Petition to Declare Public Sex Offender Registration in the United States a Violation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)
Today, approximately one-million people in the United States are forced to register as “sex offenders”. The label leads to stigmatization, separation from society, loss of employment, loss of housing and even exposure to violence at the hands of vigilantes. The stigmatization extends to the spouses, children, family, friends, employer and anyone that associates with the registrant. The isolation, shame, stress, fear of violence, loss of income and other psychological effects are experienced by the entire household.
My son was sentenced to 10 yrs and 10 yrs probation for talking to underage girls on the computer. He served 8 1/2 yrs and has been out for almost 3. You can get drunk and kill someone with your car and serve less time. Where is the justice?
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I’m an rso who has never been convicted of a crime. I can vote and I can own a firearm. “For the purposes of registration”, I’m considered a convited felon, although I have not been convicted, although I served a 15 year probation sentence . Explain that.
Ben,
Unfortunately the registration laws don’t distinguish between someone who has a withhold or someone who was found guilty at trial, someone who committed their offense 30 years ago and someone who committed their offense 3 days ago, someone who committed a R&J offense and someone who was a serial child molester. Someone who completed treatment and has never had another offense and someone who had no treatment and a rap sheet 10 pages long.
Everyone gets treated the same and that’s the problem with our registry. It’s why we fight.
The laws are cruel and unusual punisment. Florida has too many knee jerk laws. The punisments do not fit the crimes!!!!!
These laws punish entire families and put a lot of innocent lives in danger.
Help put things right.