A study in irony

i·ro·ny- An outcome of events contrary to what was, or might have been, expected.
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The irony of two separate events this week amazes me – a young life is changed forever by a sexual offender here in Racine and our governor is now backing off key portions of a law that would have required child predators to be monitored by a GPS system for the rest of their lives. Apparently he is now worried the new bill (which he signed last spring) is unconstitutional and the offenders’ rights are being violated because tracking will occur even after their probation is served.

I ask this, what about the rights of the young victims and the community as a whole? Child predators, as I understand it, are very hard to rehabilitate and many times they return to the same kind of behavior after their sentences have been served. I think a GPS system to track the offenders is the very least we can do to protect the most vulnerable members of our society – our kids.