> 1. Sexual predators are almost NEVER rehabed. Once a predator, always a predator. I have studied and worked with disabled folks who have sexual issues and I know this to be true.

Ah. and so you are going with the assumption that this guy was once a sexual predator and thus he will always be a sexual predator. And in support of this you offer a couple of cases of people who you know. I'm not sure how much the people you know generalise back to the whole 'sexual predator' population but I do know a little something about how people tend to conform to what we expect of them (e.g., if you refuse to leave his past in the past then he probably won't have such an easy time leaving his past in the past either).

> 2. There is a huge difference between sexual predators and emotionally disturbed individuals, or developmentally disabled individuals who have sexual issues. I have worked closely with an individual who is developmentally disabled with sexual issues.

Ah. And so once again you generalise from the few people you know to the whole population of 'emotionally disturbed individuals'.

I really do wonder how much considering oneself to be a part of the relevant population affects our judgement on these issues.

I mean we are on a mental health board - right? So we like to think that people can transcend their past with respect to their mental health issues. If we were a sexual predator recovery board I wonder if we would be saying 'we can recover from our past - I mean we aren't like those mentally ill people'.

lol.

> In this situation, there is absolutely no accountability to be taken with this person. He is free as a bird....no parole officer, no one to keep him in line or on track.

And what happens with people who are deinstitutionalised???

To leave the past in the past or to let it infect the present... Hard decisions...

(I'm not at all saying that you don't have a right to be wary, but I do indeed think that when the legal system considers that he has DONE HIS TIME I really do believe that society should give him another chance).

Why?

Because I'd be grateful if people offered it to me...