Comments on: GPS Tracking of Criminals . . . and Everyone Else?

By: aTypical Joe: A gay New Yorker living in the rural south.

aTypical Joe: A gay New Yorker living in the rural south. — Fri, 13 May 2005 04:03:28 +0000

Sex offenders, the media, & O'Reily yet again World O'Crap: On Tuesday, the Houston Chronicle published an editorial which said that Florida's new sex offender law "has emotional appeal," but isn't the best way "to stop sexual predators from preying on children." It quotes an expert who say...

By: Brian J.

Brian J. — Sun, 08 May 2005 13:01:13 +0000

As I've said, child molesters are our unpopular canaries in the coal mine. Law enforcement puts the most onerous restriction on child predators because they can paint anyone who opposes the invasive sanctions as pro-child molester. Once the restrictions are in place, they'll seep into other crimes with less resistance. After all, those sanctions already exist.

By: htom

htom — Sun, 08 May 2005 04:04:58 +0000

Do you know where your CongressCritter really is?

By: Jay

Jay — Sun, 08 May 2005 01:40:17 +0000

I have to agree with this sentiment:

You convict someone, punish them, and are done. If the punishment/incarceration is too little/short and leads to a desire to track or constrain the person who has completed the assigned price of the crime, then increase the original punishment.

Once the punishment is done, that's it. The rest is bull. If what society wants is for a child molester never to have a chance to do it again, then make the term life without parole, death, chemical castration, or whatever.

By: PAXALLES

PAXALLES — Sun, 08 May 2005 00:41:22 +0000

Lojack Congressional GyPSies

Lojack Congressional GyPSies

By: Diane C. Russell

Diane C. Russell — Sun, 08 May 2005 00:06:49 +0000

You ask hofar will we let it go? Go reread 1984. We're already quite far along.