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The proposed sex-offender plate.
The legislation stems from a three-year effort by the friends and family of Kristen Jackson, 14, who was raped and killed in 2002 by a convicted sex offender who abducted her as she walked home from the Wayne County Fair in Wooster.
A 2005 bill that called for pink license plates for all sex offenders failed after critics deemed it too harsh and Mary Kay Cosmetics and advocates for breast cancer research objected to the color.
The revised bill would focus on convicted sex offenders who used violence or preyed on minors and would exclude other offenses like public exposure or consensual sex between an adult and a teenager.
“It’s about giving people the tools they need to make informed decisions for themselves and for their children,” said State Senator Kevin Coughlin, a Cuyahoga Falls Republican, who joined with Representative Michael DeBose, a Cleveland Democrat, to introduce in each house a bill they call Kristen’s Law.
A spokesman for Gov. Ted Strickland, a Democrat, said the governor would sign the measure if it was approved by the General Assembly.
Critics say the bill would wrongly punish the offenders’ family members who use the cars with the special license plates and expose occupants of the car to vigilante justice.
“I certainly want to keep our children safe from sexual predators, but I worry about casting the scarlet A, instead of on Hester Prynne, around Hester Prynne’s family,” said Representative Bill Seitz, a suburban Cincinnati Republican and the majority whip. Mr. Seitz sponsored a law enacted in 2003 that barred sex offenders from living within 1,000 feet of a school.
Another opponent of the bill, Conrad Goode, who has worked with sex offenders as a parole officer and is now a coordinator at a Salvation Army halfway house in Dayton, said: “They’ve done their time. They’ve done their after-care. They have to register where they live. That’s enough.”
David Finkelhor, director of the Crimes against Children Research Center in Durham, N.H., said the debate about such proposals should focus on results rather than intentions.
“Before we really go a lot further with it, we have to see if it has the desired effect,” Mr. Finkelhor said. “And these legislators are getting involved in implementing these ideas without any research to test their efficacy.”
A better course, he said, would be experimenting with one county.
Sheryl Rusher, a Wooster resident and friend of Kristen Jackson’s parents, has pushed for the bill for peace of mind for parents, arguing that Ohio already places special yellow license plates with red lettering on the cars of convicted drunken drivers.
“If we can put those plates on a D.U.I. driver’s car,” Ms. Rusher said, “then we should be able to put them on a sex offender’s car.”
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More than 20 friends and family of 14-year-old Kristen Jackson, who was abducted, raped and murdered by convicted sex offender Joel Yockey in Wayne County in September 2002, on Wednesday traveled to Columbus to endorse legislation that would require fluorescent green license plates for serious sex offenders.
Photo By Christine L. Pratt More than 20 friends and family of 14-year-old Kristen Jackson, who was abducted, raped and murdered by convicted sex offender Joel Yockey in Wayne County in September 2002, on Wednesday traveled to Columbus to endorse legislation that would require fluorescent green license plates for serious sex offenders.
Mark Jackson (photo above) hugs Lisa Haley (left) and Sharon Jackson hugs Christina Haley, thanking them for joining a Wednesday caravan to Columbus to support passage of legislation that would require serious sex offenders to have fluorescent green license plates. In photo below, more than 20 friends and family of 14-year-old Kristen Jackson, joined the group. For video, go to www.the-daily-record.com.
Photo By Christine L. PrattMark Jackson (photo above) hugs Lisa Haley (left) and Sharon Jackson hugs Christina Haley, thanking them for joining a Wednesday caravan to Columbus to support passage of legislation that would require serious sex offenders to have fluorescent green license plates. In photo below, more than 20 friends and family of 14-year-old Kristen Jackson, joined the group. For video, go to www.the-daily-record.com.
By CHRISTINE L. PRATT
Staff Writer
COLUMBUS -- Gathered in the Statehouse, wearing T-shirts emblazoned with an image of a fluorescent green license plate, the friends and family of Kristen Jackson joined legislators on Wednesday touting a law requiring the specialized plates for convicted sex offenders.
Among those in attendance were a group of Wayne Countians, including Kristen"s parents Mark and Sharon, who gathered in the dark morning to caravan from Wooster to Columbus.
