Sex Offenders

* Re “Tougher Sex-Crime Laws Spark Right-to-Know Flap,” Feb. 18: Since when does getting married, attending church, living in a “nice” apartment and being employed automatically translate into a “reformed” sexual predator? Are we to then draw the conclusion that only single, nonchurchgoing, unemployed people living in ugly apartments molest and rape our children? Get real.

If we had our priorities straight, notification laws would be a moot point because they would be staying behind bars where they belong. Molesting and raping children leaves scars for life; why shouldn’t the perpetrator also have scars that remain for life? Why do we keep letting them out?

Besides protecting our children, perhaps notification laws will help act as a deterrent. It is a community serving notice to all sexual predators: molest/rape/murder our children and it will be a part of your history forever; we will not allow you to harm our children because we know who you are.

“If you can’t do the time, don’t do the crime” takes on a whole new meaning when a community comes together and says, enough is enough.

LAURA KENDALL

North Hollywood