Comments on: Operation Nabs Unregistered Sex Offenders

By: William

William — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 23:27:29 +0000

Those of you calling for castration, it will not work. The problem is in the brain, not the groin. Lobotomy maybe a better solution, However I think a short rope an a long fall would be more efficent. Molesters do not deserve sympathy.

By: David Huie Green

David Huie Green — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 13:59:05 +0000

REGARDING:
“Maybe a lot of them were innocent and didn’t trust the system to do the right thing?”

Or maybe they weren’t.

By “a lot” do you mean more than thirty, 20%, 40% or 90% of the total?

And you really figure they were thinking they might get convicted if it went to a jury so the only safe thing was to confess and plead guilty even though innocent?

Wow.
They’d love to have you on a jury.
You think the police and attorneys just randomly accuse folks of heinous crimes and that other jurors will convict without evidence?

“There are more felons in the US, especially the South, than ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD…do we really want such an underclass of people who can’t work, can’t live w/n so many feet of a school or day care and who end up on the welfare rolls?”

No, we don’t want them.
We don’t want them to do such things even if they get away with such actions in other countries.
And, yes, we want them to stay away from our children even if you don’t.
We care for our children.
And, no, we don’t want them on our welfare rolls, nor is that our only option.

“What if the “offender” had a clean record for 5-10-15 years…do you feel the same about having him register?”

Notice how you put quotes around “offender;” that means he is just called an offender but really isn’t.
Sly.
And yes, we want people who have shown themselves dangerous to register and warn those around them.

David for safe citizens

By: Sandy Wells

Sandy Wells — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 12:35:20 +0000

There is something wrong, mentally and morally, with people that WANT to have sex with or molest CHILDREN! Castration is too good. Unless you have been molested as a child, you do not understand how it affects their life. The memories and nightmares do not go away. It is like a life sentence for the victim. CHILDREN are the innocent ones, yet they continue to pay for the violators crime. Why should they have any rights once they are found guilty of a crime of this magnitude?

By: Axl Rose

Axl Rose — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 22:26:20 +0000

How do you know that a lot of these people didn’t just plea out to avoid the uncertainty of a trial? Maybe a lot of them were innocent and didn’t trust the system to do the right thing?
There are more felons in the US, especially the South, than ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD…do we really want such an underclass of people who can’t work, can’t live w/n so many feet of a school or day care and who end up on the welfare rolls? Want to lock them up? You like taxes? Get ready, you have to pay for it somehow.
What if the “offender” had a clean record for 5-10-15 years…do you feel the same about having him register?
Use your brains people!

By: David Huie Green

David Huie Green — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 20:45:58 +0000

“Sex Offender laws are Draconian and no different than what Hitler did to the Jews during WWII or what whites did to Blacks in years past.”

Not quite.

Jews were killed for the crime of being Jewish — even infants. Blacks were discriminated against but officially left alone if they committed no crimes. (Lynchings were not official government actions even though they were sometimes tolerated by government officials.)

Sex offenders, on the other hand, HAVE committed sexual acts against people who either could not or did not give consent. There is a difference even if you can’t see it.

AND
“So either we lock them up for life that is one thing but if they hit the society again they should be left to live their lives just as any other former criminal would be upon their release.”

Not quite.

Other convicted felons lose rights such as the right to keep and bear arms even after released. They also are often released but under probation with restrictions. Sometimes they have to pay restitution. Drug abusers are often forbidden to handle drugs, embezzlers forbidden to handle money.

In the case of sexual predators, part of their sentence is that they don’t get unrestricted access to children even if you think they should. That is part of the reason they have to notify authorities regarding address changes.

“For equal protection under the law” does not mean the same sentence no matter what the crime, that the penalty for jaywalking is the same for mass murder.
It means everyone charged with and/or convicted of a given crime is treated equally.

David for understanding

By: hawghead

hawghead — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 13:03:07 +0000

A few years ago I read an article based on a report from the FBI..It stated that pedofiles were predators and would not stop their behavior….no matter how much therapy they were given…it seems that there is a lot of truth to this….look how many repeat offenders we have in society….I’m not saying that castration is the answer but locking them up for life seems appropiate to me…..Our kids do not need to be exposed to these heinous individuals.. a grown adult who engages in sex acts with children need to be locked up for life or given the option of castration…..

By: a mom

a mom — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 12:51:16 +0000

@puddin, the problem is that there is no differentiation in the Statute from the 18 year old with the 15 year old and the 40 year old with the 6 year old. The State Statute does NOT differentiate between the two. If you are convicted under the statute, then the jail and probation rules for a sex offender apply and one’s life is destroyed because a young man thinking with hormones got caught. There needs to be a letter writing campaign and lobby on congress to CLARIFY the statute dealing with sex offenders to make that differentiation between two teenagers, and someone who is an adult over the age of 21. I think it’s completely ridiculous that our Government wants to send 18 year olds off to war, try them as adults, yet won’t allow them to do adult activities such as drinking alcohol.

By: just saying

just saying — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 23:44:24 +0000

@puddin sex offenders make easy socially acceptable targets but you know what our freedoms and liberties are being eroded. Anyone can be arrested, tried, and convicted of do just about anything without actually having done anything. Some of those rounded up were kids who were with other kids and now we as a society have labeled them monsters for their entire lives.

Sex Offender laws are Draconian and no different then what Hitler did to the Jews during WWII or what whites did to Blacks in years past. So either we lock them up for life that is one thing but if they hit the society again they should be left to live their lives just as any other former criminal would be upon their release.

Just Saying
For equal protection under the law
& The Constitution

By: curiou

curiou — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 20:51:39 +0000

I am with puddin

By: Henry Coe

Henry Coe — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 17:16:17 +0000

There is a link through the FDLE website (http://www.fdle.state.fl.us) where you can sign up to receive free e-mail alerts when a registered sexual offender or predator moves into your neighborhood.

https://floridaoffenderalert.com/