Situations like this remind me of the British people and terror from the skies they endured in the Battle of Britain in 1940.

For those not aware of World War II history, the German Air Force in World War II, in 1940, began bombing London and the surrounding area in England at night. Hitler had already conquered most of Europe and France had fallen. He hoped by bombing the mainland of England he could coerce the British people to surrender or at least have a negotiated settlement, which was favorable to Germany.

Night after night, the citizens of Britain lived in constant terror; they knew as soon as darkness fell, the German dive bombers and fighter planes would be circling their city dropping bomb after bomb, resulting in possible death and destruction for their families.

There have been books written and movies produced which give us a grim picture of the constant terror the people endured because of the bombings.

The story of the citizens of Britain who withstood the nightly terror the German fighter planes brought remind me of sex offenders and their families.

Day after day, we live in fear what the next law or next high profile crime involving a sex offender will bring and how it will affect our families in a detrimental manner. We are constantly waiting for the proverbial “next shoe to drop.”

We live with this on a 24/7 basis, and it literally wears us out as human beings.

This case in Alaska is a prime example. You can bet the media will use this case for ratings and the lawmakers will be calling for more restrictive laws for sex offenders.

Fear and terror---two of the most negative emotions known to mankind.

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Like the British, I believe we are a resilient group of individuals. We come from all walks of life---some educated, some not so educated; some young, some older.

I believe the people of this support group are, for the most part, very strong individuals in a very difficult battle---that we can face the future with COURAGE instead of fear.

We are winning this battle. Sometimes it might not seem like it, but the public perception of the registry has greatly changed since I was released from prison in 2000. In 2000, everybody thought the registry was a much needed tool and the public generally applauded the registry. Now, the public is not so sure that the registry is either fair or an asset to prevent sex crimes.

I say this to remind the new people we have here, the ones whose loved ones have been arrested or convicted in the last few years; the public perception of the registry is much more negative than it used to be.

This should give us much hope for the future.

Someday the registry in the form we have today will be abolished. The legislators have added so many restrictions because of the registry that it is only a matter of time before the courts, perhaps the United States Supreme Court, someday rules its use as punitive. When that happens, the registry will be gone.

We all need to hang together and support each other. Like the British people in 1940, our day will come.

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And along that line of thinking, may I submit the following:

"Never give in -- never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy."

Sir Winston Churchill (speech at Harrow School, 1941)
British prime minister (1874 - 1965)

it is people like this that make me sick and there the ones who make me sick because of what they do and they make it harder for us who are trying to do right people like this should never be let out and given a chance

But how would you know if he was one doing right or one of the "people like this" until he did something like what hee did? There are never any guarantees. You're right...the vast majority of the ones doing the right thing get punished just about every time something like this happens, but how do you know who to keep so they can't reoffend a 2nd time, and who to trust to never offend again? It makes me mad, too...

amen nathan . it makes all those who are living right , out to be like the ones whom do wrong , and our loved ones and our families have to face tougher laws .

well I think one key was that he broke into the home of strangers the first time? just seems like that is a different breed all together...

"But how would you know if he was one doing right or one of the "people like this" until he did something like what hee did?"

Check out this article: http://www.adn.com/2013/05/27/2917739/accused-killer-was-released-from.html

This guy is a complete train wreck. The epitome of a career criminal scumbag! But, The System wouldn't know it because it paints EVERYONE with the same damned broad brush!!!

Read the article. Then, tell me if this situation doesn't SCREAM in favor of REFORM.

If this screwed up system would focus on the true predators and not the romeo/juliets and the people pissing in an alley or someone who made a one-time mistake, then maybe those people would be alive and that poor baby wouldn't have been put through the unthinkable. The System is in place to serve one thing: The System...and not the people. This list is over-bloated with 750,000 names...it's useless. WHAT DID THE REGISTRY DO TO PROTECT THESE VICTIMS???? Not a fucking thing!!!! How can it??? It can't!!!!!

One day someone is going to wake the fuck up and realize that this one-size-fits-all scheme is only making this kind of crap worse!!!!!!!!!!

How did this guy get out so many times? There are people in prison for years and years over one charge, yet he keeps getting released.

"The 24-year-old has been "in and out" of jail since 2007, Kaci Schroeder, a spokeswoman for the Department of Corrections, said Monday.

In 2009, he was arrested for sneaking into a Togiak home and attempting to sexually assault an 11-year-old girl while the family slept, then assaulting three members of the household, according to an account at the time from the Alaska State Troopers.

He was convicted the next year in a Dillingham court on charges of attempted sexual abuse of a minor and trespassing."

Exactly!!!! Two high school sweethearts = 15 years in prison....but this true and actual predator = revolving door...slap on the wrist. It's as if the system is designed to fail everyone....except...well....the system!

Yes, that does piss me off...this obviously wasn't his 2nd time around, yet he was set free countless times. And from the way is sounds with him being transferred to different facilities in different states is that it was a federal case, I'm assuming because it was on reservation land? If that's the case, then wtf? They send numerous men to prison for years and years for non contact cp charges, yet this guy does everything he did and he just gets a few years and then he's free to strike again and cause another SO panic? I think they knew exactly what they were doing....