This might not be a very popular view in "tough on crime" California, but I think the craziest thing that passed in Tuesday's elections was 83. I sincerely hope that there's a piece of the law that I am missing and that somebody will correct me for being wrong, but from what I understand the category of sex offenders includes statutory rapists (the 20 year old who sleeps with his 17 year old girlfriend), consumers of child pornography (guess they should've stuck to "barely legal"), and streakers...all of whom will be forced to wear GPS anklets for life.
The issue to me is not necessarily just that of these people who have been convicted of seemingly minor crimes suffering from this ridiculous punishment, but rather that for some reason, people can't seem to accept that convicts who have done their time should be able to move on with their lives.
It looks like I'm not the only one who's upset: http://www.latimes.com/news/la-me-offenders9nov09,1,7118169.story?ctrack=1&cset=true
the fear of apathy results in ramblings
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I voted no on this. NOT because I don't think pedophiles shouldn't be prosecuted severely. Of course I do. And I have to disagree about the child pornography thing. There's plenty of adult porn out there. Dabbling in kiddie poorn encourages the industry and pedophilia is the net result.
Once again, a good idea resulted in a piss-poorly drafted resolution, not unlike 183.
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