fantastic, I never said that someone who is falsely accused should be put in jail. If you read my posts, I clearly say that only people who have been CONVICTED (meaning, been tried by a jury of their peers, and based on the evidence, convicted) should be put in jail.

I feel they should be put in jail for a long time for a heinous crime, and perhaps, mandatory sentencing is the only way for that to be assured.

Now, let me get what you're saying. "If a man is really guilty, he will commit a crime again and he won't get away with it a second time" - so what? a criminal should get a free pass for the first crime? Because he will get caught the second time? WHAT???

Oh, that first victim doesn't matter - free pass, the SECOND victim will get the guy caught!

I must be misunderstanding you because you cannot possibly mean what I think you mean!

What I'm saying, to clarify...is that it is better for a guilty man to walk free, when he may commit a crime again, than it is to lock up an innocent man. I'm sure you knew this. Don't play dumb.

Maybe it was your wording, but I had difficulty with understanding your point. Not playing dumb, I don't do that..

I agree that there is nothing more important than finding the TRUTH in a matter, and there in no greater travesty than an innocent man being accused, and if by chance, the innocent man is found guilty, then that is just HORRIBLE.

But, that, to me, is a separate point from having mandatory sentencing for guilty pedophiles.

Who got sexually excited when they read the title of this thread? Raise your hands. Show me. Show me.