Quote Originally Posted by Zimzum
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.

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I understand your point Zim, but there are some acts which are simply heinous and not deserving of mercy. A violent crime against a helpless child falls into this catagory. Extending the punsihment beyond the sentence in these cases just means the sentence wasn't long enough. Seriously. These aren't dumb kids, or someone down on their luck, simply making a mistake and learning from it. These people are evil predators and the cases of repeat offenders greatly outweigh the cases of successful rehabilitation.

As far as I'm concerned, anyone convicted of child molestation should be locked and a 6x6x6' cell, no windows, no company, no nothing, until they die. And if that is cruel and unusual, to fucking bad. They should have thought about that before raping a 5yo.