I’m
not going to lie. When the guilty verdict hit the airwaves for Jerry
Sandusky last Friday, I was nothing short of outright elated. In fact, it
actually restored my faith in the justice system after what I think was its complete
failure in the Casey
Anthony trial not long ago. Indeed, sometimes, the guilty are punished. But are they punished strongly enough?
I don’t think they are.
In
fact, I’m going to be so bold as to say that child predators deserve the death penalty. Yes, I said it.
Coming
off the heels of a case in Shiner Texas, where a father beat
his 5-year-old’s rapist to death with his bear hands, and wasn’t convicted
for doing so, I’d (quite frankly) like to see more cases end this way.
No,
not because I’m blood thirsty, but because I believe that anyone who sexually
abuses a child is so broken, so vile and so profoundly evil that they should be
treated like rabid dogs. They need
to be put down.
Sure,
I’ve heard the arguments for chemical castration.
While that might solve the physicality part of the equation, it does nothing
for the mental part of the equation. And
the truth is, sexual abuse is more mental than it is physical.
How do I know this? I was a victim of sexual
abuse. From the age of 4 to 11, my father was a cruel abuser. However, I say,
“was” with intent. It doesn’t define me. It’s part of my past. I don’t need
your sympathy or your pity, nor do I want it. I disclose this to you because I
know more about sexual abusers than your run-of-the-mill writer might.
However,
between my father and his consortium of other abusive friends, my tale is one
that puts me in a unique position to talk about child predators. I knew five of
them, and I knew five of them well.
All five of these men were cut
from the same cloth. They were evil, twisted and downright awful. They had no remorse, no
compassion and no sense of right and wrong. They were all, in effect, rabid
dogs who needed to be put down.
There is no rehabilitating
these people.
There is no “fixing” something that is that inherently broken. For them, there
is only one answer: Put them down like the sick, rabid animals they are. And
that, in essence, is the perfect penalty for such a heinous crime. At least, in
my not so humble opinion.
What are your thoughts about
punishments for child predators?
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