drparkers Archive

Upvotes	Title	Category	Author	Subreddit	Date (UTC)
117	Woman, with previous sentence for theft, found distributing child pornography walks	WBB	drparkers	/r/MensRights	24/03/15 04:18 AM

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3	Woman, with previous sentence for theft, found distributing child pornography walks Correct - There is no such thing as a public sex offender registry here. You could have a convicted kiddie fiddler living next door and you'd never know. It's just another measure to protect the criminals of what will surely happen (ostracised from society) instead of protecting the public from what might happen. Regular sexual predators (rapists etc) do get named and shamed, but once the media attention dies, its nigh on impossible to check if there is any registered sex offenders nearby for ex…	/r/MensRights	24/03/15 11:01 PM
–	Woman, with previous sentence for theft, found distributing child pornography walks In Australia, all Child Sex Offenders have their names omitted from the record to prevent lynching and to preserve the privacy of the child. This applies to both men and women. Several notable radio presenters such as Derryn Hinch intentionally ignore this law and broadcast the names (and have gone to prison for it) anyway.	/r/MensRights	24/03/15 10:46 PM
–	Woman, with previous sentence for theft, found distributing child pornography walks No, Australian law doesn't take priors into consideration in determining guilt but previous sentences, ESPECIALLY convictions, are taken into account for sentencing	/r/MensRights	24/03/15 10:36 PM