Monday, April 14, 2008

Sex Offender Sentencing

This country really needs to rethink how we deal with sex offenders.

Johnson has been arrested a staggering 53 times — the majority for groping women on the subway, police and prosecutors said.

In the latest incident, Johnson was being followed by plainclothes officers who recognized him from police photos, authorities said. He was charged with persistent sexual abuse, and if convicted this time, he could be sent away for life. The district attorney's office branded him a "recidivist transit grinder" at a court hearing earlier this week.


53 times. Most of them for sex crimes. I am all for trying to rehabilitate people which we sadly do not focus enough on in this country, but I continue to read too many stories about repeat sex offenders and the inability for the majority of them to change. Couldn't we use some of the billions we spend on locking up the occasional dope smoker to come up with better ways of dealing with sex offenders?

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

montana is actually leading the way in the rehab area. i really think we are starting down the right track there. of course, i think the better track would be to simply legalize pot and save our country the billions that we spend on incarcerating the user. but oh well.
at the state level, i think many states are starting to do a better job of rehabilitating (when appropriate).