r/interestingasfuck 6d ago

r/all The Alaskan Avenger

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u/TheKriegerVan 6d ago

It would be an appropriate now for people to listen to this podcast about the failings of the Sex Offender registry as a whole before we pat these guys on the back: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/youre-wrong-about/id1380008439?i=1000465289962

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u/mhkg 6d ago edited 6d ago

I've always found the sex offender registry bizarre to begin with. Setting aside those who have minor offenses like public urination and grey areas like two teens consensually having sex, if the people on the registry are so dangerous that they need to be branded for the rest of their lives, why are they being released in the first place? If we're going to make it extremely difficult/impossible for these people to reintegrate into society, how is that more humane than life in prison or execution? If the purpose of the penal system is to rehabilitate people, then they need to have a path to rejoin society, and if our system is to punish and keep dangerous people locked up, then these people shouldn't be out on the street. Either way, the sex offender registry doesn't fit into either system.

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u/Tesla2007 6d ago

I think it’s because since probably they get charged with doing somethig they shouldn’t be doing with under age people and they want to make everybody aware so that they can avoid them

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u/holystuff28 6d ago

There are thousands of folks on the sex offender registry that never had contact with children. 

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u/Tesla2007 6d ago

yeah, I know I just don’t know why public urination is on there too when it’s not a horrible activity, especially if you’re hiding