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<DIV><FONT size=2>Perhaps it's time to decriminalize marijuana.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>But for those of you who have witnessed what meth addiction
does to people, the subsequent effect on their lives and others, and the
ultimate costs to taxpayers, you might feel that life imprisonment for large
quantity dealing of meth is not enough.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>w.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=reggieholmquist@u.boisestate.edu
href="mailto:reggieholmquist@u.boisestate.edu">Reggie Holmquist</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=lfalen@turbonet.com
href="mailto:lfalen@turbonet.com">lfalen</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, March 08, 2011 4:32
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] Sex
Offender</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Thanks to Ron for that info. I didn't know we had access to
that<BR>already-compiled info. Fascinating, really. Anyway, too
many people<BR>incarcerated for drug/alcohol related offenses as well
as<BR>property-related offenses. Not saying property offenders should
get<BR>off scott-free, but I do know that ID has exceptionally
strict<BR>sentencing guidelines for property offenders. Probably too strict,
and<BR>it's probably costing a lot annually for the state to enforce
these<BR>exceptionally strict guidelines.<BR><BR>-Reggie<BR><BR>On Tuesday,
March 8, 2011, lfalen <<A
href="mailto:lfalen@turbonet.com">lfalen@turbonet.com</A>> wrote:<BR>> I
agree that sociopaths should receive life sentences with no parol. However
Reggie is right, as Ron's post points out there are a lot of people in prison
that could be better dealt with other than by prolonged periods of
incarceration.<BR>> Child Protective services involve a lot of other things
that sex offenses. They also deal with physical and emotional abuse.<BR>>
This can be rejecting, isolation,ignoring, corrupting, exploiting, and
terrorizing. Kids have been starved, locked in closets, denied health care,
used as mules, ect. I do not mean to imply that all physical acts toward
children is abuse. I have no problem with a spanking on the behind. I
personally do not think a child should be slapped, even though that may not be
abuse. Anything that leaves a bruise is.<BR>> Roger<BR>><BR>>
-----Original message-----<BR>> From: "Rosemary Huskey" <A
href="mailto:donaldrose@cpcinternet.com">donaldrose@cpcinternet.com</A><BR>>
Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2011 14:43:31 -0800<BR>> To: "'Joe Campbell'" <A
href="mailto:philosopher.joe@gmail.com">philosopher.joe@gmail.com</A>, "'Ron
Force'" <A href="mailto:rforce2003@yahoo.com">rforce2003@yahoo.com</A><BR>>
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Sex Offender<BR>><BR>>> I strongly
recommend that folks click on the link that Ron Force (thanks,<BR>>>
Ron) provided and listen to the NPR interview. Actually, the offender
that<BR>>> is discussed had two particularly violent offense in addition
to the 90<BR>>> other that he admitted to. Steven Sitler has admitted
(but was not charged<BR>>> with dozens of child molestations) because of
his plea deal. By any<BR>>> standard (except legally) he is a serial
offender. The reason that I<BR>>> enclosed the word therapy in quotes
was because many serial pedophiles (and<BR>>> other serial sex
offenders) are sociopaths. There is no therapeutic<BR>>> approach that I
am aware of that effectively treats, and certainly none that<BR>>> will
cure a sociopath. It is my sense that the victims of sexual
predators<BR>>> may suffer a life-time of damage as a consequence of the
molestation (as the<BR>>> psychiatrist suggests during the radio
interview), therefore, a life<BR>>> sentence for the perpetrator seems
equitable to me.<BR>>><BR>>> Rose
Huskey<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>>
From: <A
href="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com">vision2020-bounces@moscow.com</A>
[mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com]<BR>>> On Behalf Of Joe
Campbell<BR>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2011 12:40 PM<BR>>> To:
Ron Force<BR>>> Cc: <A
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A><BR>>>
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Sex
Offender<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>> This is a tricky
issue.<BR>>><BR>>> On the one hand, I don't have much of a problem
telling someone like John<BR>>> Rydberg, who has admitted to more than
90 sex offenses (see link below),<BR>>> that he should remain
incarcerated.<BR>>><BR>>> On the other hand, even if we suppose
that there is a 75% recidivism rate<BR>>> for sex offenders, you're
still talking about the unjustified punishment of<BR>>> 25% of them if
the suggestion IF the suggestion is something like the "civil<BR>>>
commitment sex offender treatment program" that Minnesota
has.<BR>>><BR>>> Not that Rose or anyone else is suggesting that.
