A judge in Nebraska just held that a man was too small to survive in prison as a sex offender, so he was given ten years of probation instead. For the first four months, he will be electronically monitored.
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/05/25/national/a042252D06.DTL&type=bondage He was, apparently, not a "hunter" so the world would be safe from him, as long as he promised to stay away from children.
My position: Arrrggghhh. Probation? Four months? As an alterantive to prison? This is just nuts.