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100 year old pedophile released from prison.

Cainkane1 said:
http://www.postchronicle.com/news/breakingnews/article_212272561.shtml?ref=rss
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They sending him to Lybia? They might want to do that for his own safety, if this DA spokesman is allowed to remain in office.
"Mr. Sypnier is the personification of evil and should be removed from civilized society permanently, until the day he dies," Erie County District Attorney Frank Sedita III said. "He is an unrepentant child molester who has been doing this or trying to do this for 60 years. He can't be cured. He's not sick. He's evil. He's not old. He's evil."
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Sir, the man served his sentence. You are part of the system. This outburst doubtless plays to people who are still pissed off at this man for his crimes. We note that the DA's office failed to get him executed, failed to get him a life sentence without parole ... shoot yourself in the foot much, Mr Sedita?

By the way, Mr Sedita, he is old. Being old and being evil are not mutually exclusive. He may be sick and he may be incurable. Which is of course evil. ???

While my emotional sentiments are roughly aligned with his, I think a ball gag for Mr Sedita is in order until he learns how to give a public statement.

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I have a question about the personality disorder called pedophelia. What if a pedophile who had not committed the crime came into a psychiatrists office looking for treatment? Back in the 70's I read an article where the advice to those seeking treatment was to get into an adult relationship and stay the hell away from children. However is there no cure for this? What if kids live with him or her already?
 
What is your opinion on civil commitment proceedures? Some states have successfully committed sex offenders after they served their jail sentence. The supreme court has actually upheld this.

It kind of strikes me as being imprisoned twice for the same offense.

Do you think this is acceptable always, or under some circumstances, or never acceptable? If you do not think this is acceptable ever, do you think sentencing laws should be revised to increase jail time for certain individuals.


And by the way, I don't want to hear a SINGLE person tell me "If you were a father you'd understand" or "Would you want a person like that near your kids?"

Of course if I was a father I'd be scared about such a person, and if I was a father, I would not want such people near my kids. However, we can't always let fear drive our actions to the extent of ignoring the Constitution, and violating the civil-rights all citizens (and in some cases all people) are entitled to.
 
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There's been a TV show based on his exploits for years. He's really not that much of a threat.


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Well, viagra eventually had to have a downside.
...err.... not that I'm advocating it be banned, you understand.
 
INRM said:
What is your opinion on civil commitment proceedures? Some states have successfully committed sex offenders after they served their jail sentence. The supreme court has actually upheld this.

It kind of strikes me as being imprisoned twice for the same offense.

Do you think this is acceptable always, or under some circumstances, or never acceptable? If you do not think this is acceptable ever, do you think sentencing laws should be revised to increase jail time for certain individuals.
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I've never liked the sex offender registries. Recidivism is clearly a problem with certain crimes. But branding people doesn't seem like the right solution to me. Unfortunately, I can only say I don't like that system; I don't have a good idea myself.
 
The article says that after his initial release he was returned to jail in '07 for violating his parole conditions. He would have been 98 then. Everything about this case is repellent, but for some reason, that impresses me. Sure he's evil, but he's commiting to it.
 
Well, why not? If you have not other choice in the matter you might as well commit to the path that's been laid out for you.
 
"Mr. Sypnier is the personification of evil and should be removed from civilized society permanently, until the day he dies," Erie County District Attorney Frank Sedita III said. "He is an unrepentant child molester who has been doing this or trying to do this for 60 years. He can't be cured. He's not sick. He's evil. He's not old. He's evil."
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This quote bothered me as well. I don't believe in evil. It doesn't exist. It was created to give "good" something to do battle with. The truth is that there is healthy or appropriate behavior and there is unhealthy or inappropriate behavior. I'm not against punishment like chemical castration and I believe that whatever legal steps are necessary to keep this guy locked up or closely supervised until his death is completely appropriate but demonizing medical disorders, no matter how abhorrent we might find them, doesn't help anyone.
 
I've heard many references to 'chemical castration' before but I don't know what it is. What does it do? Does it remove, completely, one's sex drive? Is it permanent, or does it require an injection every few months?

And more to the point - does it work? If a committed paedophile is chemically castrated, is that person then safe to leave with children?
 
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