You Need To Be Aware Of Sexual Crime Penalties

1st Peter 2:11, “Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul.”

In the states of Florida, Illinois, and other places, carnal knowledge with a child under age 12 is an automatic death penalty (or life in prison). Sending a naked photo to a child is 15 years in prison. Each count of indecent child imagery is 15 years in prison. Inappropriate touching or any act of lewdness with a child in Florida imposes a minimum mandatory prison sentence of 25 years! Even if an adult sends a naked photo to another adult, if you didn't first get their permission you could spend one year in prison in Florida. The second offense is 2 years behind bars, third offense 5 years, and so on. Less than 1% of the American public are aware of these steep prison sentences.

I have been heartbroken for the past couple years, since my neighbor was arrested in 2024 for allegedly fondling a young girl that his wife was babysitting for her working mother. Before the alleged incident, I had seen the young girl in their yard wearing pants. Last month I learned that my neighbour has just been sentenced to 25 years in prison, which is the minimum mandatory prison sentence in Florida for committing a lewd act or inappropriately touching a child under age 12. Personally, I think the laws are way too strict!

I am so sick and tired of ungodly hypocritical Americans pleading for mercy for their family members who get into trouble with the law, but then they want everyone else to burn in Hell for eternity. Matthew 7:1-2 warns that by what measure you judge other, you shall be judged.

A Police State Is Forming In The United States

State laws today are generally much more strict than they were 100 years ago, reflecting changes in ever-changing societal norms, deteriorating legal standards; and ridiculous government regulations across various areas such as voting rights, health care, sexual crimes and gun control. This evolution often includes more comprehensive regulations aimed at allegedly protecting individual rights and public safety. In truth, we are building a Police State!

Every time that a crime is committed angry victims and victim's families demand tougher laws, lengthier prison sentences and less mercy for the perpetrator (unless of course they or a loved one is the accused, then they want leniency from the judge and mercy from the court).

America's second U.S. President, John Adams (1735-1826), stated that the U.S. Constitution was only intended for a society restrained by morality and religious beliefs...

“We have not government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” —U.S. President John Adams

The Bill Of Rights and U.S. Constitution only outline our God-given rights. If we disobey God, then we forfeit our right to liberty and freedom. Liberty is a gift from God, the privilege to make our own decisions. Freedom is the reward for making the right decisions. We have been making all the wrong decisions (e.g., banning the Holy Bible, legalizing abortion, smutty images, same-sex marriage, public nudity, dishonest advertising, lying to get elected into political office, et cetera). We have been making all the wrong decisions, so that we are losing our freedoms and liberties. We will have a Godless Totalitarian Thug Police State within the next 25-years. Our prisons are growing larger. 1-in-125 people in Florida are now incarcerated.

We Live In A 'Mouse Trap Society' In America

I wrote this article to open your eyes dear reader. You've been warned. Please talk to your loved ones. Warn your sons, brothers and cousins of what can happen if they are careless. 

When Albert V. Ballenger (a long time 20-year deacon at the First Baptist Church of Hammond, Indiana) was accused in 1991 of fondling a 7 year old girl in front of fifty people in a Sunday School class, Pastor Jack Hyles said in a sermon that he would never hug any child again. I don't blame him, I feel the same. In today's wacky American culture the old adage has never been truer: Watch your back, Jack! A.V. Ballenger was sentenced to 5 years behind bars in Indiana in 1993. Albert and his wife lost their house. If that had been Florida, he would have rotted in prison for 25 years due to minimum mandatory sentencing laws. That's crazy!

As I quoted to you earlier, U.S. President John Adams warned that we have not a government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. As Americans depart from faith in God and the old time religion, the need has risen for tougher laws, stricter punishments and bigger prisons. Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other. A prison state is rising up around us in the United States. A society that will not be governed by God will be ruled over by tyrants.

We have a serious double standard in our nation. Legal hypocrisy looms everywhere. Due to feminism's evil influence upon society, females can walk around clothed with the attire of an harlot with impunity, but the law is Johnny on the spot to prosecute men who succumb to lust. Proverbs 7:10-11, 27, “And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart. (She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house... Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.” Go to any beach in Florida and you'll see females of all ages walking around wearing mere dental floss.

I cannot warn everyone enough, especially men, about today's insane U.S. court system, which is incredibly complicated, unfair and ruthless. That is why for as long as I can remember my favorite passage of Scripture has been Proverbs 4:23, “Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.” Pastor Jack Hyles is right that anybody is capable of committing any sin under the right circumstances. Always be on guard!!!

The people who make and enforce these harsh laws couldn't care less about you or your family, it's just another day at work for them. They'll sentence you to life in prison while they're enjoying Hawaiian Shirt Friday at work. I'm not kidding either!

Here is an interesting article focusing on the history of child sexual abuse. I am not advocating that society go back to the 19th century when abuse was overlooked and nothing was done about it. I am saying that we've overreacted and gone too far the other direction. Twenty-five years of someone's life is a very, very, long time to spend rotting behind bars for inappropriately touching a child. The politically correct response is to want someone who violates a child to spend 800 years in prison. But people are sinner and make mistakes. I think everybody deserves a second chance.

In the country of Norway it is very rare for even the worst criminals to serve more than 14 years in prison. I like that system. 21 years is the maximum times a prisoner can spend behind bars, unless that individual poses a continued threat to society, and even then 30 years is the absolute longest time that someone can be incarcerated in Norway. The United States is a modern-day police state! The state of Florida locks up more citizens than any place on the planet, more than Russia and China combined. Think about that!

Millions of young people grow up in the United States without having a clue of what can happen if they misbehave. Our nation's ruthless laws today are insanely harsh and unfair. This is a dire consequence of an out of control wicked society, which U.S. President John Adams warned Americans about.

You can thank ungodly women like Taylor Swift, Britney Spears, Miley Cyrus and other lewd and immodest females who flaunt their beauty, make a mockery of femininity and defy the Word of God which forbids women from wearing whorish attire in public (1st Timothy 2:9-10). 

You can thank ungodly pastors and their worldly wives, who wrest the Holy Bible in a sinful attempt to justify females wearing pants in public. Deuteronomy 22:5 forbids women wearing pants, and this is a moral law, not ceremonial. Deuteronomy 22:5, “The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the LORD thy God.” Woe unto any wicked professed Christian who tries to justify women wearing pants, when men are going to prison for 25 years for merely touching a young girl.