Well: we sure don’t want to stigmatise the sex offenders, now do we?
Only a liberal could look at the results of a law which is designed to protect the public from repeat offenders and even mention that it does not deter first-time offenders.
Honestly I have always thought that Megans Law is a bad law.
If someone can not be trusted to be in society then they should not be in society. Period.
Creating a new class of citizens that are labeled in society is just another form of using government for social engineering.
Why do we not label violent offenders the same way? I would like to know if my next door has a criminal history of beating people senseless. So let’s label them too.
Or how about thieves? Or every possible crime even?
All of that being said, I understand why Megan’s Law was made and the intention is good. I just would prefer to see tougher punishments for real child molestors and to keep the real offenders out of society for good instead of just releasing them and labeling them.
Just apply the same logic to this law that the anti- gunner socialist apply to all of the gun laws.
It does not matter that they are useless do not really stop a criminal from beiong a criminal etc. They make people FEEL GOOD. So we keep the several 10’s of thousands of gun laws on the books.
Well it does not matter if Megans Law actually stops a single perp. It surely makes the families living where these scumbags live feel better, so under our current Governments style of work this law should stay put. It serves its purpose.
Protecting perversion is one of the first priorities of the demonrats.
Amend Megan’s Law to require mandatory castration.
Problem solved. Next.
I always thought the point of the law was to give information to parents so that those who care enough will know to take extra precautions regarding their children. There is an offender located about 1/4 mile away from me. No one bothers him that I know of, but the parents in the neighborhood know who he is and consequently we don’t go about the day in condition white. I’m sure that nothing will stop him if he decides to offend again, but I do what I can to make sure it’s not my kids. Without the law, no one would have a clue.
That said, I’m a strong believer in the idea that recidivism rates should strongly correlate with the sentence and the treatment. As one poster said, if they’re still a danger when they get out, maybe they need to stay in longer.
Rule 303 has proved to be 100% effective in preventing re-offense.
Something to think about as America spirals out of control into anarchy (or stumbles into liberalism anyway)