Comments on: If You Commit a Crime Let’s Find a Tree and Take Care of It. http://www.liberadio.com/2010/03/17/if-you-commit-a-crime-let%e2%80%99s-find-a-tree-and-take-care-of-it/ with Mary Mancini & Freddie O'Connell Wed, 20 Apr 2011 02:05:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Jack & Jill http://www.liberadio.com/2010/03/17/if-you-commit-a-crime-let%e2%80%99s-find-a-tree-and-take-care-of-it/comment-page-1/#comment-183561 Jack & Jill Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:23:51 +0000 http://www.liberadio.com/?p=6640#comment-183561 The registry was never created to prevent offenders from re-offending. It was designed to inform the public so that they could make decisions about their own safety and the safety of their children. That is actually spelled out in the Tennessee Code Annotated. Rep. Maggart cited that in the committee. As for the opponents of the bill, they were ranting on the wrong bill. Maggart has been working on this legislation for a few years and had filed several versions. The finished product that came out of the committee 10 to 2 was a result of her starting with the minimum requirements and then taking the counsel of the treatment providers on assessing the worst of the violent sex offenders who happen to be teenagers. Only those assessed violent who have committed the crimes of rape, rape of a child and aggravated rape of a child go on this registry. The mental health folks said these kids can not be ‘fixed”. That means these are teenagers who have raped babies, kids under 13 and others. Parents have a right to know who these teenage violent sex offenders are. Would you want to unknowingly hire one as a babysitter? Ask a mother of a raped little girl or boy how she feels about this registry. It is too bad people don’t read the right bill and listen. The registry was never created to prevent offenders from re-offending. It was designed to inform the public so that they could make decisions about their own safety and the safety of their children. That is actually spelled out in the Tennessee Code Annotated. Rep. Maggart cited that in the committee. As for the opponents of the bill, they were ranting on the wrong bill. Maggart has been working on this legislation for a few years and had filed several versions.

The finished product that came out of the committee 10 to 2 was a result of her starting with the minimum requirements and then taking the counsel of the treatment providers on assessing the worst of the violent sex offenders who happen to be teenagers. Only those assessed violent who have committed the crimes of rape, rape of a child and aggravated rape of a child go on this registry. The mental health folks said these kids can not be ‘fixed”.

That means these are teenagers who have raped babies, kids under 13 and others. Parents have a right to know who these teenage violent sex offenders are. Would you want to unknowingly hire one as a babysitter? Ask a mother of a raped little girl or boy how she feels about this registry.

It is too bad people don’t read the right bill and listen.

]]> By: Mary Mancini http://www.liberadio.com/2010/03/17/if-you-commit-a-crime-let%e2%80%99s-find-a-tree-and-take-care-of-it/comment-page-1/#comment-183527 Mary Mancini Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:53:01 +0000 http://www.liberadio.com/?p=6640#comment-183527 Yeah - that's what I get for blogging on 3 hours sleep. As Kleinheider said, "YOU COULDN'T SEE THROUGH YOUR BIAS. :-)" Yeah – that’s what I get for blogging on 3 hours sleep. As Kleinheider said, “YOU COULDN’T SEE THROUGH YOUR BIAS. :-) ”

]]> By: Steve Steffens (LWC) http://www.liberadio.com/2010/03/17/if-you-commit-a-crime-let%e2%80%99s-find-a-tree-and-take-care-of-it/comment-page-1/#comment-183526 Steve Steffens (LWC) Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:44:53 +0000 http://www.liberadio.com/?p=6640#comment-183526 Um, as hard as it is for me to want to admit, Eddie Bass is technically a Democrat, though not in spirit. Um, as hard as it is for me to want to admit, Eddie Bass is technically a Democrat, though not in spirit.

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