Should child molesters be killed?

[Darius11 12]

If man or a woman has sex with someone younger then the age of 11 should they be killed after convicted.

I say yes.

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Child porn ring busted, 27 face charges
‘Molestation on demand’ reportedly offered via Internet chat room

NBC News
Updated: 4:21 p.m. ET March 15, 2006


CHICAGO - Charges were announced Wednesday against 27 people in the United States, Canada, Australia and Great Britain in connection with an Internet chat room allegedly used to trade child porn and view real-time child molestation.

The accused allegedly exchanged videos of live molestation, or what authorities are calling “molestation on demand.”

U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, who appeared at a news conference in Chicago, said seven victims were identified, one of them less than 18 months old.

Gonzales said the images, sent through a peer-to-peer network, represented "the worst imaginable forms of child pornography."

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents infiltrated the ring during the last year and began making arrests last week, the sources told NBC.

Thirteen of the suspects are charged in the United States.

The Associated Press said that arrests were made in Arizona, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Michigan, Nevada, New York, North Carolina and Tennessee.


The chat room, called “Kiddypics and Kiddyvids,” allowed users to share pictures and video.

Julie Myers, assistant secretary of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, appeared with Gonzales and said the trade in child pornography has expanded with the emergence of new technology.

There is more "home-grown child pornography" she said, and more new victims, with video and photographs shared on-line.

ICE took part in the investigation because the case involved cross-border crimes.

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© 2006 MSNBC.com

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[SkyDekker 1,123]

There is a story floating around the canadian press how innocent people seem to have gotten arrested in this. Mainly due to credit card fraud.

[lawrocket 3]

No. Child killers should be executed. Child molesters should merely be put away in jail for a very, very long time.

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[Richards 0]

Yes. It is a repulsive sickening crime that destroys an innocent child. People who could do that should be put to death.

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[pop 0]

Would cutting their dicks off be enough?

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[billvon 2,400]

Killing serves no other purpose other than making victims "feel good." And that's not the purpose of justice.

[Darius11 12]

I think the only way to be sure that the crime does not get committed again by the convicted child molester is by death.

I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not." - Kurt Cobain

[billvon 2,400]

>I think the only way to be sure that the crime does not get
>committed again by the convicted child molester is by death.

Or life in prison without parole. Both work equally well.

[Steel 0]

I say that unless the female rapist gave the boy an STD, she should definately NOT be killed. That would be insane. Punished maybe.

If you kill a man convicted of child molestation, you run the risk if killing an innocent man. Many have been convicted and then cleared through DNA evidence, years later. This execution would be used mainly for political gain, as the ignorant masses would cheer on, not really knowing for sure if the person being executed was guilty.
If however, it was proven beyond a reasonable doubt and the defendant did not at all deny having committed the crime, then hell yes fry him or at the very least perform chemical castration.
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Killing serves no other purpose other than making victims "feel good." And that's not the purpose of justice.

Sounds good to me.

[Darius11 12]

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>I think the only way to be sure that the crime does not get
>committed again by the convicted child molester is by death.

Or life in prison without parole. Both work equally well.

1 there is a slight risk of the convict escaping so not as full proof as the death penalty
2 I don’t have an issue with my tax money paying for murders or thieves but child molesters only if we can poke them with a sharp stick.

I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not." - Kurt Cobain

[Andy9o8 0]

No. The question is somewhat of a loaded one, given the contempt with which society regards child molesters. Instinctively, our feelings make most people want to say yes. But molestation, as despicable a crime as it is, is not murder, and so should not be a capital crime. Remove the criminal from society until he's 95, or forever; but no, society should not kill him.

[Lindsey 0]

If we're gonna kill child molesters, why not thieves? Why not people who drive excessively fast because it's fun....even though they know they're putting other people's lives at risk? I could come up with all sorts of people that we could start killing if we wanted to be darn sure they wouldn't do the same thing again. But that would be a pretty costly solution.

linz

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[billvon 2,400]

>there is a slight risk of the convict escaping so not as full proof as
>the death penalty

Going on that logic, there is a better chance a child molester will get off if there's capital punishment, because juries are historically less likely to return a guilty verdict if they know that the criminal will be put to death based on their decision.

