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May 30, 2008 at 14:56:13

Hell Is For Children part III Megan

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*Sixty-seven percent of all victims of sexual assault reported to the participating law enforcement agencies were juveniles (under the age of 18); 34% of all victims were under age 12.

*One of every seven victims of sexual assault reported to the participating law enforcement agencies were under age 6.

*The estimated number of violent crime offenses in 2006 was more than 1.4 million (1,417,745) offenses, an increase of 1.9 percent over the 2005 estimate.

*The chances that your child will become a victim of a sex offender is 1 in 3 for girls & 1 in 6 for boys.

*63,000 persons are required to register in California as sex offenders.

22,000 other offenders are not registered, but are known to law enforcement.

On Friday July 29, 1994, 7-year old Megan Nicole Kanka disappeared. With the promise of a puppy, her neighbor, Jesse Timmendequas, lured her into his home where he raped, strangled & suffocated her. Her body was stuffed into a plastic toy chest & dumped in a nearby park. Megan had been killed by a two-time registered sex offender who lived across the street from the Kanka home & was sharing his house with two other convicted sex offenders, he met in prison.

Megan Should Still Be Alive

News Item:

Execute Child Rapists

I would really love to see this happen all over the country….

Child rapists could face execution

A measure allowing the death penalty passes committee. It faces a likely fight in the full Senate.
By Jessica Fender
The Denver Post

Colorado could put child rapists to death under a bill that won a Senate committee's approval Monday and would put the state on par with just five others that allow the execution of such sex offenders.

Prosecutors could try for the death penalty in cases in which rape victims are 12 or younger, where DNA evidence is present and where the perpetrator has been previously convicted of a sex offense against a child.

The harsher sentences might run afoul of the Constitution — the U.S. Supreme Court will weigh in on the issue this year — and could discourage victims from reporting abuse by relatives, according to critics, who include victims' rights advocates.

But some of the most terrible offenders simply deserve death, said sponsor Sen. Steve Ward, R-Littleton. He referred to a Louisiana man who raped his 8-year-old stepdaughter and became the first such offender in the nation to receive a death sentence.

"The crimes we're looking at are particularly heinous," Ward said.
Colorado public defenders, who oppose the bill, originally estimated that it would make about 260 people a year eligible for the death penalty. It was unclear what an amendment, which limits the bill to repeat offenders, would do to that estimate.

In Louisiana, the one state that has sentenced child rapists to death, prosecutors have made capital cases of only two out of 180 eligible cases.
Constitutional challenges immediately followed the first of those two sentences, and the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule by June whether death is cruel and unusual punishment for felons who have not taken a life.

Senate Judiciary Committee members voted 5-2 to send Senate Bill 195 to the chamber's appropriations committee, which will weigh its as-yet-unknown price tag.

Current punishment

Critics of the bill say that current sentences, which in many cases amount to life in prison, are harsh enough.

Colorado sends child rapists and other serious sex offenders to prison for between four years and life, with the duration largely left to a judge's discretion.

Of the 1,200 people now incarcerated for the most serious sex crimes, only eight have received parole in the past decade, said Doug Wilson, Colorado's chief public defender.

Colorado joins Alabama, Missouri and Mississippi in seeking death for child rapists this year.
Montana, Oklahoma and South Carolina have passed similar laws since 2006, and Louisiana and Texas both approved such legislation in the mid-1990s, said Richard Dieter, executive director of the Washington, D.C.-based Death Penalty Information Center.

Get-tough attitude

As high-profile cases such as the rape and murder of 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford of Florida — namesake of the popular Jessica's Law — draw attention to crimes against children, many politicians have grown eager to get tough on offenders, Dieter said.

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Kathy is a middle aged mom living on Camano Island in Western Washington. She owns a small mortgage company and spends too much time trying to tame her garden.
camanokatKathy is a middle aged mom living on Camano Island in Western Washington. She owns a small mortgage company and spends too much time trying to tame her garden.

Death Penalty

I am against the death penalty in all cases. However, I think life in prison is a fitting punishment for those who prey on children.

by camanokat (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 48 comments) on Friday, May 30, 2008 at 7:13:44 PM

Hater of Nazis above all. Hobbies include activism, military model building, military history, exciting and vital conversation with retired crooks. Retired
John HanksHater of Nazis above all. Hobbies include activism, military model building, military history, exciting and vital conversation with retired crooks. Retired

Almost everyone preys on children and abuses them.

Before we start spending $40,000 a year on prisons again, lets find out what people do in civilized countries like Sweden, Denmark and Norway.

by John Hanks (1 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 1203 comments) on Friday, May 30, 2008 at 7:52:49 PM

I created a website www.votestrike.com for you the voters because whichever party you belong to they have failed you.

