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Originally Posted by Troubleshooter
Strictly speaking, once someone has served their sentence they are supposed to have paid their price to society. Unfortunately, recidivism makes that an unrealistic belief, but it still means that all of those lists and web sites and such make it so that they're being punished for a crime they have yet to commit. I don't believe that to be just.
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Somehow I think you'd feel differently if one of those sex offenders lived next door to you, TS. You're right about recidivism though, there is no cure for pedophilia in my opinion. The offender web sites merely serve as a warning to the law abiding public. Most of the time registering as a sex offender for a determined period of time after release is part of the sentence one receives in court, like a form of probation.