>I don’t have an issue with my tax money paying for murders or
> thieves but child molesters only if we can poke them with a sharp
> stick.

Hey, if you want to be let into their cell to poke them with a sharp stick, I'd have no problem with that! (Of course you might get 'poked' yourself . . .)

[L.O. 0]

To kill is such A final solution. The current train of thought is forgiveness for everything under the sun. F-that. I think the death penalty for a lot of things would cut crime. If you know that when or if you get caught you die, you will definitely think again before committing the act. I realize that this is not realistic with the way our liberal government operates but it is simply what I would support. We need some population control anyway so kill them all.
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[Andy9o8 0]

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Killing serves no other purpose other than making victims "feel good." And that's not the purpose of justice.

Actually, it is one of the purposes of justice; it's just not the only purpose of justice.
There are certain philosophical justifications of punishment, which are not identical, but which may coexist:
1. Retribution/vengeance. Society expresses its outrage, and victims "feel good" by having their vengeance.
2. General deterrence. Make an example out of the offender to deter others in society from committing crimes.
3. Specific deterrence. By punishing the offender, society hopes to make him think twice before committing another crime.
4. Restitution. Make the offender pay something back to society and/or the victim for the crime he's committed.
5. Prevention. By removing the offender from society, he is physically prevented from preying on society.
This is all theoretical, of course. Mid-level undergrad stuff.

[Lindsey 0]

I think it prob'ly goes without saying that they'll get poked plenty in the prison system.... I think there's plenty of punishment waiting for child molesters among the inmates.

linz

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[Andy9o8 0]

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I think it prob'ly goes without saying that they'll get poked plenty in the prison system.... I think there's plenty of punishment waiting for child molesters among the inmates.

Even in prisons, their are hierarchies. Child molesters are the pond scum of the prison inmate hierarchy. Despised by the other inmates, who do their best to prey on them mercilessly. Being imprisoned as a child molester is a form of punishment that can be worse than death.

[Darius11 12]

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If we're gonna kill child molesters, why not thieves? Why not people who drive excessively fast because it's fun....even though they know they're putting other people's lives at risk? I could come up with all sorts of people that we could start killing if we wanted to be darn sure they wouldn't do the same thing again. But that would be a pretty costly solution.

linz

Do you honestly not know the difference between steeling someone’s car or speeding and raping someones child???????

If that’s the case then I won’t even waist my time.

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[Andy9o8 0]

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Do you honestly not know the difference between steeling someone’s car or speeding and raping someones child???????

If that’s the case then I won’t even waist my time.

You're missing her point.

[Lucky... 0]

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Would cutting their dicks off be enough?

Unless they're female offenders.

[Lucky... 0]

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Killing serves no other purpose other than making victims "feel good." And that's not the purpose of justice.

Well, actually victim's families, cause victims are already dead in our current death penalty state.

DP = retribution.

[Lucky... 0]

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I think the only way to be sure that the crime does not get committed again by the convicted child molester is by death.

Or don't let children into the jails = incapacitation.

[Lucky... 0]

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If we're gonna kill child molesters, why not thieves? Why not people who drive excessively fast because it's fun....even though they know they're putting other people's lives at risk? I could come up with all sorts of people that we could start killing if we wanted to be darn sure they wouldn't do the same thing again. But that would be a pretty costly solution.

linz

You realize there used to be many crimes for which we would execute. Now we are down to 1, but the problem is that even countries like Russia have abolished CP. Until 6 months ago we were 1 of 8 nations that still kiled kids. 19 of the last 39 child executions were by the US.

[Jimbo 0]

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Unless they're female offenders.

This has come up twice, now. Why the double standard?

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