Apr 30 2008
McCrory Speaks Out Against Sex Offender Ruling
RALEIGH — Pat McCrory criticized a Superior Court judge Wednesday for ruling last week that four sex offenders shouldn’t be subject to lifetime satellite monitoring.
McCrory, Charlotte’s mayor and a Republican candidate for governor, called on the state to appeal the judge’s ruling.
“Every day the Attorney General delays appealing this case, more children are in danger,” he said.
Jennifer Canada, a spokeswoman for Attorney General Roy Cooper, said Cooper believes dangerous sex offenders should be in prison, not just monitored by satellite.
I’d take it further than Cooper. I think child sex offenses should be capitol crimes and punishable by death. These people are a danger to whatever community they are in and they cannot be trusted to not commit theses heinous acts again. We shouldn’t have to pay to eletronically monitor these people or put them in prison for the rest of their lives.
I agree, especially when we’re talking about very young children being raped.
A lot of people would be upset with your suggestion, but they seem to forget that the purpose of the law isn’t to be poetic or to manage criminals into becoming nicer people, but to protect society. Capitol punishment does just that.
This is true. But life imprisonment without the possibility of parole will also do that. And on average it’s actually cheaper than carrying out the death penalty, as there are far fewer legal hurdles to leap over.
Life imprisonment also has the added bonus of not having to say “whoops!” after accidentally putting an innocent man to death. I refer you back to the posting on this website a few weeks ago after a man was released from death row after it was revealed that the arresting officer lied during the trial.
And if you’re really in the mood to see these scumbags suffer, I’d posit that spending the rest of your days in a tiny cell is far more miserable than a quick, painless needle.
I don’t really care to see them suffer. Like I said, it’s not about poetic justice, it’s about preventing them from doing it again.
Death has an advantage, in that some wimp liberal judge/governor/parole board won’t be able to come along and set them free and repeat their crimes.
We shouldn’t go overboard with the executions, and I’m not talking about 20 year olds having relations with 16 year olds, but I have a hard time finding a good argument for keeping someone around when you’ve found his DNA in a small child.
Press 7 for Celtic said: “Life imprisonment also has the added bonus of not having to say “whoops!” after accidentally putting an innocent man to death. I refer you back to the posting on this website a few weeks ago after a man was released from death row after it was revealed that the arresting officer lied during the trial.”
Ahhh…. touché