but firstly make sure they have rapist or paedophile tattooed on their faces in big bold letters. The problem is you can't tell how evil somone is till it's too late, so by 'branding' these people to show what they are will make sure we can spot them, and of course make their life hell. They would be forced to basically become a prisoner of their own home, so it also means we don't have to spend our hard earned money on taxes to mollycoddle these people in prison. Oh, and castrating them as well wouldn't be bad either. It's a shame there are so many sickos in the world...

Answer 9

I agree with zeggy on the castration, i would also brand a big R on each cheek and send them out into the community to get the **** beaten out of them on a regular basis.

I know it would never happen but i think Jail time is too easy and no deterent. They need to understand lasting pain to even slightly comprehend what they have inflicted on others.

Answer 10

I think this particular individual and other paedophiles like him should be made to suffer for the rest of their lives!!!

Castration.....possibly.
Death penalty.....no, as I feel is an option that is too lenient.
Imprisonment....absolutely! With the hardest of criminals that will not tolerate nonce's and sexual deviants of this nature!!!

This little child will grow up scarred for life....may not even be ever able to deal with what has happened to her, her whole life may be ruined by what this predator has done....

May he suffer the consequences....and take his own life!!!

He doesn't deserve one.