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The issue here is the same as "sex offender registration".

Either the convicted offender can be "safe for society" or not.

If he/she can - give them whatever prison is due, and however many years of probation is necessary to keep tabs, and after those commitments are satisfied, pat your legal system on the back and say "good job" while the ex-offender lives his/her life wherever he/she wants.

If he/she CANT be "safe for society", then throw his or her arse in prison for the rest of his or her life and throw away the key.

I believe that sex offenders can give up sexual offending if they want to. Ok so "...recidivism is highest..." in sexual offenders- that tells me that answer is more jail time/more probation/more of whatever lousy tactics we use to 'rehabilitiate' criminals as opposed to colored license plates and ankle bracelets for the rest of their life. I would think that pink license plates and ankle GPS would foment more hate in the mind of the ex-offender...a mind that needs all the help it can get.

Yes I am christian, and I do believe in forgiveness.

-John

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