How does the sex offender registry protect society and children?
In a nutshell, it doesn’t.
The sex offender registry protects no one, and takes rights away from tax paying citizens who have paid their debt to society as defined by the courts. People can say what they want about the registry not being punitive, but in reality it is punitive. A person on the registry cannot work, cannot live in most areas, cannot use the internet, cannot travel without notifying the police in person and in writing, cannot have an email address unless they register it with the police in person and in writing, have to register anywhere they are located for more than 3 days consecutively, or visits more than 6 times in a 6 month period, is not allowed into any public parks or pools, cannot attend schools, cannot obtain a visa for travel, must register phone numbers in person and writing to the police, and must register any changes of any of the above in person and in writing, and the list goes on, along with ignorant and angry citizens taking vigilante violence against these ex-offenders who have paid for their crimes. What happens if the registered EX-sex offenders fail to abide by any of the above? 15 years to life in prison.
Okay, okay, okay…. What are the benefits of having the registry? None.
As far as I’m concerned once you sexually abuse someone you forgot all rights. You no longer have rights.
Concerned parent
I am also. A concerned parent but sorry to say you have been drinking cool aid made from toilet water. The problem is there putting the wrong people on the list and making you think your safe by making you think this list is in some way making you safer. Guess what it doesn’t. It makes you more unsafe. For one thing tell me one incident of the one million on the list that has made one child safer. I’ve never seen even one example. But there have been many examples on this sight of prosecutors pilling over registry lists looking for a suspect of a crime only to find out they’re looking in the wrong place. Most on the list are there because of things that 90% of the American population has done but nobody cared. Till they run into someone who wants to exaggerate the details and find a law that they can in some remote way relate to a sex crime. And punish them for life for. Please do the research, get the facts, and understand that people make mistakes and change. Then like the Bible says let the one without sin cast the first stone.
Offenders often save lives, from drowning ect. Save the people that want to Hang them Registry is so harsh… sometimesto hell with it, let em ..drown. that really rips the conscience at night. Regestry kills people. Truth.
Save a life.. (here, take your kid), then offender is so pissed he runs his yacht 20 miles wide open trying to sink it… here, take your kid, your Future, Your family.. I got NONE. Let me kill myself in peace. HERE, TAKE YOUR KID.
I bet you don’t even believe your own postings, Concerned Parent. Forgo all rights? Do you realize that approximately one-third of offenders are themselves juveniles? Which of those juveniles’ rights would you like to permanently remove? Didn’t think so.
But you should be concerned, because statistically, your child is more likely to be PLACED on a registry than be harmed by someone who’s already been convicted of it. And that WOULD harm your child, and their psychological development, considerably.
Sorry, but no. That’s not the way our constitution works. Our constitution speaks of “inalienable rights” of “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”. that means that man does not have the right to take away these rights under any circumstances.
I believe the registry is barbaric. It’s a human rights and a personal hippa violation.
As a former teacher, a foster mom and a parent myself, I certainly want to know that my children and my students are safe.
But, consider this- a man or a woman who made a terrible mistake 30 plus years ago, and is on the registry for life. Even though they have done their time, gone to years of counseling (they themselves were victims, as a child). 52 different requirements piled up on them every day, and now for the rest of their lives their personal information address is out there for everyone to see and now it’s even on their license. When will it stop?
With the recidivism rates as low as they are 90 plus percent of these offenders will never offend again and yet they’re listed on the Registry list for their life. This does nothing to increase public safety and it only breeds fear and pushes these men more and more back into a lonely corner where they have no one.
#WeveGotToDoBetter
#NoMoreScarletLetters
The sex offender registry keeps other children safe. I want to know if your living next door to me and you have abused a child. I think every parent deserves the right to protect their children against sex offenders so that they cannot re-offend. I do not want pedophiles working ANY jobs where children are present period. The registry does a lot. Including keep other children safe. The police use this registry when children go missing and it has solved a lot of cases and saved a lot of children. DO NOT ABOLISH THE REGISTRY IT IS THERE FOR A REASON!
