i'm writing about this because it's a subject i know

i am all too familiar with it. if you personally knew me, you'd know even though i have a gruff exterior, i do have a rather kind heart (but really DON'T piss me off). i believe in rehabilitation for our incarcerated. i do believe people can change for the better even. a lot of people can change, but NOT ALL. those that commit crimes of a sexual nature (i hate to use the word sex because the crimes have NOTHING to do with sex. they have EVERYTHING to do with power and control and inadequacies) crimes such as pedophilia or rape. THOSE people can NEVER be rehabilitated. they can not and will never change. chemical or real physical castration (in the case of men and MOST of these crimes are committed by men. NOT all, i realize that) does not work. it doesn't work because as i said, it's NOT a sexual crime it's A VIOLENT CRIME OF a SHOW OF POWER AND CONTROL. if someone is a rapist or a pedophile, it is my opinion they should NEVER be released because they will continue to do what they've done in the past. there is NO 'cure' and there is NO changing them. (there are people who have been labeled as having committed 'sex' crimes that sure haven't. perhaps an 18 year old having sex with a 16 year old CONSENSUALLY mind you. something like that. not condoning it, just saying it may NOT be a crime)

anyway, these violent rapists should NEVER be allowed back on the streets ever again. it's not a question of IF they will rape again, it's WHEN they will rape again. you can disagree with me and say, 'a rose is a rose, they CAN be healed and changed'. to that i say, YOU ARE WRONG AND FULL OF SHITE. THEY CANNOT.

Case Shows Limits of Sex Offender Alert Programs
By MONICA DAVEY

In all 50 states, registries of sex offenders have grown sophisticated and accessible in recent years, a response to high-profile attacks on children. People can search their neighborhoods for former convicts on state-run Web sites, sign up for private services that alert them if an offender moves nearby, even download an iPhone application, “Offender Locator.”

But the case of Phillip Garrido, the California man accused of kidnapping a young girl and holding her captive for 18 years, is reigniting a debate about the usefulness of the government-managed lists and whether they might create a false sense of public safety.

Mr. Garrido, who had been convicted of kidnapping and rape in the 1970s, was listed, as required, on California’s sex-offender registry (complete with a description of the surgical scar on his abdomen and his 196-pound weight) and had dutifully checked in with the local authorities each year for the past decade — all while, officials say, his victim and the two children he is accused of fathering with her were living in his backyard........