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Oklahoma Okays Death Penalty for Child Molesters | 40 comments (40 topical)
Re: Oklahoma Okays Death Penalty for Child Moleste (none / 0) (#15)
by HK on Sat Jun 10, 2006 at 06:32:02 AM EST
I am appalled at this new law. There are so many things wrong with it, not least the fact that some girls who are nearly 14 years old are capable of looking a lot older. I am inclined to think that those who abuse children have an illness (or a perversion) that cannot be cured and I wonder how much research has been done on this. If it is some kind of mental deficiency, it would appear that the US has returned to the practice of executing the mentally ill. I think society has a duty to put these people where they can do no harm, but the offenders themselves are part of society and must be given consideration too. We do not seek to terminate the lives of others who are incurably ill with a non-fatal illness. Furthermore, what if the offender was the father of the victim; is it right that the victim is made to suffer and then to grieve? Not only will repeat offender child molesterers have nothing to lose from murdering their victims, but they have something to gain - the elimination of quite possibly the only eye witness to their capital crime.

Oklahoma Okays Death Penalty for Child Molesters | 40 comments (40 topical)

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