You have a false sense of security, Concerned Parent. The registry does not accomplish any of the goals you think it does. And we’ve known that for a long time.
You actually believe the police have successfully used a registry to help them find missing children? Puh-leeze. It won’t even tell you who’s at risk to abuse your children!
I would agree with you, that someone who has abused a child, should not be working with children! But that has nothing to do with registries, now does it?
So good luck keeping your children safe from abuse, with that attitude.
@Concerned parent:
You are wrong. Your short little paragraph shows you know nothing about Registries.
First off, Registries obviously aren’t needed or beneficial. If you disagree, you can answer just a few very, very simple, short questions for everyone. This is what the questions are about – pretend that you have one neighbor who is listed on your glorious Registries and one neighbor who is not.
The first question that you must answer is – which of them has committed more $EX crimes?
The second – which of them is most dangerous today?
Last question – if you were actually concerned about children, with regards to safety, would you be able to treat the two people any differently?
If you can answer just those basic, trivial questions correctly, you’ll be on your way to knowing why the Registries are not just worthless, but why they are much, much worse.
Regarding the rest of your nonsense ….
People who are listed on your glorious Registries (i.e. People Forced to Register, PFRs) are around people, including children, all the time and those people have no idea that the people are listed. It is easy for PFRs to have close and frequent relationships and contact with people who have no idea they are listed. Easy. I’ve personally seen hundreds of cases. Your magic hit list might ostracize a bunch of “neighbors”, but that’s it. Sorry. It’s trivial to never interact with those “neighbors”. Like they don’t exist.
Probably the dumbest, least informed thing you said was, “The police use this registry …”.
No competent law enforcement (LE) agency uses the Registries for help when “children go missing”. Competent LE knows that is a complete waste of time. They may say that they use it, and they may go around and talk to PFRs, but that is ONLY to placate the brainless, clueless public (i.e. people like you). They know it is a complete distraction from actually solving any crime. Competent LE will do nothing with the Registries except put on a show. They WILL use it to try to get themselves more $$$$$$$$$$ though. The love that part.
And really, how dumb do you have to be to think that would be useful? The Registries are a constant reminder for PFRs that if you intend to commit an anonymous crime (and most $EX crimes certainly are not even anonymous, duh!), you need to do it far from where you are Registered. Personally, if I were going to kidnap someone, it would be 500+ miles from my home and where OTHER people are Registered. Then your braintrust LE can run around and interview/harass all of those PFRs there to put on a show for people like you.
Anyway, I’m sorry but you people very, very quickly fatally broke your Registries toy. Like 2 decades ago. If the Registries had ONLY been you as you people originally lied they would be – so that people were “informed” – AND all the 100+ other Registries that MUST now exist did, then maybe, possibly, conceivably, perhaps, Registries could be acceptable to humans and decent Americans. But the Registries are faaaaaaaaaaaaaar from that and it will never be fixed.
So there has to be war. I promise you that as long as Registries exist there will be plenty of people who are ensuring that they are useless and that Registry Supporters/Terrorists are suffering real world, legal consequences for it.
Message to Registry Supporters/Terrorists: Sic semper tyrannis. Here’s a famous quote for you – “You think you can be ruthless? Let’s see how you like it when the fighting is brought to you.”
Concerned Parent you are wrong on so many levels. First anyone convicted of a felony in Floriduh is required to give a DNA sample so law enforcement already has it you don’t need to know. The man next door who sexually abused a child may have been a 19 year old boy who had relations with his 14 year old girlfriend but he’s 40 now trying to support his wife and children but finds it difficult to do so. The incidents you speak of account for 1-3 % of the total population of 1 million. And just so you know it’s not the next door neighbor who is required to register that you should be concerned about it’s your childs teacher clergyman sports coach martial arts instructor and good old uncle Bob and aunt Jane none of whom are on the registry. The fact is 95-97% of registrants do not re-offend. One more thing there are 100 ways to be placed on the registry not all are rapists
No, in reality, it doesn’t. This is because the vast majority of sex offenses (over 95 per cent) are committed by first time offenders whom are not registered.
