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Mon May-17-10 09:28 AM Original message |
federal government can keep some sex offenders locked up after they serve their sentences |
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itsrobert
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Mon May-17-10 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
1. good! |
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derby378
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Mon May-17-10 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
2. Uh, not so good... |
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pipi_k
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Mon May-17-10 09:39 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Well I think we also need to exercise a little common sense... |
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derby378
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Mon May-17-10 09:44 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. I agree... |
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jberryhill
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Mon May-17-10 09:54 AM Response to Reply #5 |
13. Gee, maybe we can get together a group of people... |
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msanthrope
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Mon May-17-10 10:18 AM Response to Reply #13 |
24. I adore this post. n/t |
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msanthrope
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Mon May-17-10 10:17 AM Response to Reply #2 |
22. Why is the confinement of people who are mentally ill and dangerous to |
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jberryhill
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Mon May-17-10 10:36 AM Response to Reply #22 |
31. It wasn't until the Reagan administration |
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msanthrope
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Mon May-17-10 10:46 AM Response to Reply #31 |
33. ah--yes, the great Reagan 'liberation' of the homeless |
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redqueen
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Mon May-17-10 11:46 AM Response to Reply #22 |
44. Good question. (nt) |
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kenny blankenship
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Mon May-17-10 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
3. Why doesn't the President just assassinate them already ? |
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Usrename
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Mon May-17-10 10:18 AM Response to Reply #3 |
23. That system works so well for meeting out capital punishment. |
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pipi_k
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Mon May-17-10 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
4. Well, if the government had kept my pervert BIL locked up |
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WinkyDink
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Mon May-17-10 09:45 AM Response to Reply #4 |
11. It wasn't the Federal govt's purview to BE THE JUDGE TO ADD MORE TO THE SENTENCE. |
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msanthrope
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Mon May-17-10 10:22 AM Response to Reply #11 |
27. They didn't "add to the sentence"--you could try READING the opinion, you know. n/t |
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KansasVoter
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Mon May-17-10 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
6. Horrible! How about murderers? Why not keep them also? What is the point of a sentence??? |
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dickthegrouch
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Mon May-17-10 10:04 AM Response to Reply #6 |
19. I've never understood how a sentence of 3-5 years could be legal |
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WinkyDink
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Mon May-17-10 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
7. This is incredible. Either make the sentences more severe, or accept the debt as paid. These extra- |
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KansasVoter
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Mon May-17-10 09:42 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. + 1000 |
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Echo In Light
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Mon May-17-10 09:44 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Agreed. Numerous slippery slopes in a failing empire |
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msanthrope
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Mon May-17-10 10:21 AM Response to Reply #9 |
26. The confinement of mentally ill people who are a danger to society is evidence of a |
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Echo In Light
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Mon May-17-10 10:53 AM Response to Reply #26 |
36. No...that's your extrapolation. Not what I said or implied. |
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uponit7771
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Mon May-17-10 09:58 AM Response to Reply #7 |
16. Yeap, they're basing the findings off studies...this isn't right |
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msanthrope
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Mon May-17-10 12:07 PM Response to Reply #16 |
45. What findings? Where? What action do you claim is being taken 'based on studies?' n/t |
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msanthrope
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Mon May-17-10 10:20 AM Response to Reply #7 |
25. Why is the confinement of mentally ill people who are a danger to society remotely |
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MyNameGoesHere
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Mon May-17-10 10:34 AM Response to Reply #25 |
30. I don't know. Do you have a crystal ball that shows the future? |
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msanthrope
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Mon May-17-10 10:43 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Did you miss the part about being too mentally ill to function in society without being a danger to |
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MyNameGoesHere
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Mon May-17-10 11:16 AM Response to Reply #32 |
40. Then what method are they using? |
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msanthrope
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Mon May-17-10 11:44 AM Response to Reply #40 |
43. What method? Can't you read the law? |
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MyNameGoesHere
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Mon May-17-10 04:07 PM Response to Reply #43 |
48. I have read it and the |
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Johonny
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Mon May-17-10 11:04 AM Response to Reply #25 |
39. There's a difference between prison and a mental illness facility |
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msanthrope
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Mon May-17-10 12:21 PM Response to Reply #39 |
46. Okay--but these guys are already in psychiatric care, not 'prison' general pop. |
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Johonny
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Mon May-17-10 11:01 AM Response to Reply #7 |
38. I agree |
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Orsino
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Mon May-17-10 11:26 AM Response to Reply #7 |
42. Or stop pretending that we are punishing evil... |
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old mark
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Mon May-17-10 09:53 AM Response to Original message |
12. Slippery slope, OK - but please understand there is NO CURE for pedophiles and |
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uponit7771
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Mon May-17-10 09:59 AM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Who says there's no cure? Some study? |
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msanthrope
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Mon May-17-10 10:32 AM Response to Reply #18 |
29. Yes. What do you think government uses when assessing guilt? Think they just make it up? |
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old mark
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Mon May-17-10 11:22 AM Response to Reply #18 |
41. A friend of mine runs a program of group counseling for sex offenders. I worked with |
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Ladyinblack
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Mon May-17-10 10:07 AM Response to Reply #12 |
20. No Cure |
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Vinnie From Indy
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Mon May-17-10 10:07 AM Response to Reply #12 |
21. Really? |
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msanthrope
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Mon May-17-10 10:48 AM Response to Reply #21 |
35. How is confining the mentally ill who are a danger to others, relinquishing the Constitution? n/t |
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Kurt_and_Hunter
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Mon May-17-10 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
14. self delete for stupidity |
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MousePlayingDaffodil
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Mon May-17-10 09:57 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. The two "no" votes . . . |
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Kurt_and_Hunter
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Mon May-17-10 09:58 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Wow! Thanks. Then we truly are screwn |
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msanthrope
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Mon May-17-10 10:24 AM Response to Reply #17 |
28. No--I suggest you read the opinion, and the dissent..... |
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jberryhill
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Mon May-17-10 10:48 AM Response to Reply #28 |
34. It is controversial, because it has a history of abuse |
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msanthrope
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Mon May-17-10 11:00 AM Response to Reply #34 |
37. I'm not suggesting it's easy--nor should it be. In fact, the process should be |
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Bluebear
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Mon May-17-10 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
47. Police States are born like this. |
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