"The Department of Justice on Monday asked a full appeals court to rule that the federal government has the power to hold sex offenders in custody indefinitely beyond the end of their prison terms." It is called "civil commitment."
That is to say, when you do something the government does not like, they can lock you up and throw away the key. You say you expected to be set free when your sentence was expired? Ho-ho! You think you can get a thing like justice and fairness and freedom after you have been to prison for fill in the blank?! Not in OUR
Today, we don't like child rapists. Nobody likes a child rapist. You don't like child rapists, do you? Why not lock them up for life, even after their sentences expire? You don't want them back on the streets, do you?
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Well, no, but how about, instead of making a mockery of justice, we give them life (or, preferably, death) sentences instead of letting them out again after a few years.
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First they wouldn't release the child rapists, and I said nothing because I also hated child rapists. . . .
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