The requirement is contained in a Senate bill, introduced last week by Cuyahoga Falls Republican Kevin Coughlin, which was complemented by a companion House bill introduced Wednesday by Cleveland Democrat Michael DeBose.
Among those traveling from Wayne County was Christina Haley.
Haley was a classmate of Kristen"s. Like Kristen, she was at the fair, performing with the Northwestern High School band on Sept. 9, 2. The two were planning to meet later that day, but Haley said she had to go home early.
That day was the last she saw Kristen, who was abducted, raped and murdered by convicted rapist Joel Yockey as she walked home.
Yockey died on Feb. 16 while serving life in prison after pleading guilty to killing Kristen.
Before Kristen"s abduction, Yockey had been identified as a sexually oriented offender. He lived within walking distance of the Jackson"s home, but his designation did not require community notification.
Haley said she heard Kristen was missing after a series of phone calls that night and was shocked and disturbed by the reality "something like that could happen in little Wayne County."
She joined the group in Columbus to "support the law, Kristen and her family," said Haley, who made the trip with her mother and grandfather.
Also joining them was Creston"s Barb Corp.
"I believe that what happened to Kristen and the price she paid should not happen again," Corp said. "I believe these plates will definitely make a difference and save hundreds of lives in the future. We need to protect our children."
As presented, the legislation would require sexual predators, habitual sexual offenders and those who sexually violate children to have identifying plates.
Also, judges would have the discretion of requiring sex offender plates for anyone convicted of a sexually oriented crime, Coughlin said.
The plates would be required for a minimum of five years, after which time the offender could, by demonstrating he is no longer a threat, petition the court to have them removed, Coughlin said.
The plates are designed to not only deter offenders, but raise awareness.
They would be immediately visible to adults in areas where children gather -- schools, parks and pools.
The bills also are endorsed by Summit County Sheriff Drew Alexander, who said they would be another tool to keep the public safe.
Arguments the plates would encourage vigilantism, have little merit, he said, citing little backlash associated with plates required for convicted drunken drivers.
Sheryl Rusher of Wooster has been friends with the Jacksons for 20 years. She has spent the last 2 1/2 years writing letters in support of sex offender license plate legislation.
"It"s worth the trip, and I"m willing to make as many (more) as I have to to see it through," said Rusher, who was joined by her husband, Doug, and their 9-year-old son in Columbus.
"It"s time to go back home and start writing (more) letters," she said.
Sarah Kitchen was in church youth group with Kristen. The Jacksons called her to join them on the trip.
"I think she would be pleased to see something good come out of her death, and that we can get some comfort even though we"re still grieving over the loss of her," Kitchen said.
Sharon Jackson said she was pleased by the show of support, not only in Columbus, but at home.
Of the proposed law, "I think if it could save one child, it"s worth it."
She encourages all parents to discuss with their children the dangers of strangers.
She suggests adults help children recognize those adults they can trust, including police officers, and teach them to be "aware and fearful" of others.
"I think you have to be very cautious. You want to believe people are good, but you have to key in on that motherly or gut instinct. Maybe it"s God talking to you ...," she said, encouraging any child who has been approached by a stranger to report the encounter to a trusted adult.
She hopes the proposed law will "help children to not have to put up with anything Kristen had to go through."
Reporter Christine L. Pratt can be reached at (330) 287-3 or e-mail cpratt@the-daily-record.com.
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Posted by jadedme November 29, 2007
He technically lived in her back yard...if she seen the plates she would NEVER have gotten in the car...He dismembered her...what child or family deserves that? You just don't want to deal with a green plate or the reality sex offenders are dangerous and more of them then drunk drivers...
17.
