I'm a huge fan of radio 4, any questions and any answers specificly. despite the rage that it causes me.
But I've just sat through both and, as far as I'm concerned, EVERY SINGLE PERSON managed to miss the point on an issue.
True, I normally disagree with most people about a lot of things. But maybe I just take a long view. But yes, xx number of years after a sex crime, yes, the culprit should have a chance to be removed from the sex offenders register.
Not because of "fundamental human rights". I'm not a huge fan of them, as currently implemented.
Not because of rehabilitation - the justice system may or may not rehabilitate. To rehabilitate there must be the acceptance that it's possible - but the point of the system varies from society to society.
Not even on the insanity of keeping people with dementia on the list.
No, but because things that are a sex crime change. Fifty years ag0 - within the lifetime of a decent part of the population, homosexuality was a crime. Now, it's not. So someone who was a sex criminal then wouldn't now warrant more then raised eyebrows.
Right now there are some serious oddities in our legal system. It's a crime to be *sent* a picture of naked girl less then 18 years old. That is, if a 17 year old girl sent a naked picture which she took herself to her boyfriend, he is committing a crime.
It's lunacy I expect to be fixed at some point. But people caught by this are by definition sex offenders.
Our definition of what is a sex crime changes; so we should review - if it's not still a crime, they don't need to be registered.
Muppets.
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I agree with you (that example of the 17 year old girl - not only is he a sex offender, but she is as well...for sending photos she took of herself...). However the question they're considering only has to with the life time sex offenders register which you only get put on if you've been to prison for more than 30 months for a sex offense. I doubt there's many crimes that fall into that category which will become decriminalised any time soon.
That whole sending pictures thing is seriously messed up and protects no one. The fact that, let's say, a 17 year old girl can willingly take a picture of herself and then willingly send it to her boyfriend and both of them can be charged with dealing in child pornography is completely stupid. Yes there should be laws to stop people being exploited and yes I think that sex ed classes should keep up with the times and educate people about sexting, but seriously people show some common sense here.
Now if you will excuse me I have some pictures to delete from my mobile :P
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