DR.
If you are one of your family was affected by this by someone, I could understand you being upset, mad and angry at that person. However, you do not know any of us on here that I know of nor what we have done. Some just looked at photos of underaged images, some actually was dating someone underage.
All or most of us learned our lesson and have regrets for what we have done. For myself, my crime was almost 40 years ago and have no so much as had a speeding ticket since then. So please tell me how many re-offenses you have proof of that I or any other person you do not know is committing.
I bet the Yankees baseball team will win against the Miami Dolphins football team this year. That seems about as accurate as what you are saying. Made of thoughts and accusations have consequences. Again, I am very sorry if you or one of your loved ones was affected by a sex crime, but it is highly unlikely that it is one of us who are just trying to support our families and move on from the past.
As a last comment, anyone of us who are dumb enough to re-offend, deserves to be re-arrested. But most of us would only have that happen from what is called a registry violation which has nothing to do with re-offending. As simple as missing your registration by one day can get you arrested, which no other people in the U.S have to worry about except for registered citizens.
Please do not accuse everyone on the registry as being non-compliant because if we were all re-offending, I assure you, we would not be on here commenting, we would be in jail. A registry violation generally ends with a jail sentence or worse.
Have a great day.

Congrats, Dr. you have not only drunk the kool-aid, but you’re marketing for them as well. Don’t try to think independently, and do actual research, they value your support too much.

Bo, you touched on a topic that has been rattling around in my head for some time; that is the subject of nearly universal sexuality. You only mentioned men, but women are strongly sexual beings too. I’m an engineer and not a psychologist, but allow me to present an observation.

Jonathan Swift once wrote that, “You cannot reason a person out of something they were not reasoned into.” The very fact that sexuality is ubiquitous among humans is the reason why so many come to the stage of moral panic and illogic. There are probably very few who have never had a sexual thought, urge or action that made them uncomfortable or fearful of their own desires and unwilling to be persuaded by recidivism reality.

Clinging to the myth that the monsters are “others” provides a degree of comfort in the belief that the danger is “out there.” Pretending that the potential for unacceptable sexual behavior exists only within certain defective humans allows us to push the mirror away to a comfortable distance. We are soothed by the belief that the monster is not part of us or those we keep around us. Ironically, just the opposite is true and danger–particularly to children–is increased by ignoring this reality.

The decades of actual research demonstrate that the offense rate is very low for sexual re-offense. The research dates back to the 1950’s and covers the gamut of institutions both governmental and academic. When considering sexual re-offense only and not failure to register violations, which are both non-violent and not breaches of public safety, the re-offense rate has been between 3%-9% consistently for decades. The registry has not moved the needle in prevention of sexual crime nor providing any additional public safety. So, Dr, I hope you’ve learned something today because now that you have the facts you’d only be spreading mis-information with your current position.

Nobody is defending sex crimes against kids. If any of the arrests were for a sex crime against a kid (or adult, or animal) they should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
On what basis do you make your very general statement of “they do reofend and continue molesting”? The stats show that the overwhelming majority DO NOT reoffend. In fact, the sexual re offense rate is in the single digits and the majority of arrests are for technical registration violations, which are so easy to catch with all the confusing and constantly changing rules.

Here are some stats of sexual reoffense from GOVERNMENT studies for your reference. Or better yet, if you want to deal with actual facts, contact the Amarillo PD or do a public information request for the crimes these 9 people were charged with. That way we won’t be dealing with speculation, but with real numbers.

Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), 2019—9-year follow-up of 2005 releases (30 states) – 7.7%
BJS, 2021—5-year follow-up of 2012 releases (34 states) – 4%
BJS, 2003—3-year follow-up of 1994 releases (15 states) – 3.5%
U.S. DOJ SMART Office (OJP), Sex Offender Management Assessment & Planning Initiative (SOMAPI) – “Federal evidence review summarizing large meta-analyses showing sexual reoffense rates generally in the single digits”
Minnesota Department of Corrections, 2007—statewide cohort – 3%
Washington State Department of Corrections, 2023—SOTAP outcome study – 1% of those who participated in a treatment program.
California Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation (CDCR), 2025—Sex Offender Management Program (parole) – <3%
New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services, 2007—early post-SORNA bulletin - <3%

There are no “sex crimes against kids” anywhere in this news report, so why are they even on your mind?

Mr. Anderson
Then why is there not more of an effort to prevent sex crimes. The statistics show time and again that the majority of sex crimes were committed by people who were not registrants. Why waste the taxpayer’s money on compliance checks? The compliance checks aren’t preventing anything.

John, name one case when the registry prevented a crime. I’ll wait