Thanks,.. I wanted to hear that, I will turn a blind eye from now on when someone is drowning. It’s on you..
@Concerned parent
I thought the point of keeping the police around on our tax dollars means that THEY are what’s protecting the community.
So now here’s a question: in what way is the information on sex offense registries meant to be used by people? If you mean to be aware of that person, ok. But awareness doesn’t magically grant you a badge and make you a cop, so if you’re going to do the work of one without being paid then why pay cops?
So they keep throwing around this idea of “community policing”. Ok, but then what’s the difference? Wouldn’t it make sense that only police (who can be held accountable) should have access to criminal information? Now if you’re going to argue that people have the right to know WHAT IS IT ABOUT KNOWING THAT CHANGES ANYTHING? If that person is not CURRENTLY committing a crime then they are not an OFFENDER. They may HAVE offended (and some have even been falsely accused) but if they’re out of the system then they are no longer criminals. They are now given a chance to rehabilitate and reintegrate.
And even then, try to imagine how difficult it is to reintegrate when you’ve created this shady world of social media and gosip. I believe if a person’s making the effort to reintegrate and they’re keeping inline with what’s expected of them then that person should be left alone. There’s nothing to fear from that person other than what the scare tactics of district attorneys and politicians want people to fear.
Besides that, anyone supporting tougher sex offense laws or stricter regulations should try to imagine being one of those aforementioned “falsely accused” people. Imagine how easy it is to lie in today’s world and how that lie can ruin a person and their family’s lives.
And the effort that will be made by the district attorneys to cover-up the lie. Imagine that. Because that’s the country you’re building with all this bad legislation.
I just wanted to say it took me a long time to realized I am in the same boat as the rest of you.I say this because I had a lot of angry and bitterness toward those who had convictions of child molestation charges,even I do not have those types of sex crimes I used to blame you(I am not singling anyone out). for me being on this list I know from reading these comments that there are others who hurt inside as much as I do because the sex offender laws are so wrong and took plea deals without knowing the harm this does to us. I also wanted to say I am so sorry for being judge mental towards individuals. I know if no one else loves you I will !!!!!
Think Trump and Franken will ever end on the list? haHa right
someone needs to abolish it. I just don’t know who would or could.
It won’t be abolished until the large news attention getting heinous crimes stop happening… chance of that happening?… we’re the only ones marked with Scarlet Letters. The small amount of cases that get nationwide attention ruin it for the rest of us who either made 1 time mistakes or were innocent but took pleas due to the fear of not getting a fair trial. It’s been proven time and time again that the registry serves no purpose other than to waste money and attempt to quell the fears of those who have no sense of reasoning. Majority of new cases are people not even on the registry. People in politics have no backbone, they’re selfish and look out for themselves. They create laws based on incorrect data that’s been proven to be false. Why would they back a cause, while full of injustice, when the majority of their constituents believe it’s a necessity? They’d lose votes and no longer hold their positions. While there are nearly 1 million registered sex offenders, that’s 1 million voters that don’t get to vote (maybe some get to, but not in Florida). Their families could vote, their friends could vote… but where are their voices? This petition was created how many months ago and it only has 3,307 signatures? We can’t even stand up for ourselves. Families and friends are just as scared to speak up for us because of the backlash even they could face. Get policy makers on the registry, get their family members on the registery, that’s the only path I see that will cause any real change. They’d experience first hand the injustice that we face every day. I started a business a few months ago, it’s dependent on social media and word of mouth… and while it’s currently successful, if one person finds out and posts it, my business will be done for. It doesn’t matter how long ago our offenses were, it doesn’t matter if it was a 1 time mistake or a fear taken plea, we’re all the worse scum of the universe. I’d say that nobody cares, but it wouldn’t be true… obviously FAC cares and other organizations… but is it really helping? Is anything changing? Judges, Politicians, Law Enforcement… they’re the people we need to finally put their feet down and help stand up and raise voices. It won’t happen, at least not in my life time. I hope I am wrong. Every day I look at my son, my wife, my mom and I wonder if a shoe is going to drop and take me away from them. Every day I struggle to be successful in order to give them everything I can. Every day I’m scared that everything I work for in order to rise above this label society has put on me, will all be taken away over something little and stupid simply because a politician doesn’t see us as humans, because a registry enforcer is in a bad mood and hates me one day while I’m re-registering so they cuff me over an infraction that had NOTHING to do with my case nor was even a law 21 years ago when the incident supposedly happened. We need a 1 Million Sex Offender March on DC… but then 1 Million SO’s will be in jail for some violation or another.
