Thread: Why?

What Ilija said.

Suppose it really happened like Ilija described it could have happened and you'd lynch him (and his lawyer) vigilante style, toss in a couple of Bruce Willis quotes, go home and have barbecue.
Oops. Turn out he didn't do it. How do you feel for the rest of your life?

My sole reason for being against the death penalty is that there is too much room for human errors. Based on how many people were released from death row or life sentences by the innocence project in the last couple of years, a significant percentage of death sentences is carried out on people who did not do the crime they were convicted of.

But yeah, if he raped a 12 year old before, he should never have been let out, or at least let out unsupervised. According to statistics, sex offenders nearly always repeat their crimes. Thinking that a sex offender can change is an illusion.

Slightly off topic because the case is different for the accused in this case, but I don't understand statutory rape. I know the law and the implications, but do people in the US really think that an 18 year old should be marked as a sex offender for the rest of his life if he had sex with his 17 years, 11 months and 2y days old girlfriend?
In Belgium this is based on age difference. (max 2 years difference if either party is under 18 I think)