The NC Senate did something right?

I had to check that a few times before I actually realized they did something right. That's one in a row for them. The Senate finally (after way too long debates and delays) passed a law to prosecute child molesters -- more specifically, internet molesters.

Previously, if a person were caught by an undercover agent posing as a youngster, the pervert couldn't be charged because the agent wasn't actually a youngster. This law finally makes it a felony for a monster to solicit or attempt to solicit sex from a person they believe is under 16 over the internet.

Now if they would just stop spending money on social services and hire some more investigators for the woefully understaffed state bureau of investigation, they could hang some of these monsters.

Posted by: Ogre at 05:08 AM

Comments

1 Great news to hear!

Posted by: Jay at July 22, 2005 07:26 AM (2FcUc)

2 Good Job!

Posted by: vw bug at July 22, 2005 07:35 AM (i7MTM)

3 I report on what the NC Legislature does -- good or bad. It's just that the VAST majority of the time, the things they do are bad.

Posted by: Ogre at July 22, 2005 08:56 AM (/k+l4)

4 Well, see now? They can't be all that bad . . . What am I saying? Must be the Friday talking.

Posted by: Oddybobo at July 22, 2005 08:57 AM (6Gm0j)

5 Well hot damn. Do they have a lot of people investigating this problem in NC?

Posted by: Contagion at July 22, 2005 09:00 AM (Q5WxB)

6 Unfortunately, no. The group that investigates these crimes is very, very small. They are very understaffed, but we've got to spend tens of millions of dollars on slush funds and personal bribe funds, rather than funding crime-fighting. You see, the attitude of those in power in NC is that if they don't talk about crime, no one will know that crime exists.

In order to increase spending for crime fighting, they'd have to admit there's a crime problem, and they're not willing to admit that.

Posted by: Ogre at July 22, 2005 10:05 AM (/k+l4)

7 I think they can already prosecute in FL. I need to look into that.

Now... I'll take it a step further... and say... that if one of these monsters acts on it and are proven guilty, I believe in instant firing squad. No such thing as a life sentence or any jail time. Instant extermination.

Posted by: Bou at July 22, 2005 11:20 AM (5JHEt)

8 You might check it -- in North Carolina, before this law was passed, if a scum made an agreement to meet a 13-year old, but that 13-year old was actually a SBI agent, the scum couldn't be prosecuted simply because it wasn't actually a 13-year old he made the agreement with. After this law, when the scum says, "You're 13, let's meet," it doesn't really matter how old the person really is.

But yes, convictions for this one should be done away with quickly -- I just saw a show on the History channel about an automated firing squad -- rifles sitting inside a shed that fired from a spring and not with people pulling the triggers. It was used just once.

Posted by: Ogre at July 22, 2005 11:24 AM (/k+l4)






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