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1. TimP on 06/11/2008:

   Now lets look at this, a man finds out that convicted killer is in a nursing home so he goes on a one man crusade to keep sex offenders out of nursing homes? What is wrong with this picture? These people in office think the public is just plain dumb, yes people who assault the elederly in anyway are criminals. But come on what about all the workers in nursing homes that have assaulted people living in the nursing homes? These types of laws do nothing to protect anyone. They treat all sex offenders the same, what about a 17 year old kid having sex with his 15 year old girl friend. It is against the law and at this time could end him up on the sex offender registry for life, now when he gets old he has to go to this special nursing home for sex offenders. Come on its time to get the facts not all sex offenders are a danger to the public. Maybe if those in office would check the facts from the US Dept. Of Justice they would find out that sex offenders are one of the lowest groups to be re-convicted of a new sex crime, at only 3.5% reconvicted. Or what about the DOJ says that over 90% of sexual assaults are committed by a person well known and trusted by the victim, with over 50% of those being a family member. Or the fact that 95% of sexual offenders arrested have never been convicted of a sex crime prior to the sex offense. Now I am not in favor of sex offenders, I am in favor of the truth. And if those in office realy wanted to protect the public they would REQUIRE ALL KNOWN SEX OFFENDERS TO PAY FOR TESTING THAT WOULD SHOW HOW MUCH OF A DANGER THEY ARE TO THE PUBLIC. And then the highest risk ones should be watched with an extra eye. But a special nursing home for sex offenders is not the answer, when you look at the facts criminals whos crimes were not sex offenses committed more sex offenses upon release from prison then sex offenders do, again from many studies. So stop passing laws that do nothing to protect anyone, remember it was a killer that got this started not a sex offender and yet it only is for sex offenders????

2. MSLGW on 06/11/2008:

   In my opinion this is nothing but political grandstanding. I have done a lot of research and cannot find one instance where a registered sex offender in a nursing home ever molested or raped a resident. Even if there is one or two, what about the abuse residence receive from the so called providers? And please do not forget the treatment from staff who abuse many residence of nursing homes. I remember years ago taking my children to nursing homes as part of their upbringing. Senility was the rule with many patience. They were not sex offenders. They were just old and slipping in their mental capacity. Some masturbated in public, some made remarks to staff and other residence of nursing homes. This political grandstanding is insane. It ignores scientific fact for political expediency. Randy Lopp says it best in reference to These politiacl grandstanding knee jerk laws when he says, ''Most people who know anything about this are frustrated. It is just not helpful -- the laws as they are now,'' said Randy Lopp, treatment subcommittee chairman of the Oklahoma Sex Offender Management Team. ''I think if the general public understood the research, they would be willing to back the legislators to change the laws to make more sense and to protect children, because the laws as they are written are not protecting children," he said. "They are doing more harm than good.'' I have spoken with Randy Lopp and it would benefit society to listen to him. He bases his knowledge on scientific fact and empirical date, not political expediency. We are heading down the road of creating laws based on myth, lies and hysteria. And in my opinion laws based on emotion make for bad law because emotion lacks intelligence. And the cost for these ineffective "political" laws are costing the tax payer hundreds of millions of dollars tax payers money. You can also visit my wife's web site at cfcoklahoma.com