Kluger – you are thinking very krum. First of all, almost all molesters are repeat molesters, and one who is going to molest somebody has the halachic catagory of rodef – and it is a chiyuv to kill them!
Furthermore, even by one who won’t repeat the act, a king will often mete out justice in cases where bais din can’t convict. That was one of the purposes of a king.
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