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Where's the mandatory minimums for possession of child porngraphy? The zero tolerance? Our prisons fill with drug offenders, yet we give sex offenders a scarlet
by oxide 10y ago
Where's the mandatory minimums for possession of child porngraphy? The zero tolerance? Our prisons fill with drug offenders, yet we give sex offenders a scarlet letter + probation?
- Buge 10y agoKeep in mind that a 17 year old taking a nude picture of themself is in possession of child pornography. Do you want a harsh minimum sentence for that?
- mrmstr 10y agoYou gotta cut the government some slack here, they have contracts with private prison providers and quotas to fulfill. Can't have compassion and reason get in the way of that. Also think of the children.
- madez 10y agoTimes are moving faster, you have to adapt. Efficiency is trump. Children are no exception here. You gotta see that there is just no time for things like 'being a child'.
- thinkmilitant 10y agoWith private prisons only holding about 8.4%[1] the total state/federal inmates, do you perhaps mean prison guard unions? [1]http://www.salon.com/2016/08/24/private-prisons-are-not-the-problem-why-mass-incarceration-is-the-real-issue/ http://www.salon.com/2016/08/24/private-prisons-are-not-the-...
- sitkack 10y agoTry them as an adult?
- shard972 10y agoI don't think drug offenders should be put in prison since it's a victimless crime. I think child porno while much more serious does invoke some of that chain of reasoning. To me there is a big difference between a guy who found some on the internet and someone who produces or pays for it. I would be wary of putting in minimum sentencing for such crimes unless it was only targeted towards those producing/paying as you can reach murky area's. Two i can think of off the top of my head would be finding images inside someone's browser cache who browses a site like 4chan where people will post it randomly. That and art, if someone draws child pornography is that a crime? If blizzard says one of their overwatch characters is 17, are the people who make those animated porno videos making child porn? And are the people watching it consuming child porn?
- gscott 10y agoThere was a sex offender who wrote on paper fictional stories of child sex and he was put back into jail for a violation of his parole (for writing it, never shared it). If you have child pornography the law considers it the same as taking the photo and you can be sued civilly by the victims. People love it when lawmakers make more laws.
- caf 10y agoRemember that parolees are still under sentence. There are almost always restrictions on parolees that go beyond those on the general population - that is the whole point of the parole system, you agree to live under sometimes onerous restrictions in return for being allowed out before your sentence is up.
- jMyles 10y ago> That and art, if someone draws child pornography is that a crime? If blizzard says one of their overwatch characters is 17, are the people who make those animated porno videos making child porn? And are the people watching it consuming child porn? The answers to these questions are obvious: no and no. If the answers are any different or short of being absolute, then that's a clear hole in the first amendment.
- bsder 10y agoAlso keep in mind that urinating on a wall in front of a police officer can get you "sex offender" status.