Re: Sex Crimes and punishment.

Yin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message: 
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:

> As I understand,

Yes, well ...

> in US there are about a million sexual assaults are
> committed a year.  Each year 240,000 males or 12% of all males

240,000 is not 12% of all males.  It's not even close.

> become
> sexual felons, but only 35,000 of them are convicted.
> 
>      Fortunatly, soon the 99.9% accurate lie detector will be
> available.

No, it won't.

> That device extracts memory from the brain.

No, it doesn't.

> It was
> mentioned on CNN.

Oh.  Silly me.

> Thus conviction rate for sexual assaults will jump
> to at least 200,000 a year.  Most of them will go for more then one
> crime and will be eligible for life.
> 
>      Can we put 200,000 men a year into maximum security prisons?  Can
> we built maximum security prison space for 3,000,000 sex offenders
> within 15 years?  I do not think so.  Thus, the society will be FORCED
> to consider castration as an alternative.

No, it won't.
 
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-- 
Neil