Comments on: Public sex offender registries good for one thing: inhibiting rehabilitation

By: Kendal

Kendal — Tue, 23 May 2017 00:08:19 +0000

I was actually the CEO of a corporation that ran a fur con. Many years ago I stepped down from being con chair, and went to just being the CEO because people started throwing around my status. Everything went pretty well, then one day, I got a letter stating that I was being asked to step down as CEO because apparently I had molested some teenager in the hot tub. I assured them that did not happen, would not happen, and I had witnesses with me in the hot tub every time I went there. I thought it was all over again, then recently, we had some violent talk going on, and I stepped in, and once again I was completely belittled on behalf of my status. It got to the point where we finally just closed down the con. All because people think that something that happened 25 years ago had any bearing on my capabilities to run a convention.

By: Tanya R Reeder

Tanya R Reeder — Sun, 07 May 2017 01:41:51 +0000

In reply to Samantha. My husbands crime is just like this with a few details that are different. and i think the registry puts all sex offenders in danger.It makes it hard for them to live and they have to live in fear all the time. They have to check where they live cause of the laws (which are bogus) which makes it harder for them to become a productive member of society

By: In Search of Liberty

In Search of Liberty — Fri, 05 May 2017 14:42:11 +0000

On a peripheral note, consider this: the suffix ER, present future tense, verses the suffix ED, past tense. The title “Sex Offend(er)” is in it self a false or incorrect description of someone designed to invoke vitriol in the general public against that someone. To elaborate, the word “sex” in and of itself is not a negative word, that is until you add the word “offend”, an action verb, to it and then to go further, and add the suffix “er” to this action verb and apply it to a person then you have created in the eyes of the general public—a monster. When you say someone is a “Sex Offend(er)” you are basically saying that this is what this person is or what he does on a continuous basis. Consider: ER suffix (future present tense)

Designates a person or thing that does or performs a specified action, examples:
 Report(er)
 Play(er)
 Sharpen(er)
 Do-good(er)
 Police office(er)
 Fire fight(er)

Offend intransitive (action) verb
To violate a law or rule: do wrong offend against the law

There you have it. So the question in my mind is this, say a person’s conviction for a sex crime is 35 years old and that person has not committed another such crime, how is that person a current sex offend(er)??? He/she may have committed his/her crime many, many years ago which would only be ED or Past Tense, what that person did, not what he/she is doing. Think! If a person is a sex offend(er), present future tense, this means that this person is out there committing sex crimes— “presently”, and will continue to do so because that is what he/she IS and what he?she DOES on a continuous basis like a fire fight(er) or police(er), until arrested. Am I making sense here? If YOU ARE NOT currently out there committing sex crimes and have not done so in many, many years—YOU ARE NOT Sex Offend(er)!!! And don’t let them (parole board, police, general public) tell you that you are.

By: Lin

Lin — Tue, 02 May 2017 17:26:37 +0000

In reply to kat. Yes, 850K, plus their family and friends. Over a million, I'm sure.

By: NH Registrant

NH Registrant — Mon, 01 May 2017 00:50:08 +0000

What happened to me was a horror story. When you are up against the power of the state (and their bottomless wallet) on false charges and manufactured evidence, what can you do? I was given a choice of a short sentence through a Public Defender plea deal – or taking it to court, losing anyway, and spending decades in prison. What choice is that? I had lots of people without sex crimes in prison telling me they would never have taken the deal and would have fought – so I MUST be guilty! That’s prison logic for you. But, prisons MAKE people think that way. The media makes people think that way. So, it basically becomes you against the world when you are accused of a sex crime. Then, if you live through prison, you make it out to be branded for life as a danger to the public – forever under the thumb of the state and the suspicion of anyone who knows you are on that horrible public registry. If you were innocent in the first place, it’s a nightmare you can’t wake up from. My life ended when they came to my house with the search warrant and an ex-parte order to steal my child from me. Now, I’m just existing. I am doing the best I can with it. What else can I do? If I advocate publicly, vigilantes know where I live and they HAVE killed people on the registry around here at random a few years back. I don’t want to put my family in that kind of danger. The police don’t care of someone comes for you to do you harm if you are on the registry. Janice Belucci has, so eloquently, told the story many times of her friend who was nearly killed by a vigilante. The police did nothing then, they did nothing around here, and they will do nothing in the future. Sad, but true. So, I am FOREVER grateful that the good people who work within National RSOL exist. They are my heroes and the only hope I have of ever living a registry-free life ever again.

I don’t like telling people of my conviction. But, those I care about – or potential close friends – I have to tell about it because they can find out by entering my name in any search engine. I come up on 4 registries (State, Homefacts, City-Data, and Mugshots). It’s sickening that it is allowed to be on any website other than the state’s. In fact, it’s sickening that it exists at all because it does absolutely no one any good.

By: Samantha

Samantha — Fri, 28 Apr 2017 23:59:15 +0000

My husband is a registered sex offender he didn’t do the crime i have saw and have heard proof of this none the less the alleged allegation was against an 8 year boy made by a gay guy who wanted to sleep with my husband but my husband isn’t gay arrest was April 28, 2009 forced to plea guilty by public defender july 1st 2009 yes just 2 months in county jail. My husband is a great person he’s helped me against my ex abusive boyfriend, he’s a awesome step dad also he works 40 hours a week he also has became a god parent to 4 kids 1 year old, 2 year old, 4 year old and a 6 year old. My husband has a been very blessed to have a very great support system and over a 1,000 people know that my husband has never hurt a child btw his step kids are 8 years old and 10 years old one day i hope he could get off that unconstitutional list thanks for reading have a blessed day.

By: Rich

Rich — Tue, 25 Apr 2017 16:22:30 +0000

In reply to Maestro. We will never win by changing public opinion. In my opinion the only way to get a fair shake is via the legal system. Not just by suing etc but by educating ourselves and friends about the laws so we arent duped or taken advantage of. I've learned that my attorney assumed a submissive posture the entire time he represented me. Had I listened to him I would have accepted the DA's first offer and done 4yrs in prison. I understand he couldn't make chicken salad out of chicken crap but he really did nothing to protect me.

By: Marie Eaton

Marie Eaton — Tue, 25 Apr 2017 07:26:41 +0000

In reply to Lovecraft. Does that Doe VS Snyder case only apply for Michigan? My love will be on the registry in Nevada for the rest of his life, and like everyone else feels, being able to live a normal life free from the fear of the public witch Hunt would be great.

By: Maestro

Maestro — Tue, 25 Apr 2017 02:31:22 +0000

In reply to Al. If no one wants us to be successful in our lives after a sex offense (any other offense is somehow redeemable), then my suggestion is that we do something similar to the Million Man March and we all go stomping on the grounds of the capital and proclaim that since no one wants a sex offender to be gainfully employed, we'll be very happy to live off of all your tax dollars on both unemployment, welfare and food stamps. Let's see what the prissy pants public has to say about that, eh?

By: kat

kat — Sun, 23 Apr 2017 17:41:31 +0000

Every registrant needs to stand up and start putting their stories out there. Hard as it may be, if we are to win this war, this is what registrants and their family and friends must do.
We can no longer stand by and let government and haters force us out of jobs, out of our homes and back into the shadows.
850,000 registrants do have a voice. Use it. We can make change happen.