Is it time for Megans law in the uk?

Sad Eyes

It is far past time that the UK begin to use programs like Megan's Law and Amber Alerts, along with changing laws to forgo the 24 hour waiting period before searches for missing children begin. I hope that SOB is caught soon and that the UK starts to make these necessary changes ASAP! Pedophiles are the lowest form of life on this planet and ALL of us have to get together and protect our children.

Richard C

I'm with lippz and Mr Sceptic. You have to question the motives of supporters of Megan / Sarah's law. A large part of the motivation seems to be unlawful revenge, not protecting our children if we know a paedophile lives nearby. The case quoted of paedetrician being beaten up demonstrates how a little knowledge can inflict a lot of damage, and perhaps I'm cynical, but the support for Sarah's law in the UK was to do with selling the Sun and News of the World newspapers.

Why not have a competition to dream up the most awful "punishment" that vigilantes can inflict on paedophiles. And then when the vigilantes have finished with the paedophiles, perhaps the self-righteous indignants can start on drunk drivers, speeding drivers, careless parents who allow accidents in the home, and all those things that cause more deaths and physical injuries (and psychological too) than child abusers. Child abuse is a premeditated act, so is drunk driving or speeding past school gates.

But none of this answers the question posed. For all its faults, the criminal justice system is intended to protect potential victims, and undermining it as some suggest below by taking the law into their own hands. Victim protection does not exclude treatment for offenders.

Big T

I cannot be alone in noticing that questions here that include the word "paeodophile" are answered in the most aggresive, thoughtless, and vengeful manner possible, while occasional sensible comments are overwhelmed by a morass of gut reaction.
Megan's law, in the States, and each State that has adopted it has it's own version, has, and continues to, cause massive problems. Vigilantism, ex-offenders moving with no further trace, all sorts of difficulties.
The "cut off their b***s" brigade do not think beyond the next second's violence. If that is truly your response, could you, should you, be surprised that large numbers of ex-offenders might "go missing" if such an act were brought in here.
Do those people look so closely at there own family? Most paedophile activity is proven to be familial - not just blood relatives, but to include family friends, neighbours, people known, usually for a long time, by the perpetrator.
As to North Wales, allow me a sardonic laugh, that "investigation" accused people of abusing kids in care homes who weren't in those care homes at the time of the allegations. It accused people of comitting offences at places they never worked in. It accused 365 people of abusing children, most of whom went through an invetigative hell for a period of years, and who were totally innocent, yet continue to suffer from a "no smoke without fire"mentality. 6 people were prosecuted - 6 out of 365, one for every day of the year - there were 2 convictions. Do we "cut off the b***s" of the 363 who, one of your repondees suggests, "got away with it"?
That, deeply flawed "investigation" has been the model for subsequent investigations throughoput the UK, and has resulted in countless ruined lives, with no blame, and hundreds of former care workers in jail who probably did no wrong. But - we better be ready to "cut off their b***s" when they come out.
Operation Ore was mis-directed by the American police, who fabricated evidence, and subsequently did not withstand a more scrupulous enquiry in the British courts. That people did, as a result, get away with downloading obscene images of children, I have no doubt, but their getting away with it is a fault of the police, at whose door all these matters should come to rest.
The police have to do a better job. They don't - Nottingham, Cleveland, North Wales, Orkney, Ore, Rochdale, etc - and should, but don't know better. They go for "easy" options, often led by social work ethics rather than rigorous investigative methods. They frequently make mistakes. They NEVER admit they did, and one of the problems is that they don't, because that denial of responsibility prevents them from re-examining what they do.
This has been a long rant, and I apologise for taking so much of the time of those of you, if any, who have got this far.
I think it's really scary that we are willing, as so called "rational" human beings, to respond to the rightful disgust and anger that we hold about these issues, in such extreme measure.

jaimeods

Difficult one.

Some poor paediatrician (honestly) got attacked some while back by vigilantees - and there's been people with the same name who have been victims of mistaken identity.

What would people do with the information? The authorities should protect our children rather than us taking it into our own hands.

"Call me Dave"

Yes.
name every "Hands On" paedophile on the internet,
and then put in a brutal anti vigilante law.
Anyone who arracks a paaedophile should face an immeadiate spot fine on being caught. A fine which will make an indelible mark on their conscience, no messing about with courts and all that lawyer malarky, swift and brutal justice.
A spot fine of Â£10, no time to pay, no messing about, No oh I cant pay ,Â£10 per offence, with a 10% reduction for 10 or more..
That would sort the problem.

Tabbyfur aka patchy puss

Vigilantes that's who. Unless this country stops protecting the guilty and starts protecting us, then we are going to see vigilante attacks. They pay thousands to change the identities of paedophiles and child killers just to release them in to the communities again so that they can commit horrendous acts on the innocent. I say let the vigilantes get them and make them pay with a hideous death with torture first. Jail does nothing for them and they will never be cured. If any social worker has been involved with changing the identity of a paedophile or killer that has re-offended. They should be found guilty of aiding and abetting the paedophile/child killer and they should be sacked, publicly identified and never to work with children or any group classed as At Risk ever again. Te public would ensure they paid the price.

ann.natalie

that is awful, I hope someone helps the children there!!

LOUISE K

I think they should. Sarah paynes mum is trying to get a law called sarah's law passed over here, which is basically the same as magans law. I hope she gets it.

deadly

Without any doubt. We have to have protection for young children. However it will not stop family paedophiles.

Norm

Yes, long overdue

Karen

It was time for Megans law years ago!!!! So YES!

floss

yes if there was ever a referendum on the subject the public would vote for it straight away

Elle J Morgan

yes well overdue-we should be told where they are

Pan

Im a total liberal in all other respects but if I could get my hands on any man who did this to a daughter of mine Id cut his balls off and.... well you dont need to know what id do with them.

808fl

most definatly if it happend to any of my chilren I would like to see them casterated preferably with two bricks I would willingly wield the bricks

brendon g

long long long overdue and they get given new i ds makes me sick
OMG SOME 1S DOWN THUMBING THE ONLY RIGHT ANSWER HOW FRIGHTENING KNOWING SOME 1S WITH PEADOPHILES .

lilbex87

its a sad fact that its well and truly time for megans law. too many victims and too many protected criminals. peados arent human so why allow them human rights and protection??

sasha r

yes it is time , i also think that the children's family should be put in a room with these monsters, and left to themselves, they get too easy a time in prison, on their own, batter them every day, cut it off and torture them for the rest of their lives.

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