What is worse, there were a few cases where the person was in an adult chat room and law enforcement pretending to be an underage person, initiate the chat. That is 100% entrapment but the judge saw it otherwise stating the arrestee could have ended the chat or blocked and reported the underaged person, who was actually NOT underage at all.
Issue #1 Entrapment and enticed into chatting and hooking up
Issue #2 The person was an adult police officer or volunteer
Issue #3 While the law enforcement waste resources entrapping folks, meanwhile it take 3 hours to get an officer to come write a report when your home is broken into. Then when they arrive, the hand you a business card and tell you to report it online (Happened to me)
Man I love America. Home of the free * Except for citizens of the registry.

In many jurisdictions, “statutory rape“ or sexual misconduct with a minor is a strict liability crime. It’s been a while since I looked, but I’m sure that they’re still jurisdictions were even honest mistake caused by misrepresentation of someone’s age is not even an excuse. The victim is either under age or they are not. What has been developed in more recent times is the concept of an attempt to commit such a crime. Of course, you see the problem. In one of these strict liability states, there shouldn’t be any issue if there is no victim, but what we end up Is people prosecuted for something that realistically would not be a crime if they carried it out. If you had sex with the 37-year-old male deputy posing as a 15-year-old girl, What would the crime be? Would you be prosecuted for the attempt, but not for the actual offense.? But, I guess that is why in these drugs things they arrest you right away instead of waiting for you to drive off so they can arrest you for possession of milk sugar or oregano. LOL

Shalom,
Thank you for that. I am a Christian but I love the Jewish people. As a Christian, we are taught to love all people. That even includes people who either believe a different way than we do or those who do not believe at all.
I never try and cram my beliefs down anyone’s throat and try and show my beliefs in my actions and my love, care and concern for others. I grew up in a Christian home so it was easier for me. However I do not believe just because my parents taught me that is what I am supposed to do.
At some point in life you have to decide your path.
I do not go door to door telling people about God, not knocking those who do. I share my love in every day interactions with people. Sometimes just subtle like seeing someone having a bad day and asking if there is anything I can do to help. If not, I ask their name and tell them I will keep them in my prayers. 99% of people, regardless of what they believe appreciate someone caring about them.
Ok I have to go, seems to be some water in my eyes now LOL

It is not a matter if it is punishment or not, we already know for a fact it is. It is getting the judges to stop being afraid to rule that it is even though they know in their hearts 100% it is.
The judges do not want to be “That” guy or “That” gal who ruled for a nasty, dirty, disgusting sex offender who is only still free because they haven’t been caught yet with our 1000% re-offending rate.

I feel even worse for people getting caught in fake stings. I saw one that got sentenced to more than I got and he didn’t even meet a real underage person, just a cop pretending to be one.

I cannot see how this can be legal based on the days when cops use to use fake drugs during drug stings. That was ruled illegal since they were not actually buying real drugs. And yet when it comes to sex stings, it is ok?????? I lost a lot of respect for the law.
When my house got broken into, I was told to fill out a report online. I guess all the officers were busy pretending to be kids in a chat room.

This is how it works in my religion as well. In ultra-Orthodox Jewish congregations, typically the rabbi alone is the decisionmaker. If someone comes in with a high-profile criminal background, then the rabbi makes a risk assessment and determines where the person best fits in and what’s safe. And that rabbi is normally equipped to do so, given Jewish ultra-Orthodoxy’s active involvement with prison inmates and other downtrodden, including registrants. In Jewish law, there is a concept of “teshuvah” that actively rewards those who are working diligently to turn their lifestyles around.

Reform Judaism is different. The Reform rabbi must answer to an elected board of lay people. If any board members are uncomfortable with the background of an individual, then religious law must take a backseat to perceived risks that threaten the financial survival of the congregation. Many board members lack experience with registrants and fear the unknown. The Union of Reform Judaism has expressed support for criminal justice reform, but its member congregations are reluctant to take risks to make such reform a reality.

ANOTHER case of Government OVERREACH !!!!. And ANOTHER case proving how the “Registery” is PUNISHMENT !!! If these men’s names weren’t “On a List” then there wouldn’t be ANY problem/issues with the Church helping them !!

Back in the 1980’s and early 90’s there was no list and these men could have gone anywhere they wanted to go. I certainly hope that someone, in all these lawsuits being filed, mentions the times BEFORE the registry existed. I firmly believe that could help in the argument that it IS punishment.

Often times a church is ok with something if ONE pastor is in charge. Churches who have to answer to a board are the ones who often have conflict. Just takes one board member to throw a wrench into an idea.
I went through this myself, although not related to my charges. I submitted a way to turn around the church that was losing attendance and was in fear of closing down. The pastor loved my idea and brought it before the board. The board denied the request, the pastor resigned, and the church was sold to another denomination.
Believe it or not, there is a lot of unnecessary politics in many churches. After all, it was leaders of the church who conspired with Pontius Pilatus to crucify Jesus.
Joseph ben Caiaphas, known simply as Caiaphas in the New Testament, was the Jewish high priest who, according to the gospels, organized a plot to kill Jesus.