JonBenet Ramsey-Habitual Sex Offenders
John Mark Karr. A plain vanilla name. Unremarkable throughout his life except that now he is known as the habitual pedophile who killed a little girl in a sensational case. If you think he's not a serial pedophile you do not know the breed.
I had a neighbor who not only sexually assaulted his own son but his son's friends over a period of years. Thank God I only had a little daughter and his pedophilia was concentrated on little boys. They can't control their compulsion. That's what makes them habitual, serial offenders.
Society has found no way to cure nor rehabilitate them. Yet the criminal justice system continues to let them back out on the street. You have a better chance of rehabilitating a first degree murderer than you do a habitual sex offender.
Our society cannot seem to admit that this is a serious problem that cannot be solved. Americans have a hard time doing that whenever faced with a problem.
If we admit that the sex offender problem is unsolvable, then we have to admit that the only way to protect society from habitual sex offenders is to keep them locked up until they can truly be treated successfully. That means possibly depriving a person of their liberty for the rest of their life.
Jailing anyone for life for a non-homicidal act is difficult to countenance. But if we allow habitual sex offenders back on the street, we will have to continue to face the consequence that there will be more JonBenet Ramseys.
I had a neighbor who not only sexually assaulted his own son but his son's friends over a period of years. Thank God I only had a little daughter and his pedophilia was concentrated on little boys. They can't control their compulsion. That's what makes them habitual, serial offenders.
Society has found no way to cure nor rehabilitate them. Yet the criminal justice system continues to let them back out on the street. You have a better chance of rehabilitating a first degree murderer than you do a habitual sex offender.
Our society cannot seem to admit that this is a serious problem that cannot be solved. Americans have a hard time doing that whenever faced with a problem.
If we admit that the sex offender problem is unsolvable, then we have to admit that the only way to protect society from habitual sex offenders is to keep them locked up until they can truly be treated successfully. That means possibly depriving a person of their liberty for the rest of their life.
Jailing anyone for life for a non-homicidal act is difficult to countenance. But if we allow habitual sex offenders back on the street, we will have to continue to face the consequence that there will be more JonBenet Ramseys.
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