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Followup--I just said as much to my wife, and she laid some wisdom on me.
"So let's say the 29-year-old woman turns around and kidnaps a child. Does the same thing to him that was done to her. Do we kill her?"
"That's a different situation," I replied. "This guy inflicted a lot of suffering on this girl for a long time."
She smiled. "How do you know what happened to him when he was a kid?"
I had no reply.
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That's because you gave the wrong answer to her question.
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Originally Posted by hackhelios
"So let's say the 29-year-old woman turns around and kidnaps a child. Does the same thing to him that was done to her. Do we kill her?"
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Kill her, no. Lock her up permanently? Sorry, but yes. The only thing that makes her situation different is maybe she gets put in minimum security, with as many perks as they can reasonably give her along the lines of library privileges, etc. The fact that you have a valid mental excuse for something wrong doesn't mean you should be allowed to keep doing it.
This guy was a registered sex offender. Recidivism rates for this type of criminal are staggering. They need to start accepting that there is no psychological recovery for most of them, and stop letting them out just so they can do it again and again.