On Tue, 10 Oct 2006 16:27:25 -0500, Built_Well wrote:
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Stuart Krivis wrote:
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That was pretty rude. Hachi is usually a pretty good guy here.====
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===== I wasn't being rude. I'm asking a serious question.
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And I gave you a serious answer!
Aside from my interests in cars, computers, music, photography, and
psychology, I also wanted to be a lawyer, but every time I went to school,
something came up where I couldn't go, couldn't pay for it, etc.
So, law is also an interest, and with my friend in the job he is, I
analyze it not only from a psych standpoint, but also from a legal one.
And I really, really don't think (this is going to sound funny from a
Conservative such as myself) that they shouldn't be treated too much
different from other crinminals that have served their time. Most SOs go
through psych programs to pry them away from their behaviours; every state
in the union has such programs, I believe.
If you recall there was a Judge in Vermont that got blasted so bad by the
media that he would up resigning a few weeks ago. He gave the guy time
served (60 days) 10 years probation and counseling while on probation.
SIXTY DAYS?!?!?! That's because, in Vermont, if you are incarcerated, you
cannot undergo counselling! They have since changed the law. So, while it
looks like the Judge did the worst thing possible, he actually did the
best thing, because studies have shown prison is not a deterrent, but
counselling is.
And, if there is a registry for SOs, then there should be on for
murderers, also. The hard core killers DON'T reform well after prison
sentances, and are far more likely to commit another crime!
And yet, they have no counselling or 'registry' to contend with.
Yes, I know...Liberal it sounds, but I am from Mass.
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