The website has ambitious goals of how to end the two party system & the third party myth. Modeled after the fall of the Berlin wall, the Polish overthrow of the communist government & the Phillipines removal of Marcos. All accomplished without firing a shot.

But we do not rely on the failed tactics of the past instead we use the election system & the ve...

to see more of bio, click on member name
chris riceI created a website www.votestrike.com for you the voters because whichever party you belong to they have failed you.

The website has ambitious goals of how to end the two party system & the third party myth. Modeled after the fall of the Berlin wall, the Polish overthrow of the communist government & the Phillipines removal of Marcos. All accomplished without firing a shot.

But we do not rely on the failed tactics of the past instead we use the election system & the ve...

to see more of bio, click on member name

I agree

I too oppose the death penalty. I've wrote letters, called Senators because our system is flawed. Too often DNA proves the guilty to be innocent. And my crazy God says to 'turn the other cheek' except when it comes to 'anyone who would harm a child'. Even Jesus says that such a person can NOT recieve forgiveness.

I know that had 'Jesse' been executed after his second conviction (with DNA evidence) that little 7 year old Megan would still be alive today. And who would you rather have for a nieghbor-

by chris rice (59 articles, 39 quicklinks, 15 diaries, 164 comments) on Friday, May 30, 2008 at 8:00:20 PM

I am a 62 year old life-long liberal and pacifist. If asked to label myself with a philosophy, I often say I'm a decentralist. "Workers of the World, disperse !"
MaxamovI am a 62 year old life-long liberal and pacifist. If asked to label myself with a philosophy, I often say I'm a decentralist. "Workers of the World, disperse !"

Twisted statistics, hysteria, and demogoguery

I can't quite believe Opednews would publish this kind of pandering yellow journalism. First of all, if you are a Christian, you are against the killing of anyone. If you are not, then you aren't really a Christian. That's my "fundamentalism".

Take a look at how cleverly the writer brought the stats on violent crime into the middle of the "stats" on sexual assaults, which makes it look, on a quick scan, as if there were over a million sexual assaults on children.

And, where do any of these stats come from? Did the editor verify any of them?

That is what an editor is supposed to do, you know.

This low-end, sensationalistic crap is designed to scare and manipulate. We have enough of that from the right wing, thank you very much.

I seriously doubt that one in three girls are molested. Show us some real statistics, backed up and verified.

by Maxamov (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 4 comments) on Friday, May 30, 2008 at 11:06:17 PM

Conservative prolife anti-death penalty tree hugger. Believe that less government is good government, government cannot solve anyone's personal problems, the government taking money from one group of people and giving it to another group of people is a crime, and that people should take responsibility for their own lives.
Mad JayhawkConservative prolife anti-death penalty tree hugger. Believe that less government is good government, government cannot solve anyone's personal problems, the government taking money from one group of people and giving it to another group of people is a crime, and that people should take responsibility for their own lives.

Death Penalty

The death penalty should be abolished. Our criminal justice system is fraught with errors - both accidental and intentional - and the possibility of putting just one innocent person to death should be enough to end the practice. All murders are not equal. A John Gacy is not equilivalent to a guy with one too many beers in him and no past history of violence getting into a fight in a bar and hitting someone just right.

Mandated sentences are another practice that should be abolished. When the legislatures create mandated sentences they are saying to the justice system that we cannot trust you to do your job in a fair and impartial way. If that is the case then the justice system needs to be changed so that we select judges that can act intelligently in cases where justice and fairness are balanced.

I personally know of a case where a prosecutor used the fact that the accused would face a long mandated sentence if convicted by a jury trial to present the accused with an onerous plea bargain that did not fit the crime. The accused took the plea bargain because he did not want to go to trial and get the mandated sentence - 20 years. The plea bargain would have put a 15 year old in the worse adult prison in our state for 5 years. The 15 year old had no criminal record, was an honor student, was working and saving money for college, and was a gifted athlete. He did one bad, stupid thing and the police tricked him into confessing. He was guilty and deserved some type of punishment but not 5 years in prison and certainly not 20 years. In the hands of a vicious prosecutor the mandated sentence becomes a weapon to use against all criminals.

by Mad Jayhawk (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 311 comments) on Saturday, May 31, 2008 at 1:07:08 AM

I created a website www.votestrike.com for you the voters because whichever party you belong to they have failed you.

The website has ambitious goals of how to end the two party system & the third party myth. Modeled after the fall of the Berlin wall, the Polish overthrow of the communist government & the Phillipines removal of Marcos. All accomplished without firing a shot.

But we do not rely on the failed tactics of the past instead we use the election system & the ve...

to see more of bio, click on member name
chris riceI created a website www.votestrike.com for you the voters because whichever party you belong to they have failed you.

The website has ambitious goals of how to end the two party system & the third party myth. Modeled after the fall of the Berlin wall, the Polish overthrow of the communist government & the Phillipines removal of Marcos. All accomplished without firing a shot.

