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Hugabear

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16. Are you talking about sex offenders, or rapists/molesters?

Reply to TheWraith (Reply #13)

Tue Jun 19, 2012, 07:48 PM

Jun 2012

Because the post referred to the latter, while your response referred to the former.

Huge difference between someone who may have had sex with their 17yr old girlfriend when he was 20, or public urination, and a rapist

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Texas dad won't face charges for killing man allegedly molesting daughter [View all] RandySF Jun 2012 OP

Justice. cliffordu Jun 2012 #1

I sure as hell can't argue with this decision, any parent would want to do the same thing. teddy51 Jun 2012 #2

No reason he should. It's a fairly transparent justifiable homicide. TheWraith Jun 2012 #3

But why would a grand jury even bother? RandySF Jun 2012 #6

In Texas all capitol cases go before a Grand Jury. oneshooter Jun 2012 #10

Good. Johnny Rico Jun 2012 #4

Good. TheCowsCameHome Jun 2012 #5

Rapists and molesters have high rates of Ilsa Jun 2012 #7

Actually, that's a myth. TheWraith Jun 2012 #13

Are you talking about sex offenders, or rapists/molesters? Hugabear Jun 2012 #16

Aren't JonLP24 Jun 2012 #19

Here is the data JonLP24 Jun 2012 #23

That's a good question, I too would be curious 4th law of robotics Jun 2012 #25

I posted the study above JonLP24 Jun 2012 #27

It's true regardless of how you define it. TheWraith Jun 2012 #31

No, he's right. Sex offenders are 4 times more likely to repeat a sex crime & get caught. Honeycombe8 Jun 2012 #26

Those aren't overall recidivism rates JonLP24 Jun 2012 #29

Definition of recidivism... Honeycombe8 Jun 2012 #30

4 times more likely than a non sexual offender criminal JonLP24 Jun 2012 #37

You have the wrong statistic there. TheWraith Jun 2012 #32

Sure. Criminal offenders with no sex offense history are less likely to commit sex offenses Jackpine Radical Jun 2012 #36

justice!!! n/t hrmjustin Jun 2012 #8

A jury would not have convicted bluestateguy Jun 2012 #9

I hope that this young father and his daughter get the counseling they will need to Arkansas Granny Jun 2012 #11

Very good point, I can't imagine the trauma that this holds for them. teddy51 Jun 2012 #15

There must have been proof of the rape treestar Jun 2012 #12

Yep bluestateguy Jun 2012 #14

Also, the child was screaming, which was heard by more than the father. Honeycombe8 Jun 2012 #28

As predicted. MrSlayer Jun 2012 #17

Good. ProfessionalLeftist Jun 2012 #18

Texas Grand Jury gets it right -- no crime occured. aikoaiko Jun 2012 #20

GOOD! That man is a hero! Odin2005 Jun 2012 #21

There are times when Texas gets it right. This is one of those times. kestrel91316 Jun 2012 #22

True, although to be clear what he did was justifiable in basically any state. TheWraith Jun 2012 #33

Good. nt Honeycombe8 Jun 2012 #24

I would think not madokie Jun 2012 #34

Thank god. applegrove Jun 2012 #35

Sad that this type of thing goes on Meiko Jun 2012 #38