Posted by Get Real October 29, 2007
What about the thousands of kids BRANDED SEX OFFENDERS, will they put green licence plates on their bikes. What about the family member that is not a sex offender, and needs a ride to school, sports, the mall. It amazes me that people do not consider a past sex offender to be a PERSON with a mother,father,sister,brother,son daughter and their lives are being ruined,too. Wake Up, the list is growing and growing with our American children by the seconds,WATCH WHAT YOU WISH FOR, UNLESS YOU LIKE THE COLOR GREEN. Pray for the families being branded, "Ethical treatment for All Youth" ,http://www.ethicaltreatment.org/stories.htm
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Posted by cat121980 March 6, 2007
I am behind this 100%.I feel that this is a better way to protect our children.They will see the plate and know to take extra precution.We give the DUI s a yellow one,so I STRONGLY feel we need this to help us and to help protect ALL children
15.
Posted by badnews9 March 5, 2007
So Much for do the crime and do the time ......... this is nuts, whats next special plates for repeat speeders.
ENOUGH ........... we have enough laws, enforce them.
14.
Posted by ZManGA March 3, 2007
http://www.nacdl.org...licy.pdf
13.
Posted by momof321277 March 2, 2007
i hope this law passes...sex affenders are mental because anyone that would touch a child needs to be locked up and the key thrown away...we have to protect our children...my daughter was malested 3 years ago and the person that did it is still on the streets,why i dont know u would figure the court would of already put her in jail,but nothing has happened yet...we won are appeal and shes still on the streets i dont know whats going on with the courts but my child is not being protected by the court because if she was then the girl that did this to my daughter would of been in jail along time ago...its been 3 years and im still waiting on the courts...my daughter is now 5 years old and she was 2 at the time it happened and the bad part is she still remebers what happened to her...the girl even confessed what she did to my little girl and is still on the streets and i will never understand why she is not in jail yet..but anyways my point is us as parents need to know when there is a sexual predater around so we can protect our children from these sickos...
12.
Posted by AC Baron March 2, 2007
**So when someone vandalizes one of their cars by keying, broken glass, spray painted, I bet the state can expect a bunch of bills for damage repair to be heading their way, and law suits.**
Here's a thought, they should have considered that before having sexual relations with a minor for ANY REASON WHATSOEVER. I think it's safe to say the facts show that the chances are far higher for sexual offenders to repeat their crime. The actual number of sex offenders being attacked is far lower than you are trying to present as well. The majority of the known population in this country can manages to obey the law. Those that cannot and affect it in a way that sexually oriented offenders do I take no pity for. An ordinary thief can steal your personal items and they can be replaced. What is stolen in a sexual assault on a child or adult cannot be regained.
I see no issue with them registering and people being notified in the area. The trouble with only notifying the immediate neighborhood is that people are mobile. That being the case no one is aware a sex offender is sitting outside a school waiting to repeat their crime again. The plate prevents that situation. The last time I checked in this state you have the ability to register your vehicle in different names ie your's or your husband. You have not committed a sexually oriented crime you don't need a plate. Register your vehicle in your name and get a regular plate.
You want to cry about having to register where you live? My wife is a foreign national. As a result we are required to notify the government within 10 days of when we move FOR LIFE. What crime has she committed? None, unless being born in another country is a crime. Neither she nor her family had anything to do with 9-11. Neither her or her family support terrorists. However, she has to register every time. That's the law and we abide by it. When she attended school here if she missed more than 3 days for any reason at all they school had to report her to DHS. The result would be a knock on the door and detention until we could prove what, where, and when she was. Thankfully it never happened. However it's the law and we abide by it.
The fact is the plate saves lives. The plate lets people know. You don't want the embarrassment of a green or yellow plate... obey the law.
11.
Posted by woody March 1, 2007
re: ZManGA ...
Forgive me if I have little compassion for a convicted sex offender.
It's good to hear he has rehabilitated himself, but OTHERS who allegedly have been rehabilitated have instead turned out to become repeat offenders ...
I don't know how you ever got the idea that a sex offender has EVER paid his debt to society. Yeah, he's going to be reminded of it every day (I don't think that's a bad thing) ... and so is his family.
I wonder if his victim still thinks about it every day, too ...
10.
Posted by ZManGA March 1, 2007
Proof you people cannot handle the information about sex offenders.
http://www.lancaster...=2090388
This is only 1 of MANY:
http://www.geocities...ter.html
9.
