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Unregistered sex offender?s honesty about sexual urges lands him harsher sentence

By "eAdvocate"

A problem with the sentence given by the judge, which DOES NOT protect children long term, as claimed by the judge. The man, like John Couey (see highlights), is telling the judge "he has feelings he cannot control," such is not rectified by additional punishment but by therapy BEFORE he is released. The sentence handed out has a release date, given his honesty about his feelings, how are they handled when he is released? To this end the sentence is incorrect.3-14-2011 Alabama: MOBILE, Ala. ? Had it not been for Michael Wayne Powell?s honesty with probation officers, a federal judge here acknowledged, the Chunchula man likely would have gotten a routine prison sentence for having child pornography. But Powell, 54, told a probation officer working on his presentence report that he had sexual urges that he could not control...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues, News, Recidivism and Studies on March 15, 2011 (boomark / email).