[ALEXIS_DH]

That's why I like my idea. You don't hurt anyone while you're driving drunk, and it's not a crime. You kill someone, and it doesn't matter if you're Jesus Christ who just had a couple beers and it was the first time you'd ever driven drunk, you go down for 20 years...

in the mind of the average person, there is statistically little chance of killing someone while driving drunk (i mean, intuitively i think if you go out and drive 100 miles drunk its several times more likely you will get pulled over than to actually kill someone). so you take a relatively minimal risk against an astronomical cost of 20 years in jail.

current DUI laws make it a relatively high risk, weighted against the low-moderate cost of spending a night in jail (and the whole nightmare a DUI is).

the 2nd seems much more of a deterrent, since humans arent very good at weighting cost/benefit as it approaches infinity.

 

[$tinkle]

That and, anybody whose never masturbated with a pound of ground beef doesnt know what they're missing.

i think the key here is to not thaw it.
rookie mistake.

 

[Changleen]

strangers used to show up at their door to badger the family. One neighbor came to the house and told Mary he wasn’t going to leave them alone until they took their “child rapist” away, so they moved, she said.

If I was in this situation, (and I hope I never ever will live in a country with such stupid laws again), but anyway, if some ****stain came to my house and said this, I would straight up beat the **** out them with a big stick. No question.

 

[Silver]

If I was in this situation, (and I hope I never ever will live in a country with such stupid laws again), but anyway, if some ****stain came to my house and said this, I would straight up beat the **** out them with a big stick. No question.

See, I'd seduce the guy's daughter, **** her brains out and maybe even get her pregnant and then blow him away with a shotgun when he came banging on my door with a baseball bat to beat the crap out of me. Self defense, your honor!

Sometimes you gotta swing for the fences, y'know?

 

[BMXman]

Yeah, personally, I feel it's flawed... even after you have served your debt to society, the punishment of public humiliation trashes your life, you're blackballed from neighborhoods, jobs, etc.

agreed....D

 

[fluff]

Whilst I understand the point that minors cannot give consent, because they are (at some point) unable to understand the potential consequences etc, it seems to me that if a 16 yr old has consensual sex with someone within a year or two of his owb,to convict him of a crime that will stain his life is a more than a little harsh.

So if you're 15 you're forgiven, but if you're 16 you're damned.

 

[valve bouncer]

Whilst I understand the point that minors cannot give consent, because they are (at some point) unable to understand the potential consequences etc, it seems to me that if a 16 yr old has consensual sex with someone within a year or two of his owb,to convict him of a crime that will stain his life is a more than a little harsh.

So if you're 15 you're forgiven, but if you're 16 you're damned.

Of course if that 15 year old commits a crime then they can be conveniently tried as an adult. Gotta love double standards.

 

[Spero]

Not related to the registries, but NBC gets slapped with lawsuit for 'To Catch a Predator'.

 

[SlapheadMofo]

Unless you've ridden a motorcycle, you will never fully understand the level of others stupidity behind the wheel.

I'd love to ride a motorcycle; that's the whole reason I don't - hell, I rarely even ride my bicycle on the road. Too damn scary for me thanks.

I think life in prison w/o parole is fitting for anyone over the age of 18 that has sex with a child under age of 12; I also support the idea of the death penalty for those animals that molest very young children. Some debts can never be paid.

Also, I'm pretty sure some states cut a break on the statuatory stuff if it's consensual and both parties are within a couple years of each other.

 

[jimmydean]

Not related to the registries, but NBC gets slapped with lawsuit for 'To Catch a Predator'.

I wish more of those jackasses would kill themselves. Think of the tax dollars it would save vs. them going through the court system.

 

[Spero]

I wish more of those jackasses would kill themselves. Think of the tax dollars it would save vs. them going through the court system and never being convicted of anything due to entrapment laws and whatnot.

Fixed

 

[$tinkle]

Molester jumps to his death

California - A 52-year-old man jumped to his death at a California courthouse hours after being convicted of child molestation, authorities said.

Carlos Edward Tello was facing more than 20 years in prison when he jumped from a ninth-floor balcony of the Central Justice Centre in Santa Ana on Tuesday. A suicide note was tucked into his clothing, authorities said.

A jury at a different courthouse, in the nearby town of Fullerton, had convicted Tello earlier in the day of repeatedly molesting a young girl between 1989 and 1994

"Charity begins at home and justice begins next door." - charles dickens
"Conscience is the chamber of justice. - origen

 

[LordOpie]

His family should sue for him getting access to the 9th floor balcony. That should've been secured.