I wish I could tell you that something you said wasn’t true but I can’t. What you described fits the situation of hundreds of thousands . All I can say is your not alone. NARSOL is trying to take a case of an artist who was put on the registry because of painting a picture of a bridge and a yellow truck. A girl complained because she was raped in a yellow truck. And got very upset after looking at it This is the kind of insanity we’re up against. It’s now illegal to upset anyone. No one is taught anymore that there are going to be things you see that your not going to like. You have to have some inner strength and get over it and get on with life. I do know we can’t give up fighting and show we are stronger than they are. Things do change.
Well stated.
I ended up moving to a different state after my release because of Florida’s unreasonable rules involving sex offender registration. I completed my sentence, and since I have no probation, I am among one of the lucky ones who could leave this state. Sex offender registration in Florida does nothing to protect the public. What it does do is make it far more likely that those under registration will end up back in prison. Not because they committed another crime, but simply because they might possibly inadvertently break one of the laundry list of rules that they have to live by for life. These “technical violations” help feed the revolving door in the prison system. A system which employs around 24,000 people and has a budget in excess of 2.4 billion dollars per year. (Those numbers are from the Florida Department of Corrections own website) That’s big business for the state, so it’s in their interest to have a high recidivism rate. Besides the obvious double jeopardy factor, one can see that this is not about “protecting the public”. It is about money, pure and simple and lives and families are ruined in the process. Justice is no where in sight.
I was free and clear until i came to florida. Level 1 not public and now pasted on the web just because i came here… so now just because i moved and not because of the plea i cant go anywhere. Just because i moved im on this list that even the prosecuters in ny tried to keep me off. 20 years succesful professional traveled everywhere paid my dues but just because i moved here my family is marked. The crime we are alll guilty of is : living while in florida. We would be able to enter parks we would be able to travel even with our dues paid but just for the single fact we are or set foot in florida we are removed from the mainstream and put into oblivion. Its not our crimes that restrict most of us its literally the fact that we are in florida. We are convicted floridians……
May i ask what state you moved to? Im trying to move my husband from Nv.
From new york to florida. Was just visiting then got nailed with sone failure to report but it got “no info’d” which means there was no case. For some reason before due process though the correction officer put me on the registry when processed and have been on ever since: even though the state dropped or decided not to pursue. Still cant figure it out. Stay away
They wont even expunge the case they themselves dropped
Signed and comment added:
“Make America Great Again” For ALL Americans!
At this very moment and right here in the USA there are American citizens being abused using techniques of classification, stereotyping, profiling and dehumanization not seen since Nazi Germany and the segregation of African Americans in the USA! Even more shocking is that this is happening on American soil – nearly 1 million American citizens (men, women and children with more added daily) are put on so-called “sex offender registries.”
The label “sex offender” is a generic meaningless term which could be anything from streaking or peeing in public to rape! Not really equal crimes but they are lumped together like they are! The main REAL reason is public shaming BUT there are even more sinister uses that the government and law enforcement don’t want you to know about these registries and the real reason they exist! (Spoiler Alert: it’s NOT to protect children!)
