convicted sexual offenders in Ohio soon may have to have a special green fluorescent license plate. I think it is Great my self.If whats your Opnion???
2007-03-03 01:58:45 · 5 answers · asked by Dew 7 in Family & Relationships ➔ Other - Family & Relationships
Yes! and No! you have alot of crazy people who would get drunk and go looking for those license plates and want to play "CHICKEN" with cars (if you know what I mean) and the people driving them and how about making plates for the all gay people in Ohio and the racist people in Ohio and child abuser in Ohio by putting plates on these cars is not going to stop people from doing what they do.
2007-03-03 02:09:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In theory, this is a great idea. In theory.
In practice, no. Maybe if you were strictly dealing with offenders who are still on parole (and thus would go to jail to complete their sentence if they get in trouble), but otherwise, no.
The problem is, a lot of these laws were written with an eye toward elections. I'm not saying they don't have their place, but I am saying that they were written as much for public-relations purposes as for public protection purposes.
Ask yourself: does a 18-year-old boy who gets caught "fooling around" with his 15-year-old girlfriend (even if it's consensual) deserve the same punishment as the 45-year-old janitor fondling little girls in the elementary-school classroom?
You may not think so, but our legal system does. Both of them get slapped with the "sex offender" tag.
I don't mind the intent of sex-offender registries, except for one thing: offenders, as far as I know, can never be removed from it. Never. This runs contrary to the entire premise of rehabilitation. It also runs contrary to the entire concept of the punishment fitting the crime, since both of the hypothetical offenders are getting the same lifelong sentence. (One may spend more time behind bars, but they both get out and get ostracized for the rest of their lives.)
Also, someone above makes a very good point about singling people out. Should an offender be labeled with a 21st-century version of the Scarlet Letter, and thus become a target for every vigilante, prankster, cop having a bad day, etc., for something he/she did 10, 20, 30, even 40 years ago?
2007-03-03 02:40:32 · answer #2 · answered by JohnD 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a good idea But i know there is always a but. There will be people out there that will start vandalizing the cars and trying to rum them off the roads. It could get pretty dangerous.
It is like putting a sticker on there backs that says hi I'm a sex offenders kick my ###. Don't get me wrong i hate sex offenders they are the scum of the earth and that's the whole reason i
am saying this. Innocent people will start getting themselves in trouble over these scum.
So i guess there are pros and cons to everything.
2007-03-03 02:16:05 · answer #3 · answered by janet 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They'll just drive someone else's car, and not bother owning one of their own? A special license plate is very easy to avoid -- it will cost the state money to produce, but you can't force them to own their own car and use the thing. The money wasted on setting up the project could be better used for counseling for victims, therapy and extended sentences for the offenders, and better after-prison monitoring by parole officers.
2007-03-03 02:03:37 · answer #4 · answered by Jarien 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
thats a fab idea single the pervs out. wish the british law was like the american. tony blaire has sold all brits down the river
2007-03-03 02:36:23 · answer #5 · answered by showmethemoneygolddigger 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