an honorable way to "pander" to conservatives on crime [View All]

[liberalcapitalist]

I'm for an end to the drug war, and the legalization, not just decriminalization of drugs. I'm for enfranchising convicted felons. I think money should be spent on education instead of building more jails. I'm against the death penalty, and I think incarceration should be about rehabilitation, not punishment... HOWEVER.. One thing that always appals me is the lightness of sex offender sentences, especially in comparison to other far less serious crimes. Why doesn't any candidate ever come out in favor of harsh punishment of sex crimes? Particularly, repeat offenders and pre-pubescent child molesters? Who doesn't agree with this? Yet I've never heard a candidate advocate anything of the sort?

Second time sex offenders, violent sex criminals, and pre-pubescent child molestors = maximum punishment under law (where death penalty is legal, they get fried). I think an otherwise liberal candidate could get a lot of right-wing votes by advocating this.

Question is: Do you support such legislation?