Agreed. There are serious problems with a system that depends on these guys to (a) register themselves with the proper authorities, and (b) be on their best behavior at all times. Let's get the cops off the backs of college students with joints and bike messengers on fixed-gear bikes, and get them out chasing down these scum.

I thought this was going to be about Maurice Clarrett.

i'd let him out on parole if he undergoes voluntary surgical castration. otherwise, throwaway the key.

How do you feel about nine years for panty thievery?

Dave J., there are precious few cops "on the backs of college students with joints" in Portland. Marijuana is pretty darn low on the totem pole at the PPB/DA's Office and someone with personal use pot who hasn't done anything bad otherwise (like got caught with pot while prowling cars) is more likely to be given a casual finger-wagging than court date. Cops have discretion here and some get worked up about pot but not very many.

As for cops and fixies, well, that's a Traffic Divison issue. The Traffic Division employs a very small fraction of PPB cops. I'd guess around 2-3%.

The vast majority of cops aren't in Traffic and 1) don't go after bicycle violations without some other problem (like no bike lights on a guy with a backpack cruising your neighborhood at 3am looking for cars to prowl), 2) don't even know the braking requirements for bicycles and 3) even if they know, if the person isn't doing anything else wrong the cop very likely wouldn't ticket.

There are plenty of problems with law enforcement in Portland. However, your typical PPB cop is decidedly not zealous about enforcing pot and bicycle brake laws.

Let them be roomates only if they own a vacuum cleaner. Just joking. Seriously we need to relieved of their misery.

I took a tour of the State Prison. It was confirmed that these guy don't do to well in the general population. However, I can't imagine they could suffer a fate that would be equal to the harm they have caused.

With a recidivism rate approaching 80%, it seems pretty clear that the only humane solution would be to put them down. They need to be taken out, just as rabid animals need to be taken out.

Humanity is not served well by allowing turds to float around in the gene pool.

Hmmm... As mad as I am, I wouldn't go quite that far...

Jack,

I would imagined that if that were your little girl that was raped, you'd be inclined to go "that far."

The penalty for forcible rape should be death -- especially given the age and helplessness of this victim.

The penalty for forcible rape should be death

I disagree.

"Jack,

I would imagined that if that were your little girl that was raped, you'd be inclined to go "that far.""

Al,

Just about everyone would be; that is why we need a dispassionate legal system. Being a human system, it can fail: people can be wrongly charged and wrongly convicted. Therefore, the death penalty is too risky.