Do you believe that sex Offenders are a pawn used by politicians to get themselves reelected?
355514
Absolutely NOT!  Sex Offenders are sex offenders.  The public needs to be aware of them and their whereabouts.  Period. \n\nMy sister has a young son and decided to do a search of registered sex offenders within a one mile radius of a house they were considering purchasing.  The house was in a very nice neighborhood.  She was amazed to find over a dozen registered sex offenders living within a one mile radius of the house they were considering.  They didn't buy the house.\n\nUntil there are more stringent laws and regulations that  govern sex offenders and there whereabouts, I believe it is an important political platform.  That being said,  I also believe these politicians should KEEP THEIR PROMISES and follow through on them.  The public needs to feel they and their families are safe.\n\nIf you are asking this question because you or a loved one are a Sex Offender, I am sorry if this offends you ~ but the public has to be protected.
128095
if they register with the proper authorities, I am sure they could.  Most cities require that a sex offender require register with the local law enforcement authority where they plan to live, and require that law enforecement notify the neighbors.
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.
990210
I would absolutely go and help the person put the correct information out:\n\nAt least this way, those of you that are hate mongers, believe everything the media and the politicians say, (which is mostly 99% wrong), and those of you that think you have to have a registry to babysit your children rather than you supervising them on your own (you do enjoy that false sense of security the registries give you), you will know where these rehabilitated former offenders are.\n\nNow, if you would rather here the facts instead of the propaganda: 90 to 95% of sexual offenses occur by someone known to the child - a relative, close family friend, close neighbor, teachers, coaches, scout leaders and after school activity persons. The re offense rate, however, is 3.5% reconviction rate for sex offenders. 1.2% of that rate are reoffenses on child molestation.\n\nNow that you have those figures, how about this: Your child has a MUCH higher chance of being harmed by a drug dealer/user, drunk driver, gang related incident, playground accident, drowning, and struck by lightening, than they have of being molested by a rehabilitated sex offender. So you just enjoy that little false sense of security you love so much. While you are enjoying that, pay attention to the registries and see how they are growing compared to second charges on offenders!
811499
Yes.\n\nI just hope we do find out who did or didn't know. I don't care what party they are in. \n\nFamilies trust these politicians when they send their teenage children to Washington to be interns, etc..\n\nNo sort of pedophilia should be acceptable no matter if it is just emails... which I highly doubt it was just emails btw.
900126
The first few posters don't have a clue as to what they're talking about - strictly speaking from the emotions rather than from logic. Because California has been registering sex offenders since 1947 and Megan's List goes back to 1944, the felony sex offenders who did molest children did their offenses WAY back (like 40 years ago) and we don't think it proper to put someone in state prison for life for child molesting (25 years, but not life). And since California has something like 107 different offenses that qualify someone for a sex offender in this state, many of these are felony sex offenders, but the majority are not child molesters.\n\nI wonder when society is going to realize that a sex offender is an offender but not necessarily a child molester or child rapist. \n\nAlso some of you stated that they should clear out the petty thieves and place the sex offenders back into prison. Ever hear of the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights? Ex post facto? Do these concepts ring a bell with anyone?  Once you have paid the consequences at the time of sentencing, the government cannot re-arrest you to pay additional consequences for the same offense. \n\nI seriously doubt if the GPS requirement will go through. The state currently has 1,000 high risk sex offendes on GPS. This initiative is talking about placing 80,000 anklets on felony sex offenders. The cost is astronomical and seriously limited technologically. The California Department of Corrections has a hard enough time handling the 1,000. Multiply that by 80 and it's nearly impossible.  \n\nTwo other considerations - the state has not had an epidemic of sexual offending by strangers, never has. Most of these stranger danger cases have happened in other states and opportunistic politicians (Sharon and George Runner, sponsors of 83) have taken advantage of the public hysteria. We do have interfamilial child sex abuse cases, as do all states. Yet GPS will not work within homes. Expensive and useless technology.\n\nThe other consideration - the politicians who were up for reelection wanted 83, the public wants it, but the experts who deal with the problem day in and day out (parole agents, the California Coalition on Sex Offending, CALCASA (84 sexual assault advocacy centers), and many, many others thought it was a red herring. \n\nIt's hardly a liberal judge thing letting people out of prison. If anything, California is a punitive state when it comes to criminal justice system. But our prisons are extremely overcrowded. We just went on a prison building spree to build spaces for 100,000 prisoners in the past 20 years; we now have 173,000 in state prison alone. The feds have threatened to take it over. This propsotion will just add to the problem and may be the tipping point to a federal take over. \n\nYou reap what you sow. California has been in a get tough on crime for a long time, but the taxpayers don't want to pay the bill. something's got to give.