Posted by ZManGA March 1, 2007
Surviving at the Whim of Madmen - By Ilah
Other Links:
http://sexoffenderissues.blogspot.com/
http://sexoffenderinfo.pbwiki.com/
News of a horrific crime, reporters telling the details over and over, mugshots of the suspect on the screen, revelation that the suspect is a registered sex offender. Even though such a crime might occur hundreds of miles away, I panic.
That crime could cost my son any remaining chance of a normal, stable childhood. It could cost me the choice to live peacefully with my husband, the right to live free of the terror that someone will show up on my doorstep intent on murder.
Why? Because in response to horrific crimes, society now lashes out at law-abiding citizens who, in the past, broke the law. Punishes them again by broadcasting their daily whereabouts to the world, driving them into joblessness and homelessness, banning them from walking down a city street or taking shelter in cases of emergencies. And the law thoroughly punishes their families. Spouses must either live under the same dangers, restrictions and privacy invasions, or abandon their marriage. Children lose friends, homes, and the right to be free of mockery and assault and fear.
We don't speak out often. Being legally required to provide personal information to those who wish to kill us tends to stifle public discourse. If a death threat is made, we cannot protect ourselves by staying with relatives or in a hotel for a few days. The law requires we keep the potential killer updated as to where we can be found. And that potential killer would have more rights under the law, even if he murdered us, than we do as people trying to remain in compliance with ever-changing laws.
My husband was convicted decades ago of a sex crime against an adult. He served time, he participated in years of treatment during and after release, he spent additional years under supervision. Then a court, and a panel of mental health experts, deemed he was no longer a danger to anyone. Not medium risk, not low risk. No risk. He set out to do what hundreds of thousands of ex-cons do--build a new life--and he succeeded. We married and had a child. We worked hard, contributed to our community, raised our son, made plans for the future.
Then society demanded a do-over, and contrived to do so through "regulation." So another court decided there was no punishment attached to retroactive registration of sex offenders, nor in the highly publicized dissemination of their whereabouts. Even though we are no longer subject to criminal supervision, "civil" laws have taken our privacy, our right to live and travel where we choose, and our right to be free of harassment.
Politicians, the media, and the public make it clear to us: We are human garbage. Toxic waste. Unfit to breathe the air. Unworthy of life. Deserving of death at the hands of vigilantes.
Yes, I say "we," even though my husband is the only sex offender in the family. For years, the public, politicians, and certain advocacy groups have gotten away with failing to acknowledge the swath of collateral damage their law-making has inflicted. If a mere third of offenders are married, almost a quarter million spouses are recklessly placed in jeopardy by the laws. If a third live with a parent, almost a quarter million family members are at risk. If a third have a single child, almost a quarter million children are--daily-- endangered by public notification and the prevailing, rabidly encouraged public sentiment that any registered offender should be tormented at every opportunity. Our lives are ones of fear.
To those who say I knew what I was getting into by marrying a man with a sex crime in his past, consider this: We married five years before the first law that affected us was passed, and nearly ten years before the current crop became law. Ten years ago, no reasonable person would have predicted that, absent any wrongdoing in that time, we'd suddenly be violating the law to live in a home we own, to drive down certain city streets, to take a vacation without notifying law enforcement, to buy or rent a new home or hold a job without updating the public--all because of a decades-old conviction. All these penalties came to pass after our marriage, and after the birth of our child.
There is no way to appeal it. There is no escaping it. No matter what we do--no matter how well or how long we abide by the laws--we lose more and more rights and freedoms every day. And that loss is based upon pure hysteria and statistical manipulation. The testimony of mental health experts is ignored by politicians and the mainstream media. True recidivism rates are under-reported, or are not reported at all. Even victim advocacy groups and prosecuting attorneys are disregarded when they speak against these punishments. And discussing the consequences of the laws is, apparently, taboo in the public forum.
Some will say it would be shameful to repeal laws intended to protect children. I tell you the recklessness with which hundreds of thousands of innocent American citizens have been triumphantly stripped of their privacy, family, and safety is shameful indeed. Politicians and advocates tell us that such "civil" abuse heaped upon sex offenders is worthy if it saves a single child. By default, they name the pain and loss and endangerment inflicted on other children worthy as well. Shameful indeed.
