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What do you think about the new South Australian law preventing dangerous criminals from ever being released?

The SA Government has introduced new laws which prevent dangerous criminals from ever being released. What are your views on this? Do you believe this new law breaches the separation of powers? I am looking for honest answers and ~information~ please. If you have information, please cite your source e.g. the webpage. I believe a law is currently being looked at in Ohio that is similar. The law is called 'Amy's law'. 'Governor Taft signed HB29 yesterday. It establishes additional procedures for a court to follow when making bond/bail determinations in domestic violence cases. It gets the name "Amy's Law" from Amy Rezos, whose husband Christopher Rezos is serving a 30-year prison sentence for trying to kill her three times, including shooting her in the head. Among the tougher bond requirements in Amy's law, a judge is now required to consider factors such as the suspected offender's mental health and severity of the incident.' http://ohiolawinfo.blogspot.com/2005/05/governor-signs-amys-law.html If you just google 'Amy's Law' it will show multitudes of information.

Public Comments

What do we have to do to get that in the US? Sounds awesome. Why should dangerous criminals be released? With such a weak prision system in the US, I am all for this type of crime prevention!
Great idea, we should try that in America! If they are Dangerous Criminals, why in Gods name would any sane person want to let them out??? Also, if you broke the law, got arrested, were found guilty, why should you be released??? In a perfect world!, they would never be put back in jail! They would be removed from the food chain by natural selection!!!
It would depend on what the definition of "dangerous" was. I would be all for permanent imprisonment for rapists (only real rapists though...not statutory rape where consent was involved), child molesters, and maybe armed robberies in extreme cases. This would be my opinion as long as there was no method of rehabilitation. And it is my understanding that there is no method of rehabilitation for rapists and molesters at this time.
Personally, I do not agree with these laws. Punishing a person is one thing, but the social and economic burden of keeping such criminals from being released makes it impractical. Legally speaking, I don't think the said laws are a breach of the separation of powers. According to the constitution, the legislature has the power to create laws and the courts must apply these laws. The only areas where the state legislature cannot apply laws is where there are constitutional invalidity arises. The state courts must apply these new laws unless it can be struck down for invalidity. My personal opinion is that these laws are well within SA Govt's powers and is a valid law.