By: R.Arens

R.Arens — Sun, 16 Jul 2023 11:45:47 +0000

They get away with this stuff because they can. Iowa is really corrupt with their sex offender laws and how they’re implemented and enforced. I’ve never seen anything like it. It’s like a good ol boy network where everybody is in everyone’s pockets. You can’t fight anything, get anything voted out, repealed or overturned. Law makers don’t care. Judges both federal and state don’t care. You can raise the best most compelling argument in the world against civil commitment or them giving out life parole to everyone like it’s free candy but they’ll shoot it down citing its necessity to public safety trumps the unconstitutional nature of the sex offender law in question and it just gets left at that. It infuriates me how disproportionate Iowa’s sex offender laws really are and that nobody cares to do anything about them. So when I see a Iowa story pop up, I put my two cents in because this affects my life too. Something’s gotta be done about it.

By: Larry T

Larry T — Wed, 07 Jun 2023 23:13:06 +0000

I am on federal supervised release and am also required to take periodic polygraph exams that if failed will cost me between $200 and $250.
Failure alone can also be used to violate me and put me back in prison.
The sudo science of poligraphy has been proven to be totally subjective and based upon the OPINION of the operator. The federal court would not let me use this technology to prove my innocents, but will use it to put me back in prison.
I know that I am repeating what others have said or tried to say, but, a conviction of a sexual nature of any kind is a life sentence. You will never be free again. Your liberties are taken. Your rights cease to exist. You can only do what someone else allows you to do.
Between the draconian statutes and the registry and all the bogus studies and scare tactics we will not be able to live as free men and women.
Our futures are so unknown I don’t expect to ever be seen for who I am and not the crime I was convicted of.
Thanks Sandy. I know how hard you all try and the frustration that you feel must at times seem overwhelming, but any positive progress is truly welcomed.
Thanks for this forum. It must take an exorbitant amount of time and energy on the part of all of you.
God bless and keep you.

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