“People are overwhelmed with horror and disgust, and they recognize that, for all the 23-year sentence, this man will probably be out in 10, and will almost certainly conspire - and possibly succeed - in raping additional toddlers.”
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Thank you TC that was very well stated. I agree with Mrs. D in that FReepers need not get so medieval on the criminal. However it has been proven these sex offenders never stop.
I so agree with you TC in that I will be amazed if he serves the whole 23 years. We may thank Dr. Kinsey for this. In fact we may thank Dr. Kinsey for all the horror in this article, it reads like something Kinsey would have said.
Maybe this is why in the Bible they were stoned to death? Is it because even back then they figured this fact out? Who knows? Or maybe the thought of raping a baby back then was even appalling that it got a man death by stoning.
Mrs. Don-o all I can say is pray for his soul, but morally he is lost. This man is evil and should never see the light of day again because I promise you that if he got out of jail he would rape a child again. As much as even I hate to say it only a firing squad would stop him.
I took some flak years ago for saying that we shouldn’t imitate savage behavior by, for example, sentencing a man who had thrown acid in the face of his estranged girlfriend to similar treatment in a public stadium.
“You think he should get away with a slap on the wrist!?!”
“No, I said I thought he should be shot. Can’t you read?”
I’m also on record saying that, if we’re going to sentence minor criminals to anal rape, we should come out and openly do it ... perhaps even have the people who give the sentence also do the deed.
I don’t really like saying the person should be shot. However, if we’re trying to prevent him from causing further severe harm to others - whether “he’s” a child rapist or a repeat murderer - we have to do something. At this point, our system neither prevents his being released - no matter what his sentence-of-record is - nor prevents his causing severe harm to others while incarcerated.
In addition, the system limits the possibility of genuine rehabilitation for many by restricting Christian programs for prisoners. Prison Fellowship’s programs have an excellent success rate in reducing bad behavior in prison and recidivism. However, the system cannot acknowledge that turning repeat offenders into productive, law-abiding, born-again Christians is an improvement.