Punishment is the only function of the registry. ANYONE who says it is NOT blatant punishment is either stupid or lying!
SexOffenderTruth.com
When you sign it you are taken to a bunch more petitions which I am not interested in. Feels like a trap.
10 days later and out of 800,000+ sex offenders on the registry, it still has less than 3000 signatures. Where is the support from SO’s and their family members?
Unfortunately most are unaware of things like this as there is no centralized place to get information. Each state has different “rules” and most are just trying to keep up with the restrictions and punishments in their effecting them in their individual situations.
I have started a site called SexOffenderTruth.com which I am actively promoting to try to get more empowering information out to everyone so together we can fight this very un-American segregation of a select group of American citizens who have paid their debt to society and deserve the most American second chance which all others are given!
SexOffenderTruth.com
That is a good question , Where are the registered sex offenders ? Why don’t they speak up ?
I still think we need to change the name of the petition to something like .Equal justice for all.
I found this site by looking up looking up a different site. I live in Az state and caught my time in Florida almost 30 years ago. Back in 1991. There was no registry then when I was released in 2011. I was told to report to sheriff office to register. 11 years later I found out I had to register which wasn’t mention in a plea deal. Florida is so screw up, I had to leave and go somewhere else that does not have that crazy 1000 foot law!!!
We do speak up no one lessons to us . I think its cruel and inhumane punishment,and double jeporty for a crime already paid for murders and robbery suspects do not have to register why is that but you will let them live normal lives after their sentences were completed. Society should think about that.
I be glad to sign it, I feel it is wrong to make us register
I started one of these petitions on Change. Org and it died with only a one hundred fifty signatures I was hoping it would reach then President Obama I thought we had our best chance with him before he made us prisoner’s in our own country. It takes one hundred thousand signatures in order for the petition to be forwarded to the president I hope its not President Trump because I feel that would be a waste of one hundred thousand good signatures
How do you get to the petition to sign it. I have been a RSO since 1994. Ready for a change.
I found it….I signed it.
Of course nothing gets done when the petition has only 1,800+ signatures…there’s almost a 800,00 to 900,00 of us across the country. If every one of us and our families were to sign this then maybe this would get some notice..this also needs to be re-written with more empirical information & data….
Not too well written but signed
How do you figure it’s “not too well written”, which is also not written very well….?
It has data and citations and all the major points we would and should bring up.
What would you add?
My apologies for not elaborating. It will be hard to catch the eye of an ininformed citizen when they see a title with the word abolish attached to sex offender registry. Pooling all offenders into the same category will leave a sour taste in the mouth of those who know it to only have some terrible crimes listed. The general public will only know what theyve read and seen on the news. As an rso i think the thought should be to focus on the lower tier offenses that shouldnt be on there and the fact that anything above that should be only for law enforcement access only. The list has its merits on investigation but the punitive actions on the listed are equal and harsh across the board. The list was never intended for this but its the legislation frenzy surrounding the registered that has morphed into this monster we are fighting. Im sure many of the uninformed public would not want to “Abolish” as theyd feel they would have a part of facilitating a future offense (thanks to rhetoric from legislators who need easy points) but a reconsideration or modification would be palletable to the masses. Its the same optics the Book family use to demonize all on the list as a whole but in reverse. All sex offenders are not guilty of all sex offenses at once and thats proven but the optics we are facing is that all rso’s are perverts and unreformable and all as dangerous as the others. The public does not know there are horrific differences in the policies across even at the local town level. Been on the list 20 years and no issues until i stepped in florida. Career family friends unaffected all that time. But just the simple fact of an uninformed visit has changed all that. Here for some reason its not the merit of the situation that matters but the blanket hysteria of anecdote and misinformation. Wording and presentation is what has brought us to this and i think we should approach it as such. Data is priceless to me just a matter of presentation.
