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Just once and for all, can we get this straight?

By David Feige

Ok, I'm sick and tired of hearing about how you can't release pedophiles and rapists because they all re-offend.Let's once and for all understand what our ownBureau of Justice Statistics says:THESE ARE THE MOST RECENT LONG-TERM STUDY NUMBERS:Of the 272,111 persons released from prisons in 15 States in 1994, an estimated 67.5% were rearrested for a felony or serious misdemeanor within 3 years, 46.9% were reconvicted, and 25.4% resentenced to prison for a new crime.Within 3 years of release, 2.5% of released rapists were rearrested for another rape, and 1.2% of those who had served time for homicide were arrested for a new homicide.Sex offenders were less likely than non-sex offenders to be rearrested for any offense ?? 43 percent of sex offenders versus 68 percent of non-sex offenders...continue to full post

Full post as published by Indefensible on September 22, 2009 (boomark / email).