Offender Quotes

The juvenile system is in the better position to rehabilitate an offender. Why subject him to a system that has nothing to do with rehabilitation, even though it's supposed to?

All these draconian Sex Offender Registry Acts need to be trimmed back _ eliminating people who never should have been on in the first place.

If the female offender of these two possibly lost a child to a miscarriage, that might be a motive. I don't think she was going to take this child to try to sell it or move it. I think she was probably going to take it because she had lost one through a miscarriage at about six months.

Almost every city has a sex offender law, or is considering one, ... If I was a sex offender and was looking for a place to live, I would be looking for a place that didn't have one.

The goals are very simple. It's designed to address what are described as community risks and also sex offender treatment needs. Anyone that's in that particular program, they'll assess community risk, they'll also assess the sex offender treatment needs. They'll share with the judge, and the court would take a look at that before they would make a determination.

He was a first-time nonviolent possible offender, ... And under the mandatory minimums, he was put in prison for 15 years. Not only does the punishment not fit the crime, but the mandatory minimums don't give judges any discretion to look at the background of the case, to read into the specifics of the case. I don't know a judge who really is in favor of the mandatory minimums.

If the person receives Social Security benefits and violate sex offender law requirements, the payments will stop.

Howard was a truly evil man. He is the worst sex offender I have ever dealt with.

He was a DUI offender and wearing inmate work clothes.

They can see the name of the sexual offender who moves into their neighborhood, and convince themselves that they can protect their children from the stereotypical bad guy.

It's the same thing with things like sex-offender registries. People assume that they can look at the registries and keep an eye on what is going on in their neighborhood.

These parents never knew he was a sex offender. When I broke the news to them, they were devastated.

The offender has become a little bit more brave each time. They have intentions. They have urges and desires and a sickness that they want to feed. If you are in a neighborhood and you see something suspicious, please report it to police.

No one is going to be pleased when a sex offender will move into your neighborhood. But you need to be armed with facts, and you need to understand what the real threat is.

It puts more responsibility on the offender to fix the wrong. Who's been harmed? How are you going to fix it?

We look at does a person have a prior sexual offense? Does the offender have a prior non-sexual record? Has that offender offended against a stranger. So, the relationship of the offender to the victim tells you something about the type of risk they pose.

Judges look at the gravity of the offence and the responsibility of the offender in determining sentences.

We are making a clear statement today about the gravity of the offence and the responsibility of the offender.

This is outrageous. He is a sex offender living in a nursery school with guns!

Maybe he had a friend who was abused by an offender or a sibling or someone in his past who was very close. It doesn't have to be him. It could be an intimate in his life.

The bishops that protected him and helped him with knowledge (that he was) a sex offender are every bit as criminal as he is.

My submission is that he should be treated as a first offender. He has good human qualities.

As the offender is entitled to a speedy trial, the victim and the victim's family should be entitled to see a speedy administration of justice. Waiting 10 years to see justice is further offensive to the family.

If we find any negligence in the death of this offender, we will certainly take whatever appropriate action is necessary.

Every fault of the mind becomes more conspicuous and more guilty in proportion to the rank of the offender.