A wrongheaded bill on child sexual abuse
In November, former Penn State football defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky was accused of sexually abusing eight boys over a 15-year period, and head coach Joe Paterno was fired for not doing enough to stop it. Syracuse University basketball coach Bernie Fine is now being investigated for alleged child molestation. Shouldn't somebody do something? Maybe we need more criminal laws. How about a law that makes it a crime to witness child sexual abuse and not report it to the proper authorities?
Perhaps they are doing something. You just said it. "Syracuse University basketball coach Bernie Fine is now being investigated for alleged child molestation."
ReplyDeleteNot sure about new laws, since the ones already in existence are often not enforced. And when they are, they net 10 innocent persons for every guilty one. Per Economist magazine articles of Aug 2009.