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This is about sexual predators who molest and murder children.

Do you think they should be allowed to be let out and do it again?

I personally think they should be executed, or at least locked up their entire lives.

But if they are let out, we need to have a means of keeping track of them -- there is a virtual 100% recidivism amongst these people.

"This is about sexual predators who molest and murder children.

Do you think they should be allowed to be let out and do it again?

I personally think they should be executed, or at least locked up their entire lives.

But if they are let out, we need to have a means of keeping track of them -- there is a virtual 100% recidivism amongst these people."

I think you need to better define who "they" are. The recidivism rate for "sex offenders" is significantly lower than the recidivism rate for criminals as a whole.

There is no other class of criminal that is getting so much of attention these days. Most states are trying to pass " the toughest sex offender laws in the nation". It's a craze...like hula hoops. It's a craze for floundering politicians to try and drum up some votes and notoriety. The ex sex offenders usually don't want any more visibility so don't try to get lawsuits into play.This makes it an easy shot for legislators. Beat up on a group that doesn't defend itself very well, sounds like the school bully. These types of "post ex facto" (after the fact) laws are being passed and challenged in other states. The recidivism rate for sex offenders released into the population is estimated at 5.4 percent and gets less as time lapses without re-offense. Let's try this logic on another group, say burglars. Burglars on release to parole get lifetime GPS tracking. They also cannot live within 2000 feet of anything that can be stolen. They cannot live with anyone because that other person would have possessions that could tempt the RBO (registered burglar offender). They cannot own anything that isn't paid for or get a loan because that isn't their money. Can't work, drive on a road, have a job, go shopping because all these activities brings the RBO into contact with stuff that they might be tempted to steal. Oh, I forgot, they also will be on a website showing their residence and face and vitals and crime.....but not the date of their crime so people can think that it just happened when it might have been 20-30 years ago. They have to give lots of blood for DNA (and spreading on crime scenes) They can't really live in society. That's this year...next year they might pass more laws to get even tighter control over these malevolent beings.

The estimates of the recidivism rate of released "high risk" ex sex offenders are high. The High risk ones perhaps should never be free to walk the streets.
The laws that exist do deal harshly with this top ten percent and their chances of being released in California are very low. After their sentence is up they go to a criminal mental hospital and get re-evaluated every 2 years...This re-evaluation can go on indefinitely until a mental health professional clears them at being no risk to re-offend. (who is going to sign that one?!) Prop 83 will cost the taxpayers billions of dollars over ten years. Couldn't this money be better spent on the high risk offenders and leave the rest of the population that has paid for their crimes and done their time to be free to reintegrate into society? Just a thought......