Also this is 6 years old already: there are sufficient new studies and a larger timespan to prove its ineffectiveness and high cost. There are many cases of these restrictions being overturned in supreme courts and a few heading to the federal levels. We finally have other than personal opinion to present. These cases specifically call out the unintended use of the database for punative purposes and the ex post facto violations of the same constitution that is under attack from our very own representatives. Noone is above the law i agree but that law shouldn’t be used to suppress: it should be used to protect. Crimes should not be put under the same blanket but the law should provide protections equally
@Jm, are you advocating dividing up the different classes of sex offenses and thus supporting abolishing the registry for those with some “lesser” offenses but keeping it for those with more serious offenses? If so, by what evidence are you basing this on? From what I’ve seen, the recidivism rates are very low across the board regardless what type of sexual offense was committed. We DO NOT need to start dividing things up among ourselves. The entire sex offender registry scheme is unconstitutional and should be abolished for all. Just my three cents worth.
Not at all. Just realize the public doesnt see the vast span or spectrum they only know the worst case scenarios. If they realize how punative and uneven the effects are from the misdemeanors all the way to the other extreme they could understand that the heavy handed nature of the secondary punishment (it is what it is) is not just and not in anyones interest. Its a public relations battle. We are easy pickings and the original idea for this registry has been lost soo deeply in its convolution that people think it’s just a status quo and this is the way it needs to be. Everyone is entitled to move on from an already paid debt imposed on by society. If the constitution can be ignored in this way on these cases where will it stop? The public needs to get away from this once an offender always an offender idea and these laws are here to protect you from the boogeymen. They need to see that its not just 1 million people on these registries , add on the families, the bosses, the visitors to their homes who need their personal info out there…. a simple factor of 4 brings that up to 4 million directly affected.
The rap sheets alone are a form of registry and we cant get away from that. Any background check will bring it out. Theres no need at all for this secondary list as law enforcement already know who is what on their own lists. All it is is a public shaming and a waste of resources for an already documented consequence. How is it even handed when the only ONLY reason i show up on one is because i came to a state? 20 years of not a single issue nor anyone thinking i need to be on one or notify the public then all of a sudden im punished.
The ACLU has a bigger audience than we have here we need to convince them to publish these facts as well as the petition or start another that is more up to date with facts. The Carpenter union in this area started a petition in this area against the right to work law that was passed here about a year ago and got 80.000 signatures in less than 6 months.
Weve been waiting for ammo to confront this barrage and offset anecdotal claims by these politicians. We have that: proven constitutional challenges in our favor. Its not just about how it affects us ;its about how disregarding the constitution can grow into an uncontrollable virus affecting all parts of any community. At one time an rso was swept off the constitution…. little by little we are getting back under it. We need to update the tactics: its the court of public opinion we have no hold on. Theres solid proof of the overreach and abuse of powers that we actually can cite. Although it doesnt seem like it at first but look at what has actually been accomplished in the past. 6 years. Finally legal legs to stand on: proof of over reach and post ex facto challenges avtually holding water… its a new start.
It’s 1130 on March 20th 2018 and there are 2471 so far.
Signed
And the punishments just keep on coming. New laws are passed making life harder everyone. It seems that any law that can help starts upon passing, but if it hurts it back to the beginning of time. (ex post facto) This is not correct and should be changed. Just like my own experience with the parole board. It seems like they have a crystal ball letting them know who is going to reoffend in some way and release them multiple times only to return to prison. And those who will not reoffend get to serve their maximum sentence. The system is broken and I don’t know how it can be fixed.
All, share your comments on the petition.
I was charged in 1996 they kept postponing the court date because I kept saying I was not guilty. Which was true , till finally They wore me out and said they just wanted to charge me with a $50.00 fine if I would sign the plea agreement .At that point I just wanted to get it over with and stop the attorney fees. So I signed not knowing anything about a SOR as I’d never heard of it before. They never said anything about it before signing or I never would have signed.How can someone make up an agreement have you sign it than add to it after signing . That would not be legal in any court in this country.
Signed – however in my experience it will not generate enough signatures. However, eventually the registry will grow so large that more and more people will sign. My advice – save the petition and renew it as often as allowed. Promote it each time – eventually the signer numbers will grow before your eyes.
