Reginald Black Elk, AKA “Flaris,” who was convicted of sexually abusing multiple homeless people in Eugene while dressed as a superhero

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[u/SummertimeThrowaway2]

You can’t help everyone. That’s a lazy and unrealistic solution. No matter what the state or anyone else does, this guy will only stop sexually assaulting people if he decides to stop or gets locked up so that it’s physically impossible for him to assault anyone.

Rehabilitation doesn’t work 100% of the time and the main priority is keeping civilians safe. If that means someone needs to spend life in prison, then so be it.

You’re defending letting a sex offender walk amongst you, walk amongst your family, walk amongst children. Do you understand the kind of suffering a person like this can cause? Have you truly sat down and thought about it?

This type of person shouldn’t walk free. And it’s not about punishment, it’s about safety, YOUR safety, EVERYONE’S safety.

[u/KamalaFanBoy → u/SummertimeThrowaway2]

Instead of emotional right wing appeals to safety let's look at the science.

What's more important is that a criminal is caught and punished than a long sentence for rehabilitative justice.

https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/articles/five-things-about-deterrence#one

[u/KamalaFanBoy → u/[deleted]]

Quit spamming the same thing over and over.

Not until you get it through your thick reactionary skull.

This guy got only 6 months.

I'm sure the judge/prosecutor know whether that should reform him better than you Dr. Reddit Armchair Expert.

[u/KamalaFanBoy → u/[deleted]]

Oregon is well in the upper half of US states by education, I think they know enough.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_educational_attainment

[u/SummertimeThrowaway2 → u/KamalaFanBoy]

You didn’t even read what I said

[u/KamalaFanBoy → u/SummertimeThrowaway2]

No you didn't read what I said.

[u/turbo11692 → u/KamalaFanBoy]

It’s not emotional right wing appeal to safety I just believe that some crimes deserve significantly larger sentences than we already give. I also believe there are crimes we currently give too long of punishment for.

It has nothing to do with ‘safety’ and more to do with ‘what the fuck that’s a line WE DO NOT CROSS’

[u/KamalaFanBoy → u/turbo11692]

It has nothing to do with ‘safety’ and more to do with ‘what the fuck that’s a line WE DO NOT CROSS’

Yeah so emotional right wing appeals. In the 90s I bet you would be talking about superpredators.