Paul,

FL will not likely reform its ways. Abandon hope for it and go where your life and your contributions are accepted and respected. There are plenty of options where you can prosper, even in the south.

And victims are less likely to report since it will probably be a family member or friend who commits the act. And perps are more likely to murder their victims to ensure silence. Death penalty is blood list disguised as justice.

Cherokee
It’s not about you, it’s about people who commit heinous crimes against children

@A
Just an honest question. Are you under the impression that all of us raped children?

I heard a story of an older couple who were nudists. They had a high fence around their backyard for privacy. Two of the kids that lived next store peeked over the fence and took photos of the couple and showed their parents the photos. The parents called the police.

Something as simple as that could land someone in jail and onto the registry. I do not know all the details or the outcome but one day you are a citizen and a neighbor, they next day your life could end as you know it.

Study after study shows that the death penalty does not deter crime, puts innocent people to death, is racially biased, and is cruel and inhumane. It is state-sanctioned homicide, wholly ineffective, often botched, and a much more expensive punishment than life imprisonment. There is no ethical, scientifically supported, medically acceptable or morally justifiable way to carry it out. Detterrence is prob­a­bly the most com­mon­ly expressed ratio­nale for the death penal­ty. The essence of the the­o­ry is that the threat of being exe­cut­ed in the future will be suf­fi­cient to cause a sig­nif­i­cant num­ber of peo­ple to refrain from com­mit­ting a heinous crime they had oth­er­wise planned.

@Mrs Daksha

Yes, that was very sad news. Numerous families are in mourning and will take a long time for them to heal. Each year when their birthdays come around, that will spark more sadness. I hope and pray they are all with the Lord and the families will find comfort knowing they are hopefully in a better place.

I contend that the law will not act as a deterrent . There appears to be a lack of statistical evidence to support the idea of deterrence. SCOTUS decided that the death penalty was unconstitutional in cases such as this and increased the probability that the victim would be killed.

Pray for everyone on the registry.

bwj
The purpose of laws related to rape is to protect victims of sexual assault and prevent the defendant from introducing evidence or questioning about the victim’s prior sexual behavior1. Rape is a crime in which sexual intercourse is committed without consent, through force, threats, or fearful intimidation.
. The legal definition of rape
generally, involves non-consensual sexual penetration. Thats why we need laws