[Vision2020] Sex Offender

[Tom Hansen]

Courtesy of the Plea Agreement between Steven Sitler and the State of
Idaho at:

http://www.TomandRodna.com/CR_2005_02027/plea_agreement.pdf

"2.  The State agrees that it will not recommend a sentence greater than a
judgment of conviction with the court retaining jurisdiction.  The
prosecuting attorney has been made aware by counsel for the defendant that
the volume and extent of acts by the defendant are greater than the
investigator’s documentation.  The prosecuting attorney has also been made
aware by counsel for the defendant that similar acts occurred in
connection with minors now residing in other states.  The State agrees
that it will not charge Steven James Sitler with any other crimes of a
similar nature to Lewd Conduct with a Minor Under Sixteen Years of Age
based on facts he discloses in connection with this case."

Question, Sunil:  What percentage would you assign to the likelihood that
Mr.Sitler will/has reoffend(ed)?

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho



On Tue, March 8, 2011 11:37 am, betsyd at turbonet.com wrote:
> Couldn't agree with you more!
>
> Bets
>
>
> -----Original message-----
> From: "Rosemary Huskey" donaldrose at cpcinternet.com
> Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2011 11:20:41 -0800
> To: "'vision 2020'" vision2020 at moscow.com, "'Sunil Ramalingam'"
> sunilramalingam at hotmail.com
> Subject: [Vision2020] Sex Offender
>
>> A juried review of recidivism, therapeutic modalities, etc. for sex
>> offenders: http://www.csom.org/pubs/recidsexof.html
>>
>> The type of offense appears to have some impact of the likelihood of
>> reoffending, (which is high at any rate amongst non-incest child
>> molesters).
>> There seems to be  disagreement among professionals about what
>> constitutes a
>> re-offense.  For example, does re-offense mean an arrest, a conviction,
>> or
>> probation violation?  And, of course, no one, except the perpetrators
>> and
>> the victims really know what that rate is. What is clear is that it is
>> underreported.  Whether the rate (including perpetrators in regular
>> group
>> "therapy" and I also use quotes) is 50% or .5% the possibility that
>> convicted child molesters will continue to troll for and abuse children
>> is
>> too high.  As for specifics, Steven Sitler was jailed in Latah County
>> for
>> almost a year and did in fact drive himself (alone), to the
>> Lewiston/Clarkston area regularly for "therapy."  And yes, there were
>> controls in place in terms of time driving and mileage etc.
>> nonetheless, it
>> was, in my opinion, a risky situation.  I ask you and other 2020
>> contributors, as I did the leaders of Christ Church who support him in
>> his
>> upcoming marriage, would you allow Steve Sitler, given his horrendous
>> history of child molestation, unlimited, unsupervised access to your
>> young
>> children?  No therapeutic professional would guarantee that Mr. Sitler,
>> or
>> others with similar criminal histories, can be "cured"  consequently no
>> thoughtful adult should trust him around any children.  And, yes, I
>> would
>> gladly pay  more in taxes to keep offenders with a history like Mr.
>> Sitler's
>> in jail until he is 80 years old.  His life time probation offers
>> absolutely
>> zero protection to his potential victims.
>>
>>
>>
>> Rose Huskey
>>
>>
>>
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