I think the whole Sex Offender Registry program is a great tool for prevention of future problems. One thing that has always bothered me though, is the idea that murderers are released from prison every day and no one knows about it. You could have a convicted murderer living next door and not even be aware of it.
Isn’t murder the absolute worst crime that can be committed? Why don’t we have a system in place for these convicts also? Maybe the mentality is different? If someone has committed murder in the past, are they less likely to do again? Who makes that decision? I know of 1 person who did commit murder, sat his time, got out, and now lives in my community. There was no information about his release on the News or in the local paper. This bothers me. When someone is charged with murder, it is all over the news and in the local papers, so, why isn’t it when they are released? Is it not newsworthy? Well, maybe it should be.
I am a true advocate for “free public records” and I am a frequent user of the Wisconsin Court Access website, BUT, that system only goes back so far. If someone is released from prison for murder, more than likely the crime would have been committed many years ago and would not show up on the Court site. So, no help there.
If we have the right to know if a sex offender lives in our town, shouldn’t we also know if there is a murderer living nearby? I think so.
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I think there should be a database available for public view for ALL violent offenders. The public has a right to know that they have a robber, a sexual predator, a murderer, an assulter or anyone who has been convicted of a crime against another human being in their community – no matter how long ago this crime occurred. Does this exist, and if so – why not? We should put a firm voice to this issue, and fast!
If a murderer is released from prison, as opposed to serving a life sentence, then it should be evident that the court felt that extenuating circumstances lessened the severity of the crime. Upon release, in the eyes of the law, the offender has paid his debt to society for the crime that he or she committed. Other than not being allowed to vote or own a gun, a released felon has the right to return to as normal a life as possible. Most released murderers have killed out of passion or carelessness.
Those that commit crimes of control, crimes of personal invasion, crimes of moral and mental violence, commonly referred to as “sex crimes”, don’t do so accidentally. They have a sickness that controls them and either forces them, or induces them, to commit these crimes. They should not be released, but in a society that rewards bad behavior and thinks that the mentally sick can be rehabilitated by temporary incarceration, the walk the streets in search of prey after too short a time. The National Sex Offenders Registry is our politicians way of telling us that Christian Right has spent their money well.
If you beat some drunken bully to death in a bar fight I don’t care if you move into my neighborhood twenty years later. On the other hand, if you rape a ten year old, or anybody else, I would really like to have your address.
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