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In reply to the discussion: Oregon Supreme Court to consider: Is it 'cruel and unusual' to imprison public masturbator for life? [View all]longship
(40,416 posts)2. I think the guy needs some help.
But I would not suppose to suggest a solution other than to say life imprisonment would not be among them.
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Oregon Supreme Court to consider: Is it 'cruel and unusual' to imprison public masturbator for life? [View all]
dariomax
Mar 2015
OP
How long do you think the courts should keep this jerk off the streets?
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
Mar 2015
#1
It's insane, isn't it, peoples priorities and what they get excited above. Often I feel I
RKP5637
Mar 2015
#7
But the issue is the possibility of the current offense escalating into something worse.
pnwmom
Mar 2015
#30
I don't know the best solution either, but life imprisonment seems a, throw hands in
RKP5637
Mar 2015
#40
Since sexual assault is a crime of power, not passion, I'm not sure castration would
pnwmom
Mar 2015
#77
Well, he certainly couldn't be trusted taking a pill every day, since he could decide
pnwmom
Mar 2015
#79
Yeah, how shocking. They're trying to figure out how to keep a violent sex offender,
pnwmom
Mar 2015
#32
Are you shitting me? You're apparently unclear on what this guy was charged with.
MADem
Mar 2015
#115
No prob. It really bugs me when people mess with little kids, that's why I get so annoyed.
MADem
Mar 2015
#119
We're always cool MADem. :) I also was a free range kid. Summertime, I'd ride my bike..
BlueJazz
Mar 2015
#131
The guy is a child RAPIST. Good grief, read the whole article and click on the links within it.
MADem
Mar 2015
#107
The mean and nasty America. He needs help but how about a psychiatric hospital?
Maraya1969
Mar 2015
#8
He's a creep with a history of multiple sexual felonies and kidnapping that isn't mentioned here.
pnwmom
Mar 2015
#9
I think he needs to be contained for life, given the fact that he's a repeat offender, has assaulted children,
pnwmom
Mar 2015
#37
He is hurting no one. Just look away if you don't want to see it. We are such puritans.
McCamy Taylor
Mar 2015
#14
True. But the people you've seen probably don't have records with kidnapping and assault. n/t
pnwmom
Mar 2015
#23
Life without parole is only not appopriate for any but the very worst repeat offenders
alcibiades_mystery
Mar 2015
#24
No--I will not. It was in the charge sheet. And unless you were THERE, you've no idea
MADem
Mar 2015
#104
No. Rape is no longer the legal term for a penetrating sexual assault in Oregon. nt
pnwmom
Mar 2015
#127
Unfortunately, the same word used to apply to consensual adult relations. But that is no longer
pnwmom
Mar 2015
#126
No, the legal definition of Sodomy in Oregon is NOT consensual oral or anal sex.
pnwmom
Apr 2015
#164
You're right. A mental hospital might be the best place for him. The aim would be contain him in the most
pnwmom
Mar 2015
#29
He has offended with CHILDREN. And while under GPS monitoring, cut off the bracelet
pnwmom
Mar 2015
#31
Kidnapping, burglary, and sexual assault of children. This isn't about sex; he's a predator.
pnwmom
Mar 2015
#56
why was somebody guilty of kidnapping and sexual abuse walking the streets?
magical thyme
Mar 2015
#57
The headline is misleading. This guy has a history of sexual assault, burglary, and kidnapping.
pnwmom
Mar 2015
#84
I have to say, some of the comments in this thread are surprising for an ostensibly progressive
MADem
Mar 2015
#105
His offenses were also against at least one child he KNEW. So that child wasn't a prostitute.
pnwmom
Mar 2015
#91
omg, JERKING OFF on across this world, millions daily. It should never be a crime.
rladdi
Mar 2015
#101
Read the posts. He's been convicted of felonious sexual assault -- in other words, rape. Of CHILDREN
pnwmom
Mar 2015
#125
I have to comment: The State of Idaho elected a 2 time rapist to the state senate. Yes, he is a
rladdi
Mar 2015
#102
You keep crying about sodomy but you didn't look up what "sodomy I" was in Oregon.
MADem
Mar 2015
#114
No one in Oregon is charged with rape anymore. Rape is no longer the legal term there or in most states.
pnwmom
Mar 2015
#124
Sodomy 1, the crime he was convicted of, is oral or anal rape -- not forced kissing. n/t
pnwmom
Mar 2015
#143
That is a broad definition of sexual assault, not the specific Oregon definition of Sodomy in the
pnwmom
Apr 2015
#158
I made a small mistake -- they can be charged with vaginal rape. But his crime was oral or anal rape
pnwmom
Mar 2015
#142
No,we're witnessing deliberate obtuseness on your part. Look at the definition of Sodomy 1,
pnwmom
Mar 2015
#149
Okay, fine. Men can be victims both of rape and Sodomy -- defined as forced anal or oral sex.
pnwmom
Apr 2015
#167
I did NOT say there can be no rape of males. I said that the legal term used in Oregon for male
pnwmom
Apr 2015
#162
He was getting treatment and decided to cut off his GPS monitor and take a "vacation."
pnwmom
Mar 2015
#128
Sodomy 1 in Oregon is a sexual assault equivalent in evil to rape even if another term is used.n/t
pnwmom
Apr 2015
#168
I don't like "three strikes laws". This is a tough one, but he shouldn't get life.
Xithras
Mar 2015
#134
If he insists on exposing himelf for sexual gratification to peple who do not ask.
Agnosticsherbet
Mar 2015
#151