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Can sex offenders be cured?
South Bend Tribune ^ | 11/22/2009 | Alicia Gallegos

Posted on 11/22/2009 7:07:33 AM PST by markomalley

Despite a disturbing criminal past, friends and family believed Michael Lindsey had made significant strides in the decades he spent behind bars.

For more than 20 years, the man was a model prisoner, espousing deep religious beliefs, completing law courses and assisting other inmates with criminal cases.

Upon his initial release, officials say the man complied with all parole regulations, fulfilled treatment requirements and was holding down a full-time job and adjusting well to married life.

"I thought if anybody in the world can make it on release, it would be Mike," said prison minister Tim Blakley, who has known Lindsey for almost 10 years.

But just months after being allowed back into society, Lindsey did more than just violate his parole. He led authorities on a frenzied chase across county lines after three attempted abductions and one kidnapping.

Perspectives differ on what led to Lindsey's breakdown and subsequent crime spree.

Some believe he was never truly rehabilitated from his past sexual deviance and was a ticking time bomb

(Excerpt) Read more at southbendtribune.com ...


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Can they be rehabbed? No.
1 posted on 11/22/2009 7:07:33 AM PST by markomalley
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No.


2 posted on 11/22/2009 7:08:56 AM PST by samtheman
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Cured?

...perhaps...

3 posted on 11/22/2009 7:09:52 AM PST by Bon mots
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Sure they can be cured. Just take a couple snips, at most.


4 posted on 11/22/2009 7:10:12 AM PST by Nonstatist
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No.


5 posted on 11/22/2009 7:10:22 AM PST by bgill (The framers of the US Constitution established an entire federal government in 18 pages.)
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No


6 posted on 11/22/2009 7:11:11 AM PST by A. Morgan (The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. Lawrence)
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Cured?

Yes!

155 grains at around 900 fps through the head.


7 posted on 11/22/2009 7:11:29 AM PST by benewton
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Actually, they can be.

All it takes is a single bullet to the brain. Problem solved for everyone. No need feed, no need to clothe, and you can cremate the body cheaply and use the ashes for your flower garden.

(Cold? You bet. ZERO sympathy for sexual predators.)


8 posted on 11/22/2009 7:12:09 AM PST by hoagy62 (Obama: slowly sucking the positive attitude out of the US since 11-4-08)
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To: Bon mots

lead pills will remedy the problem...


9 posted on 11/22/2009 7:13:13 AM PST by himno hero
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“Can sex offenders be cured?”
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Cured?
They certainly can be brought to at least PC levels, along w/the drunks who since the Oxford Group were convinced they had a disease (later called “alcoholism”); then approved by the ama, etc., etc.

Then there are the ufo abductees, etc.

Of course, there will be necessary “professional” personnel to oversee, apply their skills, and funds must be appropriated, etc.

Why not!


10 posted on 11/22/2009 7:13:35 AM PST by gunnyg (Just An Old Gunny ~ And *Still* Not A F'en Commie Basterd!)
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I might point out though—there are still a helluvva lot more old drunks around than old “doctors”!

;)
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11 posted on 11/22/2009 7:15:18 AM PST by gunnyg (Just An Old Gunny ~ And *Still* Not A F'en Commie Basterd!)
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To: markomalley

The Woman’s Coalition when I was in College had a bumper sticker “Disarm Rapists”


12 posted on 11/22/2009 7:18:19 AM PST by mountainlion (concerned conservative.)
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Forgive me but... It's amazing what a very small amount of lead can do to cure most deviant behaviors.

JMHO

13 posted on 11/22/2009 7:18:41 AM PST by The Anti-One (So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.)
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"Can sex offenders be "cured"???

OF COURSE THEY CAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

14 posted on 11/22/2009 7:20:21 AM PST by Logic n' Reason (If you always do what you always did, you'll always get what you always got.)
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Yes, with a 9mm lobotomy. Dead criminals are rehabbed.


15 posted on 11/22/2009 7:20:30 AM PST by MNJohnnie (Demand Constitutionality)
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"Can sex offenders be "cured"???
OF COURSE THEY CAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's a method that has been proven 100% effective in every single case where it's been used. 100% EFFECTIVE!!

Is is a form of "electrolosis".

Goes by the nickname of "Old Sparky" (remember: "The Green Mile"?)

16 posted on 11/22/2009 7:23:06 AM PST by Logic n' Reason (If you always do what you always did, you'll always get what you always got.)
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You can bet Dick Morris still has a thing for toes. He may not still be sucking them or he may not have gotten caught, but you can bet he still has a toe fetish.


17 posted on 11/22/2009 7:24:44 AM PST by umgud (I couldn't understand why the ball kept getting bigger......... then it hit me.)
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Dick Morris had a thing for toes. He may not still be sucking them or he may not have gotten caught, but you can bet he still has a toe fetish.


18 posted on 11/22/2009 7:26:05 AM PST by umgud (I couldn't understand why the ball kept getting bigger......... then it hit me.)
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Lock em up, and throw away the key......oh hell, take em out back, and shoot em ;-)


19 posted on 11/22/2009 7:26:19 AM PST by stephenjohnbanker (Support our troops, and vote out the RINO's!)
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In defense of Morris, he did this to consenting adult. Sick? Yeah but not a offender.
Now Rapists and Child molestors should be given the chair. There is a special ring in hell for these animals.


20 posted on 11/22/2009 7:27:43 AM PST by Yorlik803 (better to die on your feet than live on your knees.)
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