So far the point is that<BR>>> sex offenders should not be allowed early
release and that is a no-brainer,<BR>>> as it is with the early release
of any violent criminal (unless there are<BR>>> extenuating
circumstances).<BR>>><BR>>> But the overall issue of what to do
with sex offenders, how long they<BR>>> deserve punishment, and whether
incarceration in the form of treatment after<BR>>> punishment is a
viable option is a very difficult issue, though one that<BR>>> needs
much attention.<BR>>><BR>>> On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 11:48 AM, Ron
Force <<A href="mailto:rforce2003@yahoo.com">rforce2003@yahoo.com</A>>
wrote:<BR>>><BR>>> A pertinent story from Here and Now" this
morning on NWPR:<BR>>><BR>>> <A
href="http://hereandnow.wbur.org/2011/03/08/minnesota-sex-offender">http://hereandnow.wbur.org/2011/03/08/minnesota-sex-offender</A><BR>>><BR>>>
Ron Force<BR>>> Moscow Idaho
USA<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>>
_____<BR>>><BR>>> From: "<A
href="mailto:betsyd@turbonet.com">betsyd@turbonet.com</A>" <<A
href="mailto:betsyd@turbonet.com">betsyd@turbonet.com</A>><BR>>> To:
Rosemary Huskey <<A
href="mailto:donaldrose@cpcinternet.com">donaldrose@cpcinternet.com</A>>;
vision 2020<BR>>> <<A
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A>>; Sunil
Ramalingam <<A
href="mailto:sunilramalingam@hotmail.com">sunilramalingam@hotmail.com</A>><BR>>>
Sent: Tue, March 8, 2011 11:37:40 AM<BR>>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Sex
Offender<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>> Couldn't agree with you
more!<BR>>><BR>>> Bets<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>>
-----Original message-----<BR>>> From: "Rosemary Huskey" <A
href="mailto:donaldrose@cpcinternet.com">donaldrose@cpcinternet.com</A><BR>>>
Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2011 11:20:41 -0800<BR>>> To: "'vision 2020'" <A
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A>, "'Sunil
Ramalingam'"<BR>>> <A
href="mailto:sunilramalingam@hotmail.com">sunilramalingam@hotmail.com</A><BR>>>
Subject: [Vision2020] Sex Offender<BR>>><BR>>> > A juried
review of recidivism, therapeutic modalities, etc. for sex<BR>>> >
offenders: <A
href="http://www.csom.org/pubs/recidsexof.html">http://www.csom.org/pubs/recidsexof.html</A><BR>>>
><BR>>> > The type of offense appears to have some impact of the
likelihood of<BR>>> > reoffending, (which is high at any rate amongst
non-incest child<BR>>> molesters).<BR>>> > There seems to be
disagreement among professionals about what constitutes<BR>>>
a<BR>>> > re-offense. For example, does re-offense mean an arrest, a
conviction, or<BR>>> > probation violation? And, of course, no one,
except the perpetrators and<BR>>> > the victims really know what that
rate is. What is clear is that it is<BR>>> > underreported. Whether
the rate (including perpetrators in regular group<BR>>> > "therapy"
and I also use quotes) is 50% or .5% the possibility that<BR>>> >
convicted child molesters will continue to troll for and abuse children
is<BR>>> > too high. As for specifics, Steven Sitler was jailed in
Latah County for<BR>>> > almost a year and did in fact drive himself
(alone), to the<BR>>> > Lewiston/Clarkston area regularly for
"therapy." And yes, there were<BR>>> > controls in place in terms of
time driving and mileage etc. nonetheless,<BR>>> it<BR>>> >
was, in my opinion, a risky situation. I ask you and other 2020<BR>>>
> contributors, as I did the leaders of Christ Church who support him in
his<BR>>> > upcoming marriage, would you allow Steve Sitler, given
his horrendous<BR>>> > history of child molestation, unlimited,
unsupervised access to your y<BR><BR>-- <BR>There is a theory which states
that if ever anybody discovers exactly<BR>what the Universe is for and why it
is here, it will instantly<BR>disappear and be replaced by something even more
bizarre and<BR>inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this
has<BR>already happened.<BR><BR>Douglas
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