But we do not rely on the failed tactics of the past instead we use the election system & the ve...

to see more of bio, click on member name

Thanks for the comments

I wholly agree. One doesn't have to look very hard to understand that there is NO justice in OUR justice system. The Duke lacrooss case is yet another fine example of overzealous prosecutors. And I personally have rallied against the death penalty & our insane unjustice system.

As a christian my stronest command is 'to forgive' & to 'love my enemies' which I do not deviate from. I will not however allow my religion to be used against me just as I do not allow others to use my religion to support facist beliefs either. Ever rule seems to have one exception & Jesus is the one who said this rule had an exception. The only exception here is when a child is harmed by an adult. Back then kids were given in marriage so one need not think very hard to get the meaning.

But my concern with this article was not our failed justice justice system or religion. But the fact that our society seems to condone pedophilia. On one hand it is openly condemened until you accuse someone of it. The many priest that molested & raped child after child even after being caught & caught again only to be sent to another parish; when finally brought to trail had more supporters than there victims. Why is that. This is not isolated to priest but is seen in case after case.

Why is it in our society that once DNA has proven someone sodomized a 5 year old there is always someone standing up for this jerk to tell us what a swell guy he is otherwise? Or even comments that say such a person should live & be able to live in a free society. Why would you want such a person living next to you?

As to the comment on my stats-

Most stats or figures found on this site come from the government: GAO, Census Bureau, Commerce Dept., Bureau of Labor Statistics, etc. Whenever those numbers are in dispute or in question we'll say so within the text.

http://www.fedstats.gov

DESCRIPTION: The Federal Interagency Council on Statistical Policy maintains this site to provide easy access to the full range of statistics and information produced by more than 70 U.S. Federal Government agencies for public use.

I copied part of a page 'Justice Reform' from my site which has a longer list of stats. But I should have omitted the violence stat as it does not relate to this. I apologize for any confusion.

IF YOU DOUBT THE 1 IN 3 STAT- TAKE YOUR OWN SURVEY, you'll be amazed.

Thanks again for your comments. -chris

by chris rice (59 articles, 39 quicklinks, 15 diaries, 164 comments) on Saturday, May 31, 2008 at 12:25:54 PM

Don'pigeon hole me or sterotype me
pratliff94Don'pigeon hole me or sterotype me

Chris

Jesus does not make an exception for Child rape, murder or anything else. With conversion sins are blotted out. "All" is not a particular "all" in the case of Him dying for sins and sinners. It is a universal "all" including all who come to Him in true repentance.

I think you must be talking of the Matthew 18:6 passage which most would take as and "end-time" judgment and not an earthly judgment. Jesus reiterates the same message in Mark 9:42, and reiterates it again in Luke 17:2.

As far as I know there is no difference in raping a child than that of a woman, murdering a child or murdering an adult in the Bible. Rape is still rape and murder is still murder. The repugnance lies in the rape or murder itself and not the age of the victim.

The only unforgivable sin in the New Testament is blasphemy against the Holy Spirit of God which I take and many others take to be the rejection of Jesus' finished work of redemption on the cross followed by His resurrection; therefore if one dies refusing God's only means of redemption, there is no forgiveness for there is no repentance after death. Jesus states this in Matthew 12:31; it is reiterated in Mark 3:28-30; and again in Luke 12:10.

Phil

by pratliff94 (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 962 comments) on Saturday, May 31, 2008 at 2:33:28 PM

I created a website www.votestrike.com for you the voters because whichever party you belong to they have failed you.

The website has ambitious goals of how to end the two party system & the third party myth. Modeled after the fall of the Berlin wall, the Polish overthrow of the communist government & the Phillipines removal of Marcos. All accomplished without firing a shot.

But we do not rely on the failed tactics of the past instead we use the election system & the ve...

to see more of bio, click on member name
chris riceI created a website www.votestrike.com for you the voters because whichever party you belong to they have failed you.

The website has ambitious goals of how to end the two party system & the third party myth. Modeled after the fall of the Berlin wall, the Polish overthrow of the communist government & the Phillipines removal of Marcos. All accomplished without firing a shot.

But we do not rely on the failed tactics of the past instead we use the election system & the ve...

to see more of bio, click on member name

thanks for the scriptures

But my problem is not with religion but with society. Where a single mom will stay with a boyfriend who she knows is raping her daughter.

Or the neighbors who listen while a boy is beat to death & do nothing.

The Cardinal Roger Mahoneys who moved known pedophiles to shield them from prosecution. And then when finally brought to court fights tooth & nail to conceal their records.

We live in a whacky whack society.

by chris rice (59 articles, 39 quicklinks, 15 diaries, 164 comments) on Saturday, May 31, 2008 at 7:54:33 PM