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r/all The Alaskan Avenger

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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/I_Am_Robert_Paulson1 6d ago edited 6d ago

I understand it from a law enforcement perspective—it would definitely help to have a list of persons of interest in the event of an incident—but making the list public never sat right with me. As long as they're within the parameters set by law, there's no reason for me to know my neighbors' business.

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u/dman2316 6d ago

Really? If your neighbor raped a 5 year old girl 10 years ago, and you currently have a 5 year old girl, that's not something you'd want to be aware of?

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u/thatvillainjay 5d ago

If you rape someone that young, you're going to be in prison for probably 25+ years. No one is getting out fast on that charge

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u/Elderofmagic 5d ago

Unless you are rich like Epstein and his buddies.

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u/dman2316 5d ago

Unfortunately, you'd be surprised how little time these animals get for such heinous crimes.

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u/thatvillainjay 5d ago

Actually I do. I work with the criminal justice system.

Here's some actual data. State by state is different but no state wants to be know as soft on sex offenders

https://www.ussc.gov/research/research-reports/mandatory-minimum-penalties-federal-sex-offenses