Kun-chan wrote :

But a rapist isn't a person, they are less than the scum of the earth. Even
other criminals in the jails hate rapists and woman bashers. They deserve
something more painful than that, really.

     I don't know why I'm answering these posts, CS seems to be 
voicing all my opinions anyway. Rapists, and for that matter child 
molesters, are totally inhuman and give up any rights to exist on 
this world when they infringe on their victims lives. The victim may 
never get over the crime, so the punishment should be something the 
rapist can't get over either.

Martin