Reply #43: I think it is idiotic on several levels

[Juche]

For one thing, about 90% of sex offenders are never caught so being draconian with the 5-10% who do get caught probably won't fix anything other than giving suburban soccer moms a phony sense of security and safety.

If you have a truly dangerous sexual predator who you know will reoffend when he gets out I can see the point in keeping him in jail, but why would the judge or parole board let him out in the first place? Plus we have such a moral panic about sex and sexual predators in this country that the standard for being considered a dangerous sexual predator who needs a life sentence is probably pretty low. This law may on paper be about dangerous sex offenders, but I'm sure tons of reformed and non dangerous ones will be given life sentences over very flimsy reasons.