Sarkozy clamps down.Paris -- At the end of his first "Hundred Days" in office, "conservative" French President Nicholas Sarkozy is retaining public confidence that his government intends to straighten out the country. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The latest reports from Paris contain his pledge for tougher treatment of sex offenders sex offender n. generic term for all persons convicted of crimes involving sex, including rape, molestation, sexual harassment and pornography production or distribution. , in particular for repeat pedophiles. This follows on the case of a pedophile pedophile Forensic psychiatry A person with pedophilia; there are an estimated 500,000 pedophiles in the world. See Child prostitution, Megan's law, Pedophilia. released ten years early from prison with a packet of Viagra in his possession, and now arrested for kidnapping kidnapping, in law, the taking away of a person by force, threat, or deceit, with intent to cause him to be detained against his will. Kidnapping may be done for ransom or for political or other purposes. and abusing a five-year-old boy. Sarkozy has promised to set up "closed hospitals" for this type of criminal where they will be kept indefinitely if they do not accept proper treatment. Those who do accept treatment will be required to wear an electronic tag electronic tag electronic n → elektronische Fußfessel f when released. "We cannot leave free predators," was Sarkozy's comment. (Reuters, AP, August 21, 2007) |
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