Oceanbreeze
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Could I have a link to his story please? There are too many threads on sex offenders for me to find his story.
I am sorry you were molested by your landlord, he should have been put in prison for the rest of his life. Too many sex offenders get away with this kind of thing.
I disagree. I like to have the sex offender registry so I can keep track of the person who hurt me, and the other persons who have hurt my family and friends, so that we can stay informed of their whereabouts and protect ourselves. They deserve to be harassed, but we cannot harass them. The registry in my home state has a disclaimer agreement at the bottom of the website that says that we are not to use the registry to harass the sex offender, only to warn/inform others that he exists and is in the area, and to track him (as in knowing where he lives so we can make sure our kids don't go over to his house) and we have to click on the "yes" button to agree to the disclaimer. If we don't click "yes" we cannot view his information.
When I read your son's story, I'll let you know what I think. Until then, I can't go and say, "yeah your son was innocent" just because you said so. Especially if you did not witness the situation itself.
The person who molested me is guilty of all his crimes and deserves to rot in prison. I am his first victim but I am not his only victim. He raped another victim who I actually know at the same school, then later on he molested a little one, and was convicted for that one this time. He's a repeat offender, and I want him back in the slammer pronto. All of it is true, I have already confirmed it with the second victim. I don't want him to touch another victim. I worry that another innocent child will have to live with what happened in his or her little head for the rest of his or her life because of what this person has done to this child. And since it has at least been the third time he has offended, the odds of him doing it again are VERY high. 3 times is a lot of times to offend. He belongs in prison for life, in a tiny cell, never to see the sun ever again. HE IS GUILTY, period.
Hope she proves the link....I, too, want to read it.
I have purposely said very little if anything in this thread, but I felt it was important to step in here now.
I want to preface this by saying I'm also speaking as an abuse survivor.
I tried to look for the thread Bear referenced, but could not find it. However, I will say I have seen the thread she is talking about and I am familiar with her son's story. Her son was WRONGLY accused of rape when he was just 12 years old. He spent a number of years in a juvenile facility. She is right in saying that there are innocent or non violent offenders being forced to register as a sexual offender.
Our system is FAR from perfect and I wish there was a better way to track these offenders and weed out those who should not be on the registry. What happened to her son is tragic. I am NOT saying I'm against the registry. I'm NOT. It was created for the right reasons, but as seems to be the case with our justice system, it's a flawed system. Bear is right. Parents need to teach their child about safety and not just passively depend on the sex offender registry to keep our kids safe.