use GPS on Sex Offenders

Put a GPS on that person?

  • I don't know

    Votes: 4 19.0%

  • Yes!

    Votes: 11 52.4%

  • No.

    Votes: 6 28.6%
  • Total voters
    21
How's about the Everglades?....With no weapons of course....let them and the Pythons rumble.....
 
NitroHonda said:
No. I'd rather execute them all. They WILL do it again.

A 18/17 year old is absurd and that issue needs to be cleared up. I have a friend in the same boat. He served 7 years in Huntsville and got out a couple years ago. He was just a little older (23) dating a 17 year old. As much as I do not approve... he's now a sex offender for life and a felon. I think his punishment was awfully harsh.
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You can also get classified a sex offender for urinating or defecating in public, sometimes there are also false positive conviction cases where a female claims someone raped her but maybe it was consentual or in other cases, statutory rape with minor.

Are you !totally! sure you want to castrate or execute those who *may* be innocent? :ugh2:

Frequency and Predictors of False Conviction: Why We Know So Little, and New Data on Capital Cases - Gross - 2008 - Journal of Empirical Legal Studies - Wiley Online Library
 
Lukin said:
I was thinking of Madagascar island
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The British are somewhat famously known for exiling all their convicts (including sex offenders) to Africa and Australia. There's a lot of stories about sex offenders being high in the Australian content per capita.

It may very well be a nature or biology thing. What if the sex offenders that are exiled end up reproducing over the years and all their children have natural tendencies that can be classified sexual offenses and they immigrate to your country years later?
 
Reba said:
I don't think it would be effective.

If it's for convicted sex offenders then it could be part of their parole conditions but it only tells where the offender is, not what he's doing.

What about sex offenders who haven't even been caught yet? They're still out there. Believing that all sex offenders are being tracked gives a false sense of security to the public.
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GPS tracking may be useful as an alibi. If parents claim "this offender was near my child/school!" GPS data can be looked at and see if the stories match. This way some offenders are not brought in again to court for crimes they may not have committed.

Lots of offenders who realize they did something wrong first time (ie, 50 year old male with 17 year old female, or 35 year old teacher with 17 year old student) want to prove themselves that they are not problematic offenders, it was something they once did something wrong and they want to prove themselves as normal people rather than banished from the community. This may be one of those things that can be a gateway to serve as an alibi.

My personal opinion is that it's a good thing to have if properly used. But in cost-effectiveness grand scheme of things, they can misuse the GPS. It also means we have to pay a lot more tax dollars for the police to fund the GPS devices. California recently passed Chelsea's law, which will allow GPS tracking in certain situations.
 
naisho said:
The British are somewhat famously known for exiling all their convicts (including sex offenders) to Africa and Australia. There's a lot of stories about sex offenders being high in the Australian content per capita.

It may very well be a nature or biology thing. What if the sex offenders that are exiled end up reproducing over the years and all their children have natural tendencies that can be classified sexual offenses and they immigrate to your country years later?
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Yes, during American colonial time the Georgia colony was the place where they exile their criminals.

Not sure what you mean by "natural tendencies", if you meant behavioral/biological DNA, I can somewhat disagree that idea of 'passing down'. However, if you mean the psychological learning process that are taught in children by parent, such as sexual abuses and so on, then such scenarios are certainly possible.
 
Call me crazy - What if the satellite crashes or goes kaput? Oh the horror ensues. :P

Seriously, Having a GPS on a RSO is not a bad idea. However, will it succeed? That I don't know of. There are murky areas which are in need to sort out. If it is effective on being able to keep track of a RSO, that would be fine and dandy but, do we really know what they are doing? I mean, the society is already wary enough of having a RSO living nearby and to add the GPS may make them think "Ok, we're safe. The cops have them in the bag."

Another thing is, does the law enforcement have the time and resources to make this happen? :dunno:
 
GPS what ever man can make and do man can undo ..so at some point be able to take it off place else where it give the molester free range,not good idea
 
It won't work. They can easily be removed, and if welfare abuse is any indication of how the system works, there won't be any vigilance in keeping tabs on offenders....


Laura
 
Jiro said:
I say NO because "sex offender" is bit too broad and handful of people are borderline innocent. ie - 18 years old boyfriend would be convicted of statuary rape with minor for having sex with 17 years old girlfriend.

but I say YES for repeated offenders and child rapists.[/QUOTE

Thought the same when I saw this post.

Yes for those who prey on children.
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Lau2046 said:
The OP is speaking of realistic solutions. No one would allow this in the States. Maybe China....

Laura
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Absolutely realistic. There's chemical castration in the US. There's also been verifiable cases of sterilization in recent history.

That being said... I'm against it because it's only a temporary solution. We need something permanent. Once they stop taking the drug, their "drive" comes back. Physical castration is what needs to happen... and I agree it's unrealistic. I'll still voice my support for it!
 
NitroHonda said:
Absolutely realistic. There's chemical castration in the US. There's also been verifiable cases of sterilization in recent history.

That being said... I'm against it because it's only a temporary solution. We need something permanent. Once they stop taking the drug, their "drive" comes back. Physical castration is what needs to happen... and I agree it's unrealistic. I'll still voice my support for it!
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There's no way to ensure that they'll take the drug when required. This is the problem facing the Mental Health cases in this country. You can't force sick people to take their meds, let alone force a sex offender to comply. Doctors are prevented by patient confidentiality from reporting patients that aren’t taking required medication. Yes, medical castration has been permitted in some states but again, it doesn't work because there's no way to monitor if the offender is complying with the court order.

The sad reality is it's up to the public to defend themselves against dangerous offenders without much help from law enforcement or the mental health community.


Laura
 
Place the most serious ones in one of those state hospitals for the criminally insane for life. Rapists and child sex abusers cannot be rehabbed at ALL. Might as well remove them for good from the general population, so they can't hurt anyone at all.
I get that rapists and child sex abusers have extreme psychological problems....that is why they need to be locked up.......if they're locked up, then that prevents a lot of other abuse and psychological screwed upness.
 
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NitroHonda said:
No. I'd rather execute them all. They WILL do it again.

A 18/17 year old is absurd and that issue needs to be cleared up. I have a friend in the same boat. He served 7 years in Huntsville and got out a couple years ago. He was just a little older (23) dating a 17 year old. As much as I do not approve... he's now a sex offender for life and a felon. I think his punishment was awfully harsh.
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Yes, a year difference shouldn't be prosecuted......and yes, I am glad that you didn't approve of your buddy's relationship......that's a little too oooky for me.
I mean even older teens are still maturing and learning about realtionships and stuff........it's not as bad as taking advantage of really little kids or young teens, but it's still bad.
 
NitroHonda said:
Absolutely realistic. There's chemical castration in the US. There's also been verifiable cases of sterilization in recent history.

That being said... I'm against it because it's only a temporary solution. We need something permanent. Once they stop taking the drug, their "drive" comes back. Physical castration is what needs to happen... and I agree it's unrealistic. I'll still voice my support for it!
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It has nothing to DO with their sex drive. It has to do with the fact that they are really extremely mentally aberrant. They have such distorted thinking that they think it's OK to attack someone sexually or manipulate someone sexually. Or they see nothing wrong with doing so.
Granted a huge percentage of those are most likely sociopaths....and removing sociopaths from society can only be good for society.
 
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