Sex Offender Registry

"Most of the time, they are not living where they are supposed to or they are not reporting where they are living," said Capt. Steve Thompson, commander of the Crimes Against Children unit. "Even if someone is staying at their girlfriend's house for two weeks, they must report that."

If you can't trust them to live anywhere near a school or park, why can you trust them to be my neighbor out in the sticks? I'm against registries of this kind. Either a person has served his punishment and is a free man, or he has not and is not.

A convicted sex offender who has served his sentence is either:

a) Reformed and trustworthy enough to be released into the general public

or

b) "Incurable" and likely to strike again no matter how long you keep him in prison

If (a), then let the guy go and leave him alone.
If (b), then he ought to be in prison forever (or death penalty?)

I think you can make the argument for either (a) or (b), but neither one supports the illogical half-freedom of living a life where you must report your every move.