Reply #9: It is possible to have harsh punishment....

[CoffeeCat]

...for sex offenders--while offering lesser sentences for the "Romeo and Juliet" cases.

I've never understood why people argue for lighter sentences for evil child rapists---by
pointing out that harsh sentences for the worst of society would be unfair to the 18-year old males
who have sex with a 17-year old girlfriend.

This is solved so easily--because sexual predator crimes and "Romeo and Juliet" crimes are not
related anymore than murder and jaywalking are related.

You deal with the sexual predators and molesters separately than the "R& J cases. You could have cut off ages.
For example--the law could state that if there is 5 years difference between the victim and
the perp--with the perp being 18 years or older---then the perpetrator does a life sentence.

Why is that so difficult to understand?

We're trying to stop 40-year old men from forcing 8 year old girls to perform oral sex on them.
We're trying to stop stepfathers and fathers from crawling into their 12-year old daughter's
beds and sexually terrorizing them night after night. Those crimes should be punishable by
life in prison.

It is a red herring to suggest that we should have lighter sentences for sexual predators who
prey on 5-year old children---because we might over-punish some high school senior had sex with someone who was a
year younger than him. The 40-year old man raping his own child repeatedly for a decade has
NOTHING to do with the high school senior getting a blow job from his sophomore girlfriend.

That's the equivalent of lumping together all traffic crimes with a blanket punishment of 30 years,
then arguing for lighter sentences for those who intentionally run over people because it's unfair
to the poor guy who just ran a stop sign.

The best answer is to make a dry distinction between R & J cases. The best answer isn't to make
it easier and less punitive for these soul-stealing, predators who believe that they have the right to sexually
violate any child they want--including their own flesh and blood.

Did you know that pedophiles truly believe that children want to have sex with them? They "groom" their
victims into accepting sexual behavior. This calculated plan of attack often takes months before they
rape. They'll show them pornography, tell them that "all little girls do this" or promise them treats,
candy or toys if they can just touch their leg, then touch their underwear, etc. Pretty soon, the child's
emotional and physical boundaries have been systematically broken down and they are too afraid or confused
to say no. The predator deludes himself into believing that the eventual sex was the child's idea, and that
they, in fact, are the victim of a precocious or evil child.

Pedophiles---any adult male or female having sex with a minor child--is a sexual terrorist. In addition to violating
the child, they often threaten, lie and ingrain in the children that something awful will happen to them,
their pets or their families if they "tell". Load of anxiety and trauma are heaped onto these children. Ninety
percent of children who are molested never tell. They are traumatized into silence. If they do get help,
it's often well into adulthood--and they battle eating disorders, addictions, depression, self injury, anxiety
disorders, PTSD and loss of full potential.

Victims get life sentences. So should the predators. We should legally separate the "Romeo and Juliet" cases
from these horrendous, evil pedophile crimes----so no one can ever justify giving one of these perverse
child predators anything less than a life sentence. EVER.

You're a grown man or woman...and you sexually violate a minor child---you're done. You're locked up for life.
That is not too much to ask. That is not unreasonable. It should be the law.