The ONE Good Thing Bush has done...

[carrie721]

Originally Posted by irishgrl

Whilst I can appreciate your sympathy for the rights of the accused (convicted), Im more concerned about protecting children. And experience teaches us that the highest rates of recidivism occur among child molesters.
These folks may have served their time, they may have even undergone therapy but they are still a risk to their own children and those of their neighbors. I am not sure how you think a registry does more harm than good if the molester is a family member but I can tell you that the greatest hurt, the ORIGINAL hurt came from the family member, or neighbor or even the stranger that did the molest/abuse in the first place.

What I'm saying is that if the vast majority of child molesters target family members, how much help could a registry do? Family members would already know, and wearing that scarlet letter around would be a detriment to anyone wishing to turn his life around. And for those child molesters who actually do target random children ... realistically speaking, if they want to find a child, they will find a child, registry or no.