Poll of the Day > Did you have a problem with that univ. of oregon baseball player being outed....

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Personally i have some problems with what happened here. I mean what about people who murder someone else? Do they have to be put on a murderer registry where they have to register every yr. or so? I know that many states have sex offender registries, probably most in the u.s. Including my state which i think is one of the toughest in the u.s.
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There has always been a double standard with sex offenders.

Although if people feel they will always pose a threat (even with counseling/registering/etc.) why let them out in the first place?
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KazGT6 posted...

Personally i have some problems with what happened here. I mean what about people who murder someone else? Do they have to be put on a murderer registry where they have to register every yr. or so? I know that many states have sex offender registries, probably most in the u.s. Including my state which i think is one of the toughest in the u.s.

While on some level I can agree that the additional scrutiny is unfair, it's worth noting that the re-offend rate is far higher on sex offenders than most other crimes whereas murder has the lowest recidivism rate.
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I mean it seems like he went through a lot after the incident. All the proper therapy and punishments and shit. He doesn't strike me as particularly high-risk any more, and that's enough for me to be fine with him playing.
But people have the right to know that he could be dangerous, so I can't say I have a problem with the information being released either.

Just sad all around, but ultimately his own fault, so eh.
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Why not just execute people for sex offenses. It's pretty clear the government and society want them totally removed.

Duck-I-Says posted...

Why not just execute people for sex offenses. It's pretty clear the government and society want them totally removed.

Because that's a crime against humanity, "Gifted"
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Your prison sentence is only part of your punishment. Having a criminal record has, and absolutely should continue to have, a negative impact on many areas of a criminal's life.

I have no problem with him being outed at all. He molested a little girl.
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faramir77 posted...

Your prison sentence is only part of your punishment. Having a criminal record has, and absolutely should continue to have, a negative impact on many areas of a criminal's life.

I have no problem with him being outed at all. He molested a little girl.

Given that he was a minor when he committed the crime and was sentenced in a juvenile court, I have mixed feelings on his record being public. Usually those records are sealed.
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Lightning Bolt posted...

He doesn't strike me as particularly high-risk any more, and that's enough for me to be fine with him playing.

The victim seems to believe he's scum 5 years on, I doubt what he did was a minor infraction, I wouldn't trust him with that damning report.
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There's a world of difference between pissing behind a dumpster and rapist.
Unfortunately, they're both "sex offenders"

Zeus posted...

faramir77 posted...

Your prison sentence is only part of your punishment. Having a criminal record has, and absolutely should continue to have, a negative impact on many areas of a criminal's life.

I have no problem with him being outed at all. He molested a little girl.

Given that he was a minor when he committed the crime and was sentenced in a juvenile court, I have mixed feelings on his record being public. Usually those records are sealed.

I believe things like murder, violent sex crimes, and stuff on that level might be an exception depending on the nature of the crime.
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Questionmarktarius posted...

There's a world of difference between pissing behind a dumpster and rapist.
Unfortunately, they're both "sex offenders"

Unless he was pissing on a 6 year old behind a dumpster, it wasn't that.
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Kyuubi4269 posted...

Questionmarktarius posted...

There's a world of difference between pissing behind a dumpster and rapist.
Unfortunately, they're both "sex offenders"

Unless he was pissing on a 6 year old behind a dumpster, it wasn't that.

If Zeus is right, the perp was a juvenile at the time, and that's not public record.

Questionmarktarius posted...

Kyuubi4269 posted...

Questionmarktarius posted...

There's a world of difference between pissing behind a dumpster and rapist.
Unfortunately, they're both "sex offenders"

Unless he was pissing on a 6 year old behind a dumpster, it wasn't that.

If Zeus is right, the perp was a juvenile at the time, and that's not public record.

Check the link.

NY Post wrote...

Heimlich, a 6-foot-1 lefty who is expected to come off the board early in the next MLB draft, is officially registered as a sex offender for life after he was charged with molesting a 6-year-old female relative

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Also, I never said that there wasn't a record. I mentioned having mixed feelings about his record being public *because* he was a minor and those records are usually sealed.
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