Preventative Detention
The Dom Post reports:
A Napier paedophile has been sentenced to preventive detention on 38 charges involving 11 young boys during the past seven years.
Owen Stanley Draper, 66, pleaded guilty to the charges in February and was sentenced yesterday by Justice Ronald Young in the High Court at Napier.
Justice Young said Draper, who had three previous convictions for sexual offending, must serve at least six years in prison before he can apply to be freed.
This upset the mother of one of the victims, who said she was alarmed at the possibility that Draper might be out of prison in six years.
Preventative detention is the right sentence. Unlike parole, where you get it almost automatically unless you are clearly a risk – you don’t get out of preventative detention unless you are clearly not a risk – basically the burden of proof changes.
But despite that, it would be reassuring to have a longer period before he can be considered for release. He has molested 11 kids over seven years, and has convictions over the last 20 years. I just hope that the Parole Board are very very cynical about any professed rehabilitation when he comes up for consideration in six years.
April 1st, 2009 at 10:19 am
Arguably, the best sulution is a bullet!
April 1st, 2009 at 10:23 am
This sicko must remain in prison until he dies. If the nutbar psychologists and the pc parole board release him into the community, then they should be charged with crimes against the state. Society has no place for such scum.
April 1st, 2009 at 10:29 am
Well hopefully he only has 6 years left!
April 1st, 2009 at 10:37 am
unless they put him in solitary, I don’t think he’ll be getting out unless in a box.
April 1st, 2009 at 10:38 am
Since the confrontation between Mathews and Collins, it seems hope is all that is left for anyone wanting change. He’ll be out soon enough, back at it, and no one will be held responsible. But that’s ok, it’s not like it’ll come as a surprise when a memeber of the public takes out the trash because Corrections refuse to do their job.
April 1st, 2009 at 10:55 am
This isn’t greatly important – and I’ve made the mistake myself – but it is “preventive” dentention, not “preventative” detention.
Hell, I even once called it periodic detention!
April 1st, 2009 at 11:38 am
I think this guy should be set free but his cock should be kept seperately in preventive detention
April 1st, 2009 at 11:46 am
ha emmess you beat me to it. your suggestion would make sure that his future roaming was willy-nilly
April 1st, 2009 at 12:23 pm
The difference between the terms “preventative” and “preventive” is huge. Preventative detention is looking someone up BEFORE they can commit a crime. Preventive detention is locking them up forever so they can’t commit any MORE crime.
April 1st, 2009 at 12:27 pm
Perhaps we should follow the Czech Republics lead and offer surgical castration as a voluntary option to sex offenders. At least six states in the United States (California, Florida, Georgia, Texas, Louisiana, and Montana) have experimented with chemical castration laws and I would have no problems with at least looking at offering the same treatment to recidivist sex offenders like Draper.
April 1st, 2009 at 2:48 pm
I do not think Mr Draper will be released until he is a geriatric and presents no risk and can only move about in a zimmer frame, even then it will be on strict terms like no contact with persons under 16. I am told no one under PD has been released yet.
April 1st, 2009 at 4:22 pm
How do we all feel about captial punishment now?
April 1st, 2009 at 5:12 pm
Murray (2734) Vote: 0 1 Says: How do we all feel about captial punishment now?
… With Disgust and abhorance. And every time it comes up it nevers prompts me to reconsider the question, rather makes me wonder what is going on in people’s heads to even consider it being appropriate – ever.
April 1st, 2009 at 9:54 pm
Murray capital punishment needs to be reintroduced. By only for murder I think.
April 2nd, 2009 at 8:24 am
Shame you’re not so fucking repelled by violent killers and hard core peadophiles not.
Maybe if you just cuddle them enough they’ll get better. The Easter Bunny and Santa can help you.
April 2nd, 2009 at 8:43 am
Murray – I think you read too much into my comment. Where did I say the death penalty is horrible and that we should cuddle criminals. I always wonder whether people would show little compassion if it was one of their family members who killed – would you not want to see them treated, or at least kept alive so they can realise the gravity of what they’ve done?
April 2nd, 2009 at 9:29 am
NOt1 the best way to handle criminals like Draper is to keep them in jail for life. Capital punishment isn’t the answer because in the states wrongly accused “criminals” have been put to death. An eye for an eye doesn’t work. While they are there, take their color tv’s away from them, nice beds, dental insurance, eye insurance, vcr’s and all violent films out of the jails and make them work. Chain gangs. Make it a law they have no human rights. This will show to the victims and society that the legal system and mp’s that make the laws respect human life. This mother of the victim won’t have to worry about Draper being released again and feel a lot better. What I have seen here is mp’s and legal system abuse the public by releasing these freaks back out to save money. It is morally wrong.