While I believe a child rapist should be sentenced to state sanctioned castration with jail time in general population. As for Jessica's law.. I don't agree with it all to fully support it.

I'm an ex felon. And if I gotta find a new job it can be tough. Jessica's law extends the punishment beyond the sentence. Someone like me just having the felony on my record is enough to lose employment opportunities.. Even though I've had no run ins with the law since. I'm not the drug addicted, violent, scary mofo I used to be. But it still haunts me. I know I didn't rape a kid or hurt a kid. But I did try to stab two mall security officers. I've done my time, probation, community service but I'm still treated as a felon to most people.

In my case, what if my record kept me from getting a job that could support my bills? What would keep me from continuing to basically be a thug in order to just get by? Child rapist are sick but for those that can rehab and make a positive change in there life I think it maybe worth it to punish them yes, but not to restrict them so much that they can't even attempt to better themselves.

This is a classic example of religious right at work. You make a law with a legitimate sad story behind it. You tell people to support it our your a sick evil fuck and are no better then these people. "You vote against Jessica's Law, you're hurting the kids." Is like Bush saying "Your with us or against us" leaving no room for a neutral position. They do this with almost every taboo subject like abortion(yet for some reason they support the death penalty). Show you some pictures of an aborted fetus and call you a killer for supporting it. Abortion isn't a pretty thing but its a fact of life. Kinda like the "mechanically separated chicken" ingredient in beef jerky.