Sex Offenders Required to Live Under Bridge in Miami
Here's another twist on the sex offender laws that have been popping up in the last few years and are growing bigger and bigger throughout America.
In Miami, Florida, the ordinances have gotten so strict that five offenders are living under a bridge with the state's approval. The reason? It's virtually impossible for them to get housing.
So they've been forced to live outside all day and all night near where children play and teenagers hang out rather than live within 2,500 feet of a school.
Not all offenders were convicted of anything violent. Some were arrested for having willing relations with their boyfriend/girlfriend, or of downloading photos off the Internet that are considered legal in some parts of the country, but not in others. So does forcing them, and those who were convicted of violent crimes, to live on the streets make them and everyone else safer?
See the article at http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070407/ap_on_re_us/sex_offenders_bridge and feel free to make comments and reports on what's happening in your area/country below.
Comments
This is safer? This is crazy!
Posted by: Kim Ball | April 7, 2007 06:21 PM
This is stupid! Its like how is somebody who downloads pics off the internet or who has sex with his girlfriend more dangerous than a murdererer? And so this will make them safer? I mean 2,500 feet is a long way from a school! Where I live I dont think u can get that far from a school!
Posted by: Princess Unicornia | April 8, 2007 05:37 AM
All they got to do is castrate these b*******s! Then cut off their hands so they can't go grabbing anybody and cut off their feet so they can't run away. Then let them try to do this s***!
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Posted by: American Al | April 11, 2007 06:07 PM
I heart the weather is great in Miami. So don't fall asleep, kids. You know who's waiting under the bridge...
Posted by: Askar | April 11, 2007 06:29 PM
More signs of the stupidity of American laws. Makes me want to move to Iraq.
Posted by: Gabriel Watson | April 25, 2007 03:28 PM
What we need to make illegal is legislators who make stupid laws!
Posted by: Arlene | May 7, 2007 08:18 PM
Your site is great! I tried posting but could not.
I think registration is ridiculous anyway. Why do we not register murderers? Or those who rob millions of people with bogus investments? Or everyone, really?
Posted by: Juanita Gonzales | May 12, 2007 05:45 PM