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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I strongly recommend that folks click on the link that Ron Force (thanks, Ron) provided and listen to the NPR interview. Actually, the offender that is discussed had two particularly violent offense in addition to the 90 other that he admitted to. Steven Sitler has admitted (but was not charged with dozens of child molestations) because of his plea deal. By any standard (except legally) he is a serial offender. The reason that I enclosed the word therapy in quotes was because many serial pedophiles (and other serial sex offenders) are sociopaths. There is no therapeutic approach that I am aware of that effectively treats, and certainly none that will cure a sociopath. It is my sense that the victims of sexual predators may suffer a life-time of damage as a consequence of the molestation (as the psychiatrist suggests during the radio interview), therefore, a life sentence for the perpetrator seems equitable to me.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Rose Huskey<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> vision2020-bounces@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Joe Campbell<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, March 08, 2011 12:40 PM<br><b>To:</b> Ron Force<br><b>Cc:</b> vision2020@moscow.com<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Vision2020] Sex Offender<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>This is a tricky issue. <br><br>On the one hand, I don't have much of a problem telling someone like John Rydberg, who has admitted to more than 90 sex offenses (see link below), that he should remain incarcerated. <br><br>On the other hand, even if we suppose that there is a 75% recidivism rate for sex offenders, you're still talking about the unjustified punishment of 25% of them if the suggestion IF the suggestion is something like the "civil 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 sex offenders should not be allowed early release and that is a no-brainer, as it is with the early release of any violent criminal (unless there are extenuating circumstances). <br><br>But the overall issue of what to do with sex offenders, how long they deserve punishment, and whether incarceration in the form of treatment after punishment is a viable option is a very difficult issue, though one that needs much attention.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 11:48 AM, Ron Force <<a href="mailto:rforce2003@yahoo.com">rforce2003@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>A pertinent story from <i>Here and Now" </i>this morning on NWPR:<br><i><br></i><a href="http://hereandnow.wbur.org/2011/03/08/minnesota-sex-offender" target="_blank">http://hereandnow.wbur.org/2011/03/08/minnesota-sex-offender</a><br><br>Ron Force<br>Moscow Idaho USA<span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><hr size=1 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> "<a href="mailto:betsyd@turbonet.com" target="_blank">betsyd@turbonet.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:betsyd@turbonet.com" target="_blank">betsyd@turbonet.com</a>><br><b>To:</b> Rosemary Huskey <<a href="mailto:donaldrose@cpcinternet.com" target="_blank">donaldrose@cpcinternet.com</a>>; vision 2020 <<a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" target="_blank">vision2020@moscow.com</a>>; Sunil Ramalingam <<a href="mailto:sunilramalingam@hotmail.com" target="_blank">sunilramalingam@hotmail.com</a>><br><b>Sent:</b> Tue, March 8, 2011 11:37:40 AM<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Vision2020] Sex Offender</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><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" target="_blank">donaldrose@cpcinternet.com</a><br>Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2011 11:20:41 -0800<br>To: "'vision 2020'" <a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" target="_blank">vision2020@moscow.com</a>, "'Sunil Ramalingam'" <a href="mailto:sunilramalingam@hotmail.com" target="_blank">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" target="_blank">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 molesters).<br>> There seems to be disagreement among professionals about what constitutes 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, 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 young<br>> children? No therapeutic professional would guarantee that Mr. Sitler, or<br>> others with similar criminal histories, can be "cured" consequently no<br>> thoughtful adult should trust him around any children. And, yes, I would<br>> gladly pay more in taxes to keep offenders with a history like Mr. Sitler's<br>> in jail until he is 80 years old. His life time probation offers absolutely<br>> zero protection to his potential victims. <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> Rose Huskey<br>> <br>> <br>> <br><br>****************************<br>* Betsy Dickow ***************<br>* Love! Love! 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