Just found out a "Friend" I work with is a sex offender, 2nd Conviction for extreme child molestation Options

[DEATH]

I'm so messed up in the head right now. I feel like killing this man myself and I know nothing of the child other than she was two years old and this is his second conviction. A little background:
I work at a machine/fabrication shop where I'm the head of the engineering department. That means I and the people under me design equipment and parts for equipment that performs a specific function. All of which means I'm out on the shop floor very often, making sure the parts and assemblies I design work properly before they go into mass production. One of the guys I worked pretty closely with in our weld room over the last 8 years or so was on parole for some felony or another - heck most of these guys are. It's just the sort trade that employs alot of ex-cons [I'd say there are more ex-cons than not in the male population out here in the shop]. Now granted, I didn't hang with the guy outside of work, I never had beers with him or any of that. The most I ever saw outside of work was once when he drove his car into a ditch I helped him out, drove him to work. But he seemed like this really nice old man who, yeah maybe fcuked up bad when he was younger and now was just living the rest of his life the best he could. He had several embarresing visits from his Parole Officer up here - he took them in stride, didn't get upset or overly embarresed. He seemed repentative and content to live out his last few years peacefully.
This morning I find out he won't be coming back to work anymore because he was caught sexually molesting a 2yo little girl. Nevermind the question how did he get a little girl like that alone - I have no idea of the details. Sounds to me like some parents need to be going to jail too but that's another question and I have no way of judging that situation [It's just I'm a parent and I know noone is ever allowed time like that around my children with out my knowledge and supervision]. I also found out that that was the felony he was previously convicted of and had served his time for [And I hope those of you who don't support the death penalty for sex crimes are proud of yourselves - I'm sure this little girl would thank you for your kindness if she could. Sarcasm, obviously. If we had executed him the first time this happened another little girl wouldn't have had her life ruined by this horrible act.].
As I said - It's got me messed up. I'm usually a great judge of character but I never saw this coming. I think that if I had found this out before the police did it would be me in jail for murder and him 6 feet under ATM. And I don't feel in the least bit remorseful about that.
These fcuking bastards should all be killed to protect the world's children from them. That's my opinion.
Please discuss this. Please do so maturely. Please respect other's opinions.
Mod's - I'm sorry in advance if this must be closed - I just don't know any other group this diverse that I can get other opinions from that will be different from my own.

[D-Man]

It sounds wrong to say it, but more than likely the only people who know what they need to NOT commit a sex crime is sex criminals.

Then we stick all of em in a lab and study them until we find their "kriptonite" (and then gas them all.)

Let's hear what some of our European friends think.

Surely the best thing is to prevent all sex crimes. This cannot be done if the solution is revenge.

But can't you see my point in this? We tried already to rehabilitate this man for similar crimes he was previously convicted of and what do we get for our humane treatment? What do we get for the trouble of taking the moral high road? We get another innocent victim. Another potentially ruined life.
If we had killed this bastard the first time there would be no second time. Plain, simple, honest and direct. Positive solution - Problem solved.

True, But i believe shink is saying, that it would be more efficient to have never happend the first time. If we can figure out a way to make the child molesters NOT molest children in the first place, then we wont have to "put them down" later. That would be the Ideal solution, so that no children get molested in the first place.

And another thing I'd like to say is thank you to everyone who is taking the time out to talk this over rationally with me - it's helping my mental state cause I've been anguishing all morning about whether I should have known and done something about it. I'm intelligent enough to know that that's a stupid way to think. Who am I to have done anything to prevent? But my heart rarely bleeds for anyone or anything - it does for this poor little girl. I hope they get him in prison [Prison justice FTMFW].
I am getting calmer through this thread tho - slowly.

All of our hearts go out to this poor little girl. At 2yrs old? She has done nothing to have that happen to her. She's just a baby, barely able to walk; basic words, still eating dry cheerios as she can't handle really heavy foods yet. a BABY!! This is horrible. But Speaking of "Prison Justice" there are plenty of men who are locked up, That have children of their own, that love to put their hands on these monsters. I read something somewhere that said people convicted of Child Molestation, Rapist, and Kidnappers are the most frequently "Endangered" and most often injured/killed. Even convicts know that you don't mess with children, and that No means No. (by all means there are other things that will happen to him that are also FTMFW) I hope he shows up on the news soon.

I think that's the point that Shink is aslo pointing out, there is research done that shows these people have something wrong in their head. How do we fix that, and put the idea into their head that they do NOT do these sick acts?

This post has been edited by D-Man: Jul 18, 2008 - 12:14 PM

[Legit94GT]

Then we stick all of em in a lab and study them until we find their "kriptonite" (and then gas them all.)

LOL

In a few years they will have the whole genome mapped(if they dont already) and will be able to determine what genetic sequence makes people more prone to do such things, then we should test everyone when they are born and people who have "bad" sequences are closely watch for their mental/genetic illness... or exterminate them...(ha ha that would never ever happen)

About the death penalty... thats it, it is a penalty...its called capital PUNISHMENT, i dont think most criminals really think that much of it, as far as it being a real deterent, i really doubt it... But when the crime is so terrible, some people need to lose their life, i think that getting gang raped by convicts in jail for a few years then getting killed is a good punishment.

I dont think any criminal would be like "oh wait, i cant do that cause if i get caught i'll get the needle!!!! nah i just wont get caught:)"

Glad to see this convo staying well structured, and that people from the other side of the pond are speaking up, what are your guys laws over there as far as the death penaly goes?