Oklahoma Petition Calls for Constitutional Suspensions for Former Sex Offenders
When tragedy strikes your family, do you call for other families to suffer?
That’s the apparent approach taken by survivors of a horrible mass murder. You see, the alleged murderer in this case had also been convicted of a sexual offense. The family has circulated a petition, with excerpts as follows:
“We’re asking that a person CONVICTED of a sex crime against a child serve life in prison without the possibility of parole. We ask that the probationary terms of those already released from prison for child sex offenses be reevaluated, and we ask for their probation terms to include monthly home visits…We are also asking that sex offenders convicted of crime(s) against children rights be taken to have their own children…if you ruin a child’s life you deserve NO CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS!”
“We are also asking that it be mandated that all city police stations and schools in Oklahoma have a board set up with all local sex offenders’ pictures and information on them and kept up to date. This is so important so we can help our local people, police, and school staff aware of offenders in our area because the man responsible for these horrendous murders, like other offenders, are able to manipulate people into believing false information…”
“We would like to name this law ‘The Knights Law’ in honor of our beautiful Knights whose lives were tragically taken from them.”
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If you read the full article about all the details of this murder, which it was ,and there is never any excuse for that . The victims didn’t deserve what happened to them but the circumstances around the incident need to be looked at. When he was 21 he had a relationship sexual, with a 17 year old. Of that I don’t have all the details, so he was put on the sex offender registry. He tried to get past it and get a better education in prison. After release he tried to make a go of it but then it all fell apart because of the registry. Couldn’t get a job and someone was accusing him of things that would have put him back in prison. He snapped , saw no way out and unfortunately he and others suffered because of a broken system and and an unstable mind.
To add more breaks to a system already broken is the definition of total insanity. All who signed this petition are only setting themselves up to be responsible for more failures in the future.
People don’t behave logically when they seek “attention”( this isn’t about children who died,this about greed and what can I get from it the living)..John Walsh 2.0…How can I become famous and wealthy of the death of my child?. You are correct. If there was any logic people would realize the registry is what caused this crime in the first place..keep destroying lives and wonder why they snap…go figure..I’m sure a politician will get the wrong messege from this and expand the stupidity.
I am not trying to sound weird but a 21 year old with a 17 year old in many states is Romeo and Juliet law isn’t it? Not like a 30 year old with a 14 year old.
A 21 year old with a 16 year old here in Michigan is legal [but generally not recommended. – moderator]
I was not implying it was ok, I was just saying the laws differ so much from state to state that in one state you can date someone within a few years of your age and others you are imprisoned. The “United” states are anything but united when it comes to laws. At one time, in one state you could drink at 19 and another you had to wait until you were 21.
So in one state someone has an underage girlfriend and they get a pass, but in another state their life is ruined forever was my point. Same with the registry, in some places you can get removed in others, good luck with that.
I completely understand where you’re coming from Jack; and you’re right about the various age laws. I know there’s states where the age of consent is 18, yet many place it at 16. Hawaii and Missouri have a minimum age to marry placed at 14, though its with parental consent. Now I don’t advocate getting married that young, but why can a parent give permission for their daughter to get married at age 14, but cannot give permission for her to have sex at age 14? It makes no sense and seems like a double standard. Obviously I don’t advocate for a parent to give a minor permission to have sex at age 14, but I think you see what I mean. I remember years ago a girl I knew who was emancipated and married at age 15 to a 32 year old guy. I never understood how a 15 year old can show the court she’s responsible enough to be on her own, but not responsible enough to consent to sex.
He didn’t have a “relationship” with his 16 year old victim. According to court records he tied her up and raped her.
The victim, Kristle Strong is now appearing all over saying that he should have gotten life for the attack. As everyone here know, fewer than 20% of all people convicted of sex crimes go on to reoffend.
Pathological offenders make up, perhaps, about 2% to about 5% of all of persons who commit sex crimes. The other 95% to 98% will pay for his actions.
Well if that is true, that is even more disturbing. Even though any relationship with someone underage is bad, when done with violence or force makes it even more concerning.
Having said that, some judges sentence people who had a “Consensual” underage relationship with the same sentence as someone who raped or even killed someone. And to add to that, in Florida it is a life sentence on the registry anyway.
Well that’s pretty horrifying.
To be honest; I don’t think Oklahoma can afford the type of reform these grief-stricken individuals are asking for. It sounds about as preposterous as when there was(I forget the case/country) a kidnap victim was r@ped a multitude of times whilst the abductor was watching legal pornography. Upon her release she and her family started a movement to end all legal porn. It got a surprising amount of votes and eventually fizzled out. I wouldn’t be worried about it. This would have suit after suit and has interstate/federal law double jeopardy written all over it.
Gotta love all their pitchfork, witch hunt, burn them at the stake comments on their petition. This alone shows just one state’s, hatred for us. Vigilantism against us isn’t hard to show evidence, when comments like these, are plastered everywhere on the internet. I guess they like the idea of stripping even minor’s on the registry of their rights, and having them on death row, or simply executed. What about simple child abuse cases? Guess same for them. Human beings are so pathetic!
Would the recommendations in the petition prevent the senseless act by a mentally unstable individual? Probably not! I did not read anything indicating the cause being his sex offender status. The are hundreds of mass shootings each year in the United States. Being a sex offender has not been the cause of any mass shootings.
Taking the actions prescribed in the petition would not have prevented the immediate event nor would such actions prevent the next mass shooting. The actual cause of a mass shooting needs to be fixed not an emotional grasp at a person status as a sex offender.
That’s absolutely right. The next mass shooting will happen in days and it most likely will not have anything to do with sexual crime. And just like with all of the others, this one too will be soon forgotten and replaced with more horror to fill the evening news.
But, …..but, is there a mass shooter registry?
right??? lol
Yes and theyre probably going to try to augment capital punishment/the death penalty as they did here in Florida. Plus homicide and sexual assault/sexual battery are different felony categories altogether.