Do you think the punishment for child molestation should be a $50 fine?
345762
i believe people who attack children(especially a sex attack) should be removed from society permanently. if we can't execute them then they should be housed in a special prison for life.
146581
YES they should there should be death penalty for killing children....unless the situation is like Mr. Latimer who killed his daughter to get her out of her misery she was severly handycapped and couldn't do ANYTHING for herself let alone think....if it's an unecessary killing yes there should be a death penalty for a child killer
530574
I think it does.  But it also makes them pedophiles that need to be in jail.  That goes for anyone who molests any child.
368212
all child molesters should be put to death....
848929
They do that in many countries.  But I don't think that that would be the proper punishment for theft.  Now, if someone sexually molests a child, yes, their hands should be cut off.  Along with other body parts.
574638
Violent rape and child molestation deserve the death penalty, though I'd settle for life sentence.\n\nRight now we have sex offender lists to protect the public against these people who have been let out of prison. What kind of sense does this make? \n\nWe make the lists because they are still dangerous; but if they're dangerous, why are they out of prison?\n\nI say, just kill them all. Problem solved.
268424
Do you mean pedophiles? \n\nThere are people on the sex offender list that were caught masturbating on a boat. There are men on there in which a 16 year old girl tried to seduce them. \n\nPeople constantly get the terms mixed up and the media's brainwashing doesn't help. It just makes people paranoid. \n\nSure, I agree pedophiles that sexually molest a child should have harsh penalties. But not all sex offenders fall in that category.
579018
I don't know the circumstances, but I feel if somebody commits a crime, they should have to pay. What's right is right!
7100
a child molester kills a childs mind, they should die or at the very least go to jail for life,no parole
677152
That's a good idea, actually- but I don't know what the sentence should be...\n\nMaybe three years mandatory in prison (minimum!)- without the possibility of getting out early. But if the crime is premeditated and cruel, then the sentence should be more severe.
194359
Yes, there absolutely should be. There should also be one for drug convictions. After all, most of the heinous crimes committed lately against children were by people abusing drugs. Some were registered sex offenders and some were not. Joseph P. Smith, a cocaine abuser, was sentenced to death yesterday in Florida for murdering Carlie Brucia. He said he had used heroine and cocaine prior to abducting, sexually assaulting and killing her. He was not a registered sex offender. All of his past (24) convictions were for drugs.\n\nThe sad thing is that drunk drivers and drug abusers have a MUCH higher recidivism rate than sex offenders! So why are we wasting our tax dollars on the wrong people??? \n\nPlease read the U.S. Dept of Justice report that was issued in 2003. It gives you these rates. It blew my mind away. If we want to issue cruel and unusual punishment it MUST be to all criminals, not just one class.\n\nThank You for this great question.\n\nP.S. To the young man who states he is 17 and just got a DUI. You were lucky. It could very well have been consensual sex with your girlfriend while you were drinking and then she cried rape or her parents found out and pressed charges on you. You just really don't know how lucky you are. Many 17 year olds are on the sex offender registries. Check FL, OK, KA, WI, IN, IL and DE to name a few. See how many young people are listed on there for statutory rape among other things that really mean consensual sex. Check ID's of girls BEFORE you get near them. Also check the moral outrage link I have provided so you will know how to protect yourself. There is a link on the home page to the AOC (age of consent) for each state.
708818
Absolutely NOT! The vast majority of ALL sex offenders, including child molesters, commit the offense against someone they know well or against a family member.
1134633
The laws need to be overhauled.  Too many judges are lax  enough to keep justice from being  reliably practiced.  Recently a little girl was beaten and killed by a sex offender, and though the murderer confessed, his testimony was not allowed because of what I consider a technicality.  He is free to kill more children right now.  It is intolerable! Male sex offenders who kill should better be castrated and tatooed on the forhead.  In ancient times people practiced a science they got good at where head shape and and head bumps equating to the practice of such crimes called forth surgery  on head bumps that changed the thinking patterns of former creeps and turned them into decent respectable citizens.
884364
WOW !!  I wouldn't want this group as my jury!!\n\nIn all fairness, $150.00 is not a lot of money. The perp would probably get probation and community service if it's a first or second offense. Restitution would probably be par of it, as well.\n\nIf it is a repeated offense, then the judge may be a bit harder and sentence them to some jail time.
1000164
child molesters should never stop paying for their crime...
628310
<grin>\nThey give the ticket away for free, it the fine that expensive\n</grin>\n\nIf was $2 but I heard they raised it to $50 in 1998, not sure what it is now.
129129
You've gotta make a stand on this one. If you're really up to it - rally the others who got molested years before. Then make a fight on this. That guy deserves the worst. Jail just doesn't justify...