Let's be honest, there's a difference between some guy who had consensual sex with a 16-17 year old and some guy who molests pre-pubescent children. The former should be treated like any other criminal and the other needs to stay locked away for everyone's safety. These half-measures hurt everyone involved.
I agree with this fully, and I was going to reply to the effect to some people... there does need to be a sliding scale for adolescents that make mistakes - or do stuff with "permission" from parents then break up and all of a sudden its rape - or these borderline acceptable behaviors...
Up to those who deserve to be castrated and dumped into gen pop prison with their case made public.
I'm not dense enough to think that it's all black and white with no shades of grey - guilty for life or not... My assumption is that this is on the bad side of the scale - and someone who's genuinely used/abused a child deserves to have their lives ruined. They've ruined someone elses life (irregardless of whether that person heals). The punishment for that deserves to be SO extreme that anyone who considers it knows that their life will effectively end.
I don't think this should be an eye for an eye... this should be an eye... for an eye and an arm and a leg and...
A bit harsh... but it's the one "unforgivable" sin in my book.
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