America has a lot of harsh laws against sex offenders that shame and banish this unpopular group. Miami sends them to live in the swamps with the poisonous snakes and boa constrictors. Georgia bars them from living or working within 1,000 feet of a school bus stop. Pretty much the whole state is off limits for employment or domicile. California bans them from living in just about any of the cities. Those laws are under serious legal challenge, and the Georgia bus stop code is on hold pending the outcome…
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Mothers of sex offenders share responsibility, burden of label
(CNN) — Christine Smith will never forget the moment she watched her 21-year-old son being led out of a Florida courtroom in handcuffs. “This is not happening, this is not happening, this is not happening,” she recalls thinking at the time. “Take me instead.” She sobbed because there was nothing she could do. Matthew, the second of her three children, was going to prison after pleading guilty to 10 counts of possession of child pornography. A judge in Duval County sentenced him in April 2010 to 18 months in state…
Read MoreMI: ‘Romeo’ not cleared, gets life on list
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) – He was a poster child for what was wrong with Michigan’s sex offender registry — a teen on the list for a one-night stand with an under-age girl. Then, the state passed sweeping reforms to the sex offender list, and it appeared Rick McQuillin’s name would be erased, and his life would change. A year later, Target 8 found his life has changed — for the worse. Full Article
Read MoreSex Offender at 12, Punished For Life
When Kevin was 12 years old he was slapped with a felony. His school’s principal caught him and his 10 year old friend sexually experimenting in the boy’s bathroom. He says it was consensual, that he wasn’t trying to hurt anyone, but Kevin was branded as a Level Two sex offender. His name and photo went up on Lewis County’s sex offender website and his life became a living hell. Full Article
Read MoreWI: Church Conducts ‘Adults Only’ Services for Sex Offenders, Others
A Wisconsin church has recently begun holding biweekly church “adults only” services, in part as a way to allow convicted sex offenders to worship. Article on The Christian Post – Read More
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