About placements of sex offenders
Hanover residents apparently have won their case. Their objections to the placement of two violent sex offenders in a house in this hamlet finally hit home. Better late than never.
The state has announced that it will not renew its lease on a ranch-style home on Mill Street. One of the two offenders placed there last summer died in November. The second will move when the lease expires March 31 if not sooner.
Granted, once such offenders have served their time behind bars, the state must place them somewhere. The state reasoned that the Hanover home fits its parameters. It isn’t near a school or licensed day care.
Hanover residents, however, wondered about the logic of placing them in an unincorporated community with no direct law enforcement. More than 100 residents packed the Plymouth Town Hall last spring to raise objections when plans to place the two men in Hanover were announced.
To what can we attribute the state’s reversal of this decision? We’ll share our perspectives in our editorial Tuesday.
Greg Peck can be reached at (608) 755-8278 or gpeck@gazettextra.com. Or follow him on Twitter or Facebook
Jan 9, 2013 at 8:16 a.m.
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As with many efforts to mainstream the abnormal, it looks good in theory.
Jan 9, 2013 at 7:42 a.m.
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Place them UNDERGROUND.
End of discussion.
Jan 8, 2013 at 3:09 p.m.
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Castration Island- could be a new stupid reality show.
Jan 8, 2013 at 1:15 p.m.
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All sex offenders should have permenant RFDI tracking implanted on them. THat would be a good start.
Jan 8, 2013 at 9:57 a.m.
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Take a lesson from the Chinese, after conviction take them out behind the courthouse and eliminate the problem.
Jan 8, 2013 at 5:23 a.m.
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i agree let them have their own island where if they want to offend again they do it to each other...not our children..
Jan 7, 2013 at 8:42 p.m.
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Complete waste of tax dollars for why??? If they are that bad and going to be a problem forever just execute them. Who would be opposed to it?
Jan 7, 2013 at 8:10 p.m.
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Which place might a sex offender be LESS able to re-offend: A small town where everyone knows your name, or a big anonymous city where nobody cares? I'll guess the small town where everyone know your name.
I'm just sayin'...
Jan 7, 2013 at 6:29 p.m.
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Keep them in jail if you ask me. OR get them their own little city to live in. Castration is also legal in some areas. I think here too. They also have temp shots that is like castration. I am for that. I would remove other things as well and give them a bag. I guess I dont agree with the Hanover thing. We have to deal with them why shouldnt anybody else not have to. Oh NIMBY is it. You are small so you would only get a few. Jvl is bigger so weget more than a few. WHy these people on Main street in houseing next to the library?????
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