Comments on: MA: New Bill Proposes Changes to Sex Offender Laws in Massachusetts

By: TheTruthHurts

TheTruthHurts — Sat, 31 Oct 2020 00:09:30 +0000

FACT!
There are over 90K Children under the age of 18 labeled as ‘persons forced to register’

By: DueProcessUSA

DueProcessUSA — Fri, 30 Oct 2020 15:39:53 +0000

The road to Hell is paved with good intentions. There are kids as young as 9-though mostly teenagers, boys & girls labelled a sex offender for life for "sxting", ie, sending their friends provocative images of themselves. They do not appreciate the future legal & social ramifications in my opinion that because of double messages in the media of sxualized kids & young adults, legal adult prnography perhaps in their home, and underdeveloped frontal lobes in their brains. Teens, approximately the same age are labelled as sx offenders for having a relationship with someone under age 18, like a 16 yo and her 18 yo boyfriend. Man, woman, adult or child who engage in these activities & view images online with no acting out in real life (though this needs to be dealt with IMHOP with counseling & parental and IP controls) are called "Sx Offenders"& in the eyes of the public are lumped in with the most egregious offenders who rape children. There is no scientific evidence that those who look at such images, like your 17 yo son or daughter (or even your spouse), progress to becoming rapists. The two groups are not the same. Respectfully, I say that scientific evidence, not fear mongering, should inform the sx offender laws.

By: CherokeeJack

CherokeeJack — Thu, 12 Dec 2019 22:38:57 +0000

In reply to DavidM.

There are certain people that all the counselors in the World combined could not have helped. Think Jeffrey Dahmer and John Wayne Gacy. What about Charles Manson?
Some people are so filled with evil that only God can deal with them. Since all of them are dead, they got their day in court before the ultimate and final judge.
Maybe, just maybe, if someone had noticed when they were kids and made corrective action but who knows.
On the flip side, there are people who made some stupid mistakes, or got wrapped up in the heat of the moment with someone and messed up their entire lives over it.
I for one own the fact I will have a felony for the rest of my life. Having said that, I never agreed to be on a registry for life. After 25 years of no paper you can file to get off but that doesn’t mean you WILL get off. And why do you think so many people not on probation are getting arrested for minor things like not registering every car on their street that they may think about driving which for a non registrant would not even be a crime?
The reason is, even if they dropped the charge, you will now have that on your record and never, ever get off the registry unless the law changes.
I think it is going to take 55% of the U.S population to be on a registry for their to be change.

By: Roxwayne

Roxwayne — Thu, 12 Dec 2019 20:55:16 +0000

In reply to DavidM. It’s really so sad that’s this human lawmaker who is trying to make a great national name for himself is the first one who is really going to end up on this topic

By: Tereto

Tereto — Thu, 12 Dec 2019 20:29:48 +0000

In reply to CherokeeJack. While I agree with your statement, I also forsee this as a way for them to change simple charges considered molestation to that of rape, hence handing out life sentences like never before.

By: DavidM

DavidM — Thu, 12 Dec 2019 19:15:34 +0000

There are a few people that need to be removed from the streets till it has been determined that they are no longer a threat. Most of these are very emotionally unstable and need a lot of private counseling and spiritual guidance. These things can be done. If they are then there is no need for a registry. But then the fear mongers wouldn’t be able to dominate everyone else.

By: rpsabq

rpsabq — Thu, 12 Dec 2019 19:04:35 +0000

I think we should be encouraging the narrow tailoring of sex offender laws for those who are indeed proving themselves to be dangerous “serial child rapists.” It can be easy to be get so deep in the important facts and rhetoric of the movement and forget that dangerous people do exist and should be dealt with appropriately. That nuisanced message is especially important when dealing with the public, most of whom assume that all of us are dangerous serial child rapists simply because we’re on the registry. What Mass. is doing could be a good thing. Sex offender law reform might happen in some states as a result of passing more laws first in an effort to focus on who actually needs the attention before the bad laws affecting the rest of us are let go.

By: CherokeeJack

CherokeeJack — Thu, 12 Dec 2019 15:43:55 +0000

In reply to Jacob. I see that as the problem of us getting removed from the registry. They will use that as ammo to say registries work to keep us out of trouble and if relieved from them, we would all in mass run out that day and start kidnapping victims in an out of control frenzie. It is a double edge sword.

By: CherokeeJack

CherokeeJack — Thu, 12 Dec 2019 15:40:40 +0000

When I went back to court to get off probation, the prosecutor said offenders “Are always on the hunt for new victims”. I said I had not done anything new in a decade since the charges ( This was back in the late 90’s ).
She fired back that I just didn’t get caught. I said I took an FBI polygraph test and passed and she then said I am just a good liar with no conscience. Wow
Anyway the judge thank God sided with me and my probation was ended almost 2 decades ago.
The goal with law makers is to have us all sent to special offender camps for life. We would work in factories for free making products that pay for the prison camps we would be in. Florida already brought back chain gangs once in the past 30 years. In 2013 Sheriff of Brevard county started a chain gang for inmates.
The more pressure we put on the courts , the more pressure law enforcement and law makers put on us.

By: David

David — Thu, 12 Dec 2019 14:56:29 +0000

This action further removes the ability to seek a plea agreement, which is unheard of!!!