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Re: Here's a scary one
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Tue, 5 Jul 2005 16:44:56 GMT
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Frank Filz wrote:
> In this article:
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> http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/06/16/hamilton.child.support/index.html
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> it is proposed that the government keep and publish a list of all
> accusations of child molestation. While the intent to make it easier
> to discover molesters is good, it has serious consequences for
> someone wrongly accused. Already, it is kind of scary (as someone who
> volunteers with youth) how easily one's life can be destroyed by a
> kid deciding to "get even" with someone by making an accusation. To
> make these false accusations easily searchable would probably make it
> impossible to recover from such an accusation.
Ok, now here's one that's even scarier:
http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-molest01.html
What's really scary though is the debate over on Sean K. Reynold's boards
where one guy is saying that the guy deserved the punnishment because he
broke the particular law. No reasoning that perhaps when laws are unjust any
conviction under them is also unjust and that we should be outraged.
I wonder what percentage of the US adult population could be convicted under
this law and labeled sex offenders? How many teachers?
Makes me almost want to sympathise with Joseph Edward Duncan III who
allegedly was railing on his web site about how the criminal system so
stigmatizes criminals that they have no hope of ever rejoining society
(actually, I do think he's in general right, though he's also obviously a
case of why we need good ways to deal with the real creeps, without also
sweeping up people who might actually just be trying to be good citizens).
Frank
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| (...) Teachers are usually assumed to have the benefit of in loco parentis, which grants them some immunity from this kind of thing (though I don't know of a good test-case that defines the boundaries). Barnaby's attorney said it exactly right: "If (...) (19 years ago, 5-Jul-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| In this article: (URL) is proposed that the government keep and publish a list of all accusations of child molestation. While the intent to make it easier to discover molesters is good, it has serious consequences for someone wrongly accused. (...) (19 years ago, 17-Jun-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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