1069926
Abosfuckinglutely!\nI think there ought to be a special law allowing us to bludgeon repeat offenders.\nWith a bar of soap in a pillow case.
578845
I BELIEVE IN ALMOST ALL COUNTIRES THE JUDGES ARE MANIPULATED BY THE POLITICIANS. ITS ALL A SCAM, THAT DOES NOT MEAN WE SHOULD ABANDON THE LAWS THIS IS WHAT KEEPS SOME OF US IN LINE.
688523
We should condemn the politicians, media and lobbyists who are creating the uncalled for hysteria towards rehabilitated former sex offenders. \n\nThe FACT is that rehabilitated former sex offenders have the lowest recidivism rate, with the exception of murderers. Your child has a much higher chance of being harmed by a drug dealer/user, drunk driver, gang activities, drowning, playground accident, sexual abuse by someone known to the family and parental neglect. As a matter of fact, there is a 90 to 95% chance that someone known to the child will commit an offense instead of the register sex offenders. Yes, there are some horrific cases, but they are few and far between the actual truth. If you would look on the FBI website you would see that many more children each year are killed by parents, drowning, drunk drivers, etc. than they are by registered sex offenders.\n\nRather than have this Country cause all this hysteria, spend needless tax dollars on a registry and the new laws that will do nothing to prevent child abuse, we need to learn how to prevent sexual abuse, we need education on the issue and we need sensibility. These laws were originally created for the Sexually Violent Predator and only for law enforcement use. We need to go BACK to the original intent. The registries are so watered down now with completely non dangerous persons the truly dangerous can get lost in the crowd.\n\nBy the way, I have no fear on this issue. I speak out all the time. I work with rehabilitated former sex offenders everyday.
939757
Yes.  It's a not so subtle way of telling certain people that they are not good enough to make something of themselves.  That they need government handouts.  This secures votes for certain candidates.
932350
Sex offenders should stay in jail.
977359
Castration isn't likely to stop a sex offender from preying on people. It will only change the way they go about their crimes.\n\nIt's not their gonads that cause them to commit sexual battery. It's their heads.
1032487
uh about all of them .to the answer about them being real hard on them watch out Georgia is sending them YOUR way! the laws r so tuff it is forcing them to be homeless(how do u find them?) or move somewhere there is No kids (which is where?) or move OUT OF STATE. sex offender does not mean petafile .that is what they need to do -redefine sex offender . i am not scared of the now 20 something girl or boy who had consentual sex w/ a minor when they were in highschool.how can some one find aplace to live in 2 wks? much less not near a bus stop or school or church daycare -i say keep the PETAFILES  in prison then this wouldnt be up 4 discussion. oh by the way if you ever in your life had sex w/ someone under 18-you are a sex offender,so dont be afraid to ask 4 I D
609072
Okay, no.  That would be a tad bit creepy.  Also, very undignified.  I would never vote for anyone if they acted like that and then decided to run for a position in the government.  I am impressed that you took the time to type that entire thing in ghetto-speak though.  Rather nice.
424333
People believe what they hear from the media...  95% of sex offences are committed by family or close friends of the victim and less than 5% of sex offenders re-offend.  The media likes to rely on poster children to get viewers and the politicians rely on pointless laws to get votes.  It's really sick what our government has become.
1025686
Yes.  For Some sex offenders it is a violation of their parole / probation to be on the internet at all.  Some Hackers have also been banned from the internet.
1104655
I may be a bit older but I remember when it was a capital offense and rapists got the death penality... This was as recent as the 1960's.  Then came a bleeding heart, liberal society that coddled these monsters, I personally believe these people cannot be reformed by being incarcerated and like a sick animal must be put down.... for their own good as well as societies in general.\n\nNotice I didn't use the politically correct phrase... sex offenders but used the terminology that describes who and what they really are Rapists.and murders... !