From ACSOL: The Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Law (ACSOL) and the registrant community is the focus of a newly published book by ACSOL Executive Director Janice Bellucci. The book, Show Up – Stand Up – Speak, offers insights and identifies trends in the registrant community.
“The purpose of the book is to educate the public regarding the daily challenges faced by registrants and their loved ones,” stated Bellucci. “We believe that once the public fully understands that the registry is punishment, the public will demand that the registry be abolished.”
NOTE: All profits from the book will flow to ACSOL so that it can continue its mission to protect the Constitution by restoring the civil rights of registrants.
I’m pretty sure the public knows that being on the sex offender registry is definitely not a good thing, ie punishment. It’s the judges who suspiciously think it’s not.
I’m trying to picture a throng of people, after reading Janice’s book, rushing to the courthouse screaming, “THE REGISTRY IS PUNISHING SEX OFFENDERS – ABOLISH IT NOW!”
Her perspective has always been as a result of finding out that her perfectly nice, personable, good plumber was a sex offender and “if the public only knew what a good guy he was and what this was doing to him” they would change their mind.
I have never believed that if we just “tell our story” that the public will somehow have pity on us but maybe I’m wrong. Maybe it is the publics’ twisted perception of it all that keeps judges from ruling according to common sense and the law.
Rp
Yeah I can speak from experience. I have lived with my parents now for about 15 years. The neighbors have known me for years and never had a problem with me. THEY never even looked at the registry UNTIL the NextDoor App came out.
Now all of a sudden I am a monster with 3 heads that eats people in their sleep. (IN my defense, I only eat people while they are awake so they have a chance to run for their lives) SARCASM!!!
“Book Offers Insight, Identifies Trends in Registrant Community”
You scared me at first. I thought the article was about Lauren Book lol
Whoa… I can see how you would think that… It was not intended to be click bait.
FAC….Do you have any update on ‘Boozy Book’s’ DUI TRIAL or next court date?
TIA!
Lauren Book made a children’s book, as it is more befitting her education level.
Derek
It is not her intelligence that I am worried about, it is her sadistic hatred towards a group / class of people she knows nothing about. All people (if they are to be judged) should be done individually, not as a whole.
That is why the registry is a failure (Among other reasons). Everyone on it is pretty much thrown into the same circumstances, with few exceptions. A lifetime of registration and antiquated rules to follow that carry more time if violated, than our original sentences.
OMG I did too!!