4-26-2009 Ohio:
Columbus -- Violent sexual offenders would face civil commitments after completing prison terms and be required to wear electronic monitoring devices after their final release in the community, under legislation introduced in the Ohio Senate.
The bill, sponsored by Sen. Keith Faber (R-Celina), also would require offenders to pay for the cost of monitoring them with global positioning systems.
"This measure will aid in alleviating administrative cost and shifting the burden onto the appropriate entity, the perpetrator of the crime," Faber told the Senate's criminal justice committee April 22.
The legislation includes provisions requiring the state's director of mental health to provide for the "control, care and treatment in a secure facility" after offenders deemed to be violent sexual offenders are released from prison.
The bill is aimed at the worst of the worst offenders -- those most likely to commit other sexual offenses after their release, Faber said.
"Civil commitment provides a unique way to continue the rehabilitation and confinement of these high-risk individuals," he said. "While civilly committing these prisoners will have costs associated with it, there are also significant costs associated with the premature release of these individuals.
"Aside from the steep costs sexual predators place on law enforcement and the courts, there are also the incalculable emotional and societal costs associated with these crimes." ..News Source.. by Marc Kovac
April 26, 2009
OH- State bill looks to more closely monitor released sex offenders
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So there people pay their debt to society in prison where they are viewed as the lowest of the low by other inmates. Then they get out and are certain to already be under a stigma, and there's no way they'll find a good job. Then all their neighbors know who they are and ostracize them. Then you want them to pay to be monitored?
These people should pay for their crimes like anyone else does. There's no argument there. When they're out of prison they've PAID their debt. If they haven't paid enough, make sentences longer. Otherwise you might as well execute them because their lives are ruined and legislation only seeks to make it worse.
These people did something terrible, but there are limits to what is reasonable in punishment.
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