If a convicted sex offender gets out of prison because he is "rehabilitated" then offends again ,?

Question

can the system be sued for not doing their job.......what criteria does a sex offender meet before being released?

How does the board members feel when the sex offender molests again....?

Answer 1

Studies have shown sex offenders can not be rehabilitated. There should be a distinction between actual sex offenders and pedophiles and those that became intoxicated and urinated in public who also get classified as a sex offender. I support mandatory 25 year sentences with out parole, for convicted sex offenders who are actual sex offenders. If they molest children they should get the death penalty.

Answer 2

No, "the system" cannot be sued. Not only do these officials enjoy "qualified immunity," but you would not have standing to sue them. If they were so derelict in their duties as to completely abandon their responsibilities and simply "rubber stamp" everyone going out, the state may be able to bring criminal charges against them, but you as a taxpayer, citizen or even the relative of a victim of a crime can't sue.

There are PLENTY of sex offender laws in this country. It varies from state to state, but many states seek to "involuntarily commit" sex offenders who may be a "danger" to others. This means they go to a mental institution and don't get out until they're "cured" (which oftentimes means never). And believe me, in states with Parole Boards (fewer and fewer these days as more states are adopting "determinate sentencing" without parole, like the Federal System) I'm sure the Board members realize that the public's perception of repeat sex offenders is so sensitive that if anyone recommits, there will be hell to pay.

Answer 3

oops - my answer was posted to the wrong question so I am reposting-

A sex iffender is sentenced to time and subject to parole like anyone else.

Once they have done their time, they are resonsibile for their own lives, just like any other ex-con.

Some ex-cons of any previous conviction category will re-commit and some won't.

That is life.

The alternative is to toss out the Constitutional protections against cruel and unusual punishment, and also in suport of habeus corpus.

Anyone inviolved in releasing a prisoner feels they are doing their job to support the Constitution.

Answer 4

The sex offender was sent to jail for a specific amount of time, just like any other crime. Other criminals are also repeat offenders-----and no one sues.

Answer 5

I doubt it. First of all, people can't be kept in prison indefinitely because of what they MIGHT do, and second, sex offenders have constant supervision and many restrictions on their daily lives that your average murderer or armed robber does not enjoy. If a sex offender re-offends, it's not because of a lack of the system doing its job.

Answer 6

I don't know about other states, but Texas offers no rehabilitation inside the prison system. They just lock you up.
They even changed the name from Texas Department of Corrections to Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

I understand that it costs money to rehabilitate, but they don't even offer it to the ones who really want to change.

Answer 7

Recidivism will aggavate the penalty that will be meted on the offender who commits another offense.

Answer 8

I personally think that the people that let him go should be sued, along with doing time right along side of him; especially if he gets out and then kills.