The public is ill-informed at best, but is mostly clueless. Even the thought of sex offenses elicits a deep-seated emotional response from most people, regardless of what actually may have happened or what is just, so getting voter support for such a move would require a massive public education campaign.”

I’d say even a third of the above amount deicated to a public education campaign would be more effective in providing community saftey than the current systems dedicated half billion to community harm and the lie of saftey..