StG "And if he re-offends the judge should be locked up as well."

Good one StG, a 'drive-by' if ever I saw one!

ChrisGaffe1000 is right in saying that rape is not so much a sexual offence, as it is a dominant violence offence.
The problem with re offenders is that the Justice system can only give sentences allowed them by the current laws. The laws are agreed on by politicians.

I don't agree with capital punishment, but I do agree with life sentences for repeat offenders of any violent crime.

As far as I am concerned, serial rapists and paedophiles can't be rehabilitated, and should remain in jail for life.

If jail capacities are a problem, have non-violent prisoners released into home detention earlier, so we can afford to keep the other disgusting things in jail until death.

......The only answer is second offense either the death penalty or life without parole in prison which would cost a fortune so death heads the list.

No argument from me Chris, BUT, they must be caught in the act by persons of authority, as circumstantial evidence, unless it's video, is not sufficient to take ones life.

If we want to look you can find in this thread/in real life a defense of the perpetrator.
Well not out right, but concerns for their rights seem to surface.
Let us look at a well known and understood history of male on male rape.
While not only the Catholic Church, it for sure stands head and shoulders above all others.
Yet my respected friend Suseonline few even saw/see a prison cell.
We condemn our selves to suffer yet again, by our concerns are we being fair to those who rape.
Maybe the victims should be the judges in future courts.
We must constantly confront in all matters we govern not for the worst/minoroty, but for the most.

rehctub

"No argument from me Chris, BUT, they must be caught in the act by persons of authority, as circumstantial evidence, unless it's video, is not sufficient to take ones life."

Funny, that is exactly what we used to do when the courts failed. One by one the legal system forced change so that legal sanction replaced physical sanction and we (the "squads"became obsolete.
Some of the best "street sweepers" were even locked up.
Nowadays we either snipe from the sideline or give guided tours of Kings Cross crime hotspots.

Personally I think the tragedy of the whole prison system is not the re-offence rate of those released, or even of the shambles that the parole system seems to be. The tragedy for me is that in society we want and hope that people will receive a change of heart, a new desire to do good, not re-offend, etc. But we expect a small cell surrounded by other criminals to do it? That makes as much sense as not wanting our children to get fat so we put them in a room with gluttonous children and then let them loose in a lolly shop.

To fix the system, we need to create change within the individual, and that does not come from punishment alone, but from springing inside their hearts the desire for redemption, and that that redemption comes from abiding by the law. Some would say religion can do that, so would say that a "spiritual awakening", or even karma if that is what it takes. But they need to learn, from experience, that doing good things will bring good results.

Interesting article on the vetting of sexual offenders and State regulation.

http://tinyurl.com/vetting-sexual-offenders