ME: This sex assault victim says the offender registry listing is more important to her than prison time

For Tina Dionne, it’s more important for the man who sexually assaulted her as a child to register as a sex offender than serve time in prison. Full Article

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This is why registration is cruel and unusual punishment because of the following quote from the article, “The sex offender registry helps people be aware of what people like him have done. They can’t just take off to another state and start over. That has to follow them.”

The inability to start over again. This is why many of us are depressed because there is no relief to start over again after paying your dues to society. There is no escape.

so punish them for ever is better than prison , the Reg would not of helped her at all , offend the offender there whole life ? no matter what this poor lady thinks , the fact remains that most of us do time and paper for punishment , and get more punishment after that ,, for Life , right along with our family , and every year its just another trick bag for us , people Killing us , burning us out , threats to the wife and kids , people trying to set us up , if she don’t care about my family and our safety and our right to move on in life , then not move on in her life use the REG as some kind of a crutch , I am sorry I just cant see why anyone should care if she just refuses to move on in life , just like all of the hell we go through in prison and in life after prison , and just want to heal , TO Heal!!! not to go reoffend , Move On , no one is keeping her from moving on , no one is standing in front of her house with a sack gummy bears , and if there is she could call the law!Its got to where folks don’t want to watch there kids , they just want to kick them out the door and let them run , in the real world bad things happen when you don’t take resposabilty for them selfs or the kids , making a bunch of laws will fix nothing , on the other hand we do have stalkers at our house , and in our lifes as well , we have to live with the dangers in our life , as well as being blocked from where we can live that WE feel are safe from many things” not just the gummy bear vender , dangers that are not on some darn web site , like drive by shootings , our kids just playing on the porch and get hit by a stray bullet , or we all could be the target , but we are not good enough to live in your stupid gated community , we don’t rate , the judgment never ends !

…in the state of Ohio (https://ext.dps.state.oh.us/omvi/)

Welcome to Ohio’s Habitual Offender Registry, a database of people who have been convicted at least five times of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, and meet certain other criteria established by law.

You can search the Registry using any one (or more) of the above search boxes. For example, you can search by last name only, or by county only. Or you can refine your search by filling in multiple search parameters.

A state law adopted in September 2008 established the Registry, and defined who should be included:

•Anyone with five or more convictions during the past 20 years (at least one of the convictions must be since the law took effect on September 30, 2008).

•The Registry does not include convictions more than 20 years old.

•The Registry does not include deceased people.

•The Registry does not include out-of-state convictions.

•Juvenile offenses are included.

•If a single incident results in multiple impaired driving-related convictions, it is counted as one conviction for purposes of this Registry.

The Registry is compiled from information Ohio courts report to the Ohio Department of Public Safety and will be updated monthly. Click here to see Ohio Revised Code 5502.10, which established the Registry. Click here to see a complete list of offenses that are considered drunken driving-related for purposes of this Registry.

“I grew up in a time when you didn’t deal with sexual abuse — you swept it under the rug,” she said. “I have been very open with my own children.”

This woman is only 33 years old. She acts like she grew up in the 50s or something when in fact, she was victimized by her uncle in the 90s when she was 10. Maybe her family swept the abuse under the rug, but overall society stopped long before that.

I don’t know why some younger people just like to repeat catch phrases & colloquial expressions that don’t even apply to their situation

“Dionne has used the registry to see how close sex offenders live to her. She told her children to avoid a neighbor after East Millinocket police notified residents in January 2015 that a registrant who had been convicted of possessing child pornography was living in their neighborhood”

That does not pass the smell test. Mere possession of CP is a for the most part is a tier 1 offense where police don’t notify the public. If the state of Maine follows the federal guidelines, they only warn the public when high risk offenders move into the area. Either Dionne is lying or her neighbor had done more than possess CP

Erwin said: “I don’t know why some younger people just like to repeat catch phrases & colloquial expressions that don’t even apply to their situation”

Why? Because it takes a lot more effort to think for yourself!
cheers,
B

A victim literally goes on the record to state that the registry is the most important factor for them in regards to the conviction of their abuser, yet the registry still isn’t considered to be a punishment?

Irrational beliefs allow detachment from responsibility in resolving one’s own troubles.