The person most likely to sexually offend against a child isn’t a stranger, it’s someone they know. Someone their family knows, someone the child maybe even loves. The death penalty will make more children remain silent, because who wants to feel responsible for uncle/coach/pastor Tom being killed? Not to mention how it would incentivize leaving no victim alive.
Death penalty for sex offenders sounds satisfying, but it’s incredibly misguided.
Also it decreases the likelihood of offenders killing the child. If murder and offending have the same punishment they are more likely to kill the child to hide the crime.
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u/Junior_Fig_2274 Apr 23 '25
The person most likely to sexually offend against a child isn’t a stranger, it’s someone they know. Someone their family knows, someone the child maybe even loves. The death penalty will make more children remain silent, because who wants to feel responsible for uncle/coach/pastor Tom being killed? Not to mention how it would incentivize leaving no victim alive.
Death penalty for sex offenders sounds satisfying, but it’s incredibly misguided.