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In Texas, it is being debated whether the death penalty should be an option for certain child molestation cases.? I am assuming this will apply to the extreme cases.? I don’t really know that for sure tho.
I’m all for it.? Too many child molesters are victims of child molestation themself. Â Secondly, it’s a crime that can leave emotional scars for the life of the victim. Â Thirdly, abusing innocent kids unable to emotionally or physically defend themself is not a human quality we should condone. Sending out the message that this crime is as bad as murder might slow down some molestors. That to me, is worth it. Â In this age of DNA testing and the like, it’s fairly easy to get overwhelming evidence a crime has occurred. Â In these cases, I think death should be an option.
Tell me what you think.
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David Vigliotti on 06.12.2007
With regard to the fact that some child molesters were once victims, meting this punishment is troubling to me. We can’t say the same of murderers. This does not, however, mean the preventive nature of severe punitive measures should be ignored. This is the age old argument about gun laws. (ie: If I might have guns and the right to use them in defence is supported by the law, I’m not likely to need locks on my doors.) punishment does not change the nature of mens hearts, only their behavior. It seems to me that we are getting to complicated in our thinking and need to step back and take a closer look at the way people did things in the “old” days with special atention payed to the results of crime prevention.
David Vigliotti on 06.12.2007
Oh, P.S. GO TEXAS!! leading the way again.
Moonage on 06.12.2007
In regards to the comment about molesters being victims in the past, I am only mentioning it in regards to breaking the cycle now. If the consequences were death, it will discourage some. That would break the cycle. If it doesn’t discourage them, the penalty will and maybe the cycle will be broken with the victim respecting the severe consequences. Some people just don’t consider prison that big a deal. So, tossing them in jail for few months isn’t going to slow them down. Death might.
Moonage on 06.12.2007
In regards to Texas leading the way, they aren’t the first, this is just the headline that caught my eye. Several other states are considering the same measures.
Moonage on 06.12.2007
Well, no sooner than I made this post, we get this:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19193175/
By my math, he’ll get out when he’s 100 or so. Why bother?
He just needs killin in the worst possible way now.
David Vigliotti on 06.12.2007
I agree. I only meant that it bothers me to hear of folks facing death. I would also like to say in apparent contradiction to myself that I am a hardliner when it comes to punishment. It’s a harsh reality, but we need to accept it. Another stat about molestors is that they tend to be chronic repeaters and insatiable at that. The death penalty would knock down the numbers in the two ways you’ve described and therefore remains our best hope for public safety. I might add that a single case of molestation coupled with a murder should be viewed as two murders to minimize the likelyhood of letting some slip by.
With regards to the state of texas, it seems to me that texas has refused to let her guard down and tends to hold fast to her morals, in this way I feel texas is a leader.
Moonage on 06.13.2007
I yearn for a perfect world as well. However, people just won’t do what it takes to be there. I keep telling them, but they won’t listen. As such, I prefer to protect the innocents at the expense of those people who won’t do what I tell them. There are something like 6 billion people on this planet now. We have got to stop looking at every single life being precious and look at making each life precious. In order to do that, those that refuse to honor and respect life should be treated accordingly. If they are willing to ruin a life, then we need to do whatever it takes to make sure they don’t get a second chance. If I truly felt locking someone up for life guaranteed that they didn’t get a second chance not to do what they’ve been told not to do in the first place, then I would look at things a little differently. However, the only guarantee is to completely remove them from society. Do it in the most humane way possible, but do it. Somehow I’ve managed to go my entire life without killing or abusing anyone, it’s really not that hard.
As far as Texas goes, I agree.
JOSEPH CAPRIO on 06.18.2007
WHETHER YOUR A PRIEST POLITICIAN OR PLUMBER IF YOU MOLEST A CHILD THE DEATH PENALTY SHOULD BE A SERIOUS CONSIDERATION ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS. THEY SHOULD NEVER BE ALLOWED IN PUBLIC AGAIN.
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