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I believe in second chances after suitably long and thorough rehab. Joel Send a noteboard - 04/03/2010 07:02:38 PM
You shouldn't put 18 year olds in prison for life for sleeping with 16 year olds but if a thirty year old rapes an eight year old I have no problem if he never sees day light again.

I don't believe in fifteenth chances though. A lot of places, btw, an 18 year old doing a 16 year old isn't rape, statutory or otherwise (assuming both consent. ) In TX I BELIEVE (don't quote me at your trial :P) the law is that if you're within four years of the same age it's legal (which conveniently means that if you're >21 anyone <18 is off limits, but from 18-21 it would depend on their age even if they are legal minors. ) Again, that is NOT legal advice, just my understanding of how a law I've never had cause to check reads.
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Blame the Victim: Religious leaflet claims "ungodly" dressed women provoke rape - 04/03/2010 02:38:35 PM 422 Views
Blame the victim mentality is so sad. - 04/03/2010 03:49:27 PM 177 Views
the good news is this sort of thinking - 04/03/2010 03:55:38 PM 184 Views
I don't know. There's something to be said for this way of thinking. - 04/03/2010 04:46:29 PM 199 Views
I'm with you on life imprisonment for repeat sex offenders. - 04/03/2010 06:28:27 PM 253 Views
if the vicitim is a child they shouldn't be given a second chance - 04/03/2010 06:35:36 PM 256 Views
It's a tough call for me. - 04/03/2010 06:43:04 PM 194 Views
there does have to be an element of common sense involved - 04/03/2010 06:58:58 PM 173 Views
agree. - 04/03/2010 07:02:37 PM 162 Views
I believe in second chances after suitably long and thorough rehab. - 04/03/2010 07:02:38 PM 191 Views
that's just Texas though. - 04/03/2010 07:17:02 PM 164 Views
Hence "a lot of places" and "in TX. " - 04/03/2010 08:45:12 PM 161 Views
do you have any evidience that rehab works - 04/03/2010 08:29:00 PM 196 Views
Yah, I'm not a big proponent of the "truly bad people" mindset. - 04/03/2010 08:41:55 PM 193 Views
Nice post, I agree with nearly all of that. *NM* - 04/03/2010 08:55:17 PM 55 Views
Thanks; even us blind squirrels occasionally find a nut. - 05/03/2010 03:13:47 AM 151 Views
I wish the truly bad people felt the same way - 05/03/2010 02:57:15 PM 206 Views
I wish we could get past the notion of "truly bad people. " - 15/03/2010 05:50:34 AM 230 Views
To the best of my knowledge from the studies and ocumentaries I saw in college... - 05/03/2010 01:19:18 AM 250 Views
Re: To the best of my knowledge from the studies and ocumentaries I saw in college... - 05/03/2010 02:28:59 AM 199 Views
when they get to 100% let me know - 05/03/2010 02:58:00 PM 186 Views
I don't think the comparison to the Australian Sheik is relevant. - 15/03/2010 07:04:08 AM 179 Views

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