Does it only seem as though most sex predators/pedophiles scarcely go unpunished before they end back in our communities only to prove to us that they will never change their predatory ways? Does the responsibility lie with the officials we have elected to enforce laws that will protect us?

Because there isn't anything that can be done (scientifically) to control the ills of these demented criminals, nor studies to show that sex predators/pedophiles can be cured, there is sufficient evidence that these criminals will continue to re-offend when released from prison. Yet, knowing that sick perverts cannot be rehabilitated, the justice system unleashes them back into our communities to repeat their monstrosities.

A majority of mental health researchers and defense attorneys argue that criminals who create mayhem, and violate our children, have rights. It logically seems as though the justice system is defending and protecting the criminals, while abandoning the victimized citizens and their children.

Most of us will argue that criminals who commit heinous crimes, such as molestation, rape and murder of our children have forfeited their rights. (The world is difficult enough as it is without mentally twisted fiends destroying innocent lives.)

Now, the new push in every state's Department of Corrections is to stop building new prisons because it’s too costly. While releasing vicious criminals from prison may save tax dollars, it costs priceless lives. (The notorious child killer, Marc Dutroux, was released from prison only to continue adding victims to his list.)

If those officials we rely on to enforce laws do not take severe measures to safeguard our communities and protect us, we will sooner begin to ask, "Whose child (or loved one) will be the next victim?"

People's Opinions

1- Some people say, put pedophiles away into our prison system for the rest of their lives. That would be nice if the hardworking tax payers would willingly accept having the burden of supporting these criminals for the rest of their lives. But the system rejects this idea because those in charge claim that costs keep increasing yearly, as does the prison population.

2- Others believe in the death penalty, even if the cost of putting someone on death row ends up being very expensive too, due to all the appeals. When we are one-hundred percent certain that someone is a sexual beast, citizens feel he should be put out of his misery and executed.

3- Castration won't work. "A guy confined to a wheelchair, paralyzed from the waist down, attempted to digitally penetrate a girl, while he had previously said to the mother that he would watch over her while the mother started her vehicle. In one moment, he picked up the girl, held her on his lap and locked the door behind him. Thankfully, the mom heard the girl screaming, kicked the door down, beat the perpetrator and saved her daughter. He is currently serving a term of 75 years. (www.crimelibrary.com)

4- A large group believes we should put all pedophiles on a deserted island away from civilization. Let them have their own society, where they can rape, molest and murder each other, as long as they are kept away from our children.

5- Others have suggested the renewed use of lobotomies. This may be the best solution, if only a doctor could figure out how to disable that part of the brain that causes the urges that trigger evil. Otherwise, the death sentence may be best.

Although none of us has a definitive solution, what most of us realizes is that sex predators/pedophiles are not being kept in prison long enough, and the system cannot afford to keep them locked up for a lifetime.

Meanwhile, it's time to monitor the young and potential predators/pedophiles who are actively abusive and show behavioral signs of sexual offense before they become adults. The justice systems must find ways to put them under scrutiny at an early age to prevent them from preying and destroying innocent children in the future. Teachers and parents ought to be encouraged and trained to recognize young predators/pedophiles, then report them to seek psychiatric treatment and remain closely monitored.