I agree, I signed it and it needs to be shared as much as possible. I am searching for related sites to share with to generate more signatures
I feel that i was unjustly arrested ,jailed and convicted.The charges were full of lies.If I had access to a decent lawyer.It never would have been prosecuted. I had no money to buy justice. I have 3 honorable discharges from the Army and a year in combat in Vietnam. I think I have earned my rights. And I want them back.
If what I have been through for the last 25 years isn’t punishment what is. How can a person make a plea bargain with the Court. Be asked if you plea guilty, and if any one promised you anything for the plea. Then receive your punishment, live up to every word of the plea, serve your time, pay your fines, attend all the requirements then be released. For a few years live like every other free American only to be contacted years later to be bared from society, black balled from life, not treated equally. even without having a traffic ticket in almost 30 years. Lost wife and family after the registry. HELP ME SOMEONE.
Me Too!!
I could never understand how a accused person could admit his guilt, make a plea agreement with the court, be questioned about them taking on the plea on there own and saying no one promised you anything other than what was agreed upon by yourself and the court. Do your time, pay your fines, attend the years of therapy, live up to your part ot the plea. Be released get out get a job, work, and then a few years later be put on the Registry, 30 years later you lived up to the registry, live a life no tickets, no nothing. If this isn’t punishment, what is.
I am in what do we need to do with this action ?
You can add it also punishes there children and grand children by taking away any interaction with them. It causes hardships for there spouses. So you can multiply the number of people affected by at least 10 X.
You may have already done so, but I contacted NARSOL through their website form and gave them the link to the petition and credited FAC for informing me about it. Thanks for all you do.
I do not see where this is for. The statements in this do not reflect the laws of the State of Florida. It does not say where it is from or who it is to.
it is to the Federal Gov’t – if you look at the top of the page near the name there is a link that will show you who the petition will go to..
Would be interesting to see how many signatures it will attain if every RC and their families sign this. all friends and people in general who oppose this as well.
This definitely needs to circulate around.
I used to be a truck driver for years before I went to prison. I never committed my crime on the road. I was going to go back to driving… but… to do that I would have to register in every state I pass through, stop at overnight, and inform the shipper and receiver that I am a registered sex offender (according to my Parole “Supervisor”). I loved what I did and made fair wages doing it. Now it’s just too much of a hassle and embarrassing that shippers/receivers will be scrutinizing my every move when all I want to do is drive. I have even considered just ending it all because no one would care.
Ex-proffessional Driver
this comment is meant for the moderator, not for posting. came a cross an article from the kansas city star today (tribune news wire) about child marriage in missouri. might want to see if you can find it. (i read it in the microsoft news feed, or i’d give you a link). follows the story of a woman who got married at age 15. interestingly, the blame is laid by those involved in the story on the draconian SO laws. the reporter’s focus is obviously not on that aspect, but it comes up frequently in the quotes from the girl.
when y’all getting forums?
when y’all getting forums?
Seconded. I’ve several links, articles and such I’d like to share that should be of some use.
Not to mention a few ideas of things I’d like to do for research purposes. A forum would be great for that as i would need a few others to assist in the endeavor.
I read the article in the Kansas City Star. It’s legal to get married at 15 yet the young lady couldn’t get a job till she is 16. And if her 17 yr old husband goes out of state he could be arrested and put in jail for rape. They were encouraged to get married by her mother who was also married very young and has a very good marriage. There are hundreds of 15 yr olds married in Mo with much success. I personally don’t recommend it but can’t people just butt out of other people’s lives and take care of real problems.
I f the federal government is going to establish a law that all states must follow it cannot work unless the states are not allowed to change it or add to it. There starting to see that with legalization of marijuana. Basically the feds should either take over or butt out.
Even more interestingly, I can no longer find the story from the 18th, and they ran a new version on the 19th, which cut out much of what I was talking about.