Reply #181: He and a nine year old exposed themselves to each other 18 years ago.

[Kimber Scott]

He was mentally disabled. That's what they said on MSNBC. What's to say he wouldn't have picked a kid out of her bed and raped and killed her? I don't know. What's to say anyone won't? I think this whole thing is a shame. This poor guy, when he did what he did to get convicted may have done it with the mind of a nine year old himself. On the other hand, I'm tired of watching the news only to find another child has been raped and murdered and living with the feeling our kids and ourselves are not safe, even in our own beds.

This is an enormous problem in our society. I think several things need to be done to address it.

1. Sex offenders need to be classified better.
2. People with lessor offenses should be able to have their registrations expunged after an extensive period of time with good behavior.
3. Jails need to be cleared of petty criminals to make room for sex offenders.
4. Violent offenders should serve EXTENSIVE sentences - at least, life.
5. Sex crimes against children should be punished much more severly. Not with the slaps on the wrists many of them get now - in and out of jail 12 - 15 times for crimes against children. That is a disgusting sign of what we think about our kids. Pedophiles not only damage their victims initially and for life, but victims of pedophilia have a much higher likelihood of becoming pedophiles themselves, committing suicide, becoming prostitutes, etc.. The initial offense can reverberate for generations.
6. Offenders should have the option of surgical castration. Although, I'm not a doctor and have no idea if such a thing actually works.

Whatever the solution, and there has to be one, it won't be a one size fits all solution. I think this case is proof, all sex offenders are not created equal and blanket policies do not work. Common sense works, but that seems to be lacking in our society, as well.