Are Politicians Protecting Children or Predators

Virginia has become the latest battleground in the effort to protect America's children from predatory sex offenders. The head of the Virgina ACLU has been charged with possessing child pornographic videos and has sparked wide debate about what should be done with sexual predators.

I don't see how there is a debate. Any kind of sexual crime, towards adults or children, should be a capital offense on the first conviction, and should incur mandatory capital punishment. If you get caught and convicted, then you get one appeal. Found guilty after the appeal, and you are executed one week later so we can be sure you do not ruin another innocent young life.

It has long been conventional wisdom that treatment for sexual predators is ineffective. So why place the burden on taxpayers to support them while they serve life sentences. Capital punishment for completely ruining someones life in a horrible way should be mandatory. Judges around the country are failing in their responsibilities, giving light or sometimes no jail time at all.

Stephen Benjamin, a Virginia lawyer on the board of the National Association of Defense Attorneys, disagrees and points out the losses of the people who are convicted of raping children, saying, "I don't know that increased punishment is the answer. The sheer exposure and conviction are life-ruining events. Careers are ended. Licenses are lost. Families are lost."

Exposure and conviction at a trial where you are found guilty of raping young children ruin your life....too bad. You have lost the privilege of walking freely through our society. What about the children whose lives are ruined. Why should a convicted child rapists get to enjoy baseball games and watch TV and walk on the beach if they want. Why should you get to enjoy the rest of your life? Those who 'just look at child porn' are no better, as such behavior will eventually lead to physical acts. I guess if you get caught molesting kids, call Stephen Benjamin.

Get involved, see if your elected officials are protecting children or sex predators. Six Colorado Democrats are protecting the predators...Terrance Caroll, Mike Cerbo, Andy Kerr, Rosemary Marshall, Claire Levy, and Morgan Carroll. These politicians have represented the will of the Colorado people to let convicted sex offenders move freely through their society.

See what yours are doing.

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