I don't ask that you welcome us with open arms. We ask for something far more simple: to be left alone, just as we were all those years in which we did nothing wrong under the law. However, if you demand that every offender be eternally punished for his or her past, then show the moral courage to hold yourself accountable for the present.
When you demand offenders be pushed out of your community, say out loud, "and their children should be hounded out of their home, too."
When you demand longer and broader notifications, state bravely, "and I want their children to be shamed whenever they leave their home, to live in terror of vigilante violence forever."
When you demand offenders be banned from schools, proclaim as well, "and I want their children to be mocked and beaten by their classmates, to never have a friend."
When you demand the government step in to 'protect the children,' say to the offender's child, "But you I will purposefully endanger. Your family I will destroy, and claim its destruction as my victory."
When you demand an offender be again punished for a decades-old crime, at least have the decency to say you're willing to inflict certain damage on thousands of children in exchange for the many-times disproved promise of better security for yours.
Don't like the way that sounds? Neither do we. But you have the option of turning away, of ignoring it, of justifying it with sound bites. We don't. We live according to the whims of civil madmen every day.
Ilah June 06
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Jackson family, friends push for sex offender license plates
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March 1, 2007
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More than 20 friends and family of 14-year-old Kristen Jackson, who was abducted, raped and murdered by convicted sex offender Joel Yockey in Wayne County in September 2002, on Wednesday traveled to Columbus to endorse legislation that would require fluorescent green license plates for serious sex offenders.
Photo By Christine L. Pratt More than 20 friends and family of 14-year-old Kristen Jackson, who was abducted, raped and murdered by convicted sex offender Joel Yockey in Wayne County in September 2002, on Wednesday traveled to Columbus to endorse legislation that would require fluorescent green license plates for serious sex offenders.
Mark Jackson (photo above) hugs Lisa Haley (left) and Sharon Jackson hugs Christina Haley, thanking them for joining a Wednesday caravan to Columbus to support passage of legislation that would require serious sex offenders to have fluorescent green license plates. In photo below, more than 20 friends and family of 14-year-old Kristen Jackson, joined the group. For video, go to www.the-daily-record.com.
Photo By Christine L. PrattMark Jackson (photo above) hugs Lisa Haley (left) and Sharon Jackson hugs Christina Haley, thanking them for joining a Wednesday caravan to Columbus to support passage of legislation that would require serious sex offenders to have fluorescent green license plates. In photo below, more than 20 friends and family of 14-year-old Kristen Jackson, joined the group. For video, go to www.the-daily-record.com.
By CHRISTINE L. PRATT
Staff Writer
COLUMBUS -- Gathered in the Statehouse, wearing T-shirts emblazoned with an image of a fluorescent green license plate, the friends and family of Kristen Jackson joined legislators on Wednesday touting a law requiring the specialized plates for convicted sex offenders.
Among those in attendance were a group of Wayne Countians, including Kristen"s parents Mark and Sharon, who gathered in the dark morning to caravan from Wooster to Columbus.
The requirement is contained in a Senate bill, introduced last week by Cuyahoga Falls Republican Kevin Coughlin, which was complemented by a companion House bill introduced Wednesday by Cleveland Democrat Michael DeBose.
Among those traveling from Wayne County was Christina Haley.
Haley was a classmate of Kristen"s. Like Kristen, she was at the fair, performing with the Northwestern High School band on Sept. 9, 2. The two were planning to meet later that day, but Haley said she had to go home early.
That day was the last she saw Kristen, who was abducted, raped and murdered by convicted rapist Joel Yockey as she walked home.
Yockey died on Feb. 16 while serving life in prison after pleading guilty to killing Kristen.
Before Kristen"s abduction, Yockey had been identified as a sexually oriented offender. He lived within walking distance of the Jackson"s home, but his designation did not require community notification.
Haley said she heard Kristen was missing after a series of phone calls that night and was shocked and disturbed by the reality "something like that could happen in little Wayne County."
She joined the group in Columbus to "support the law, Kristen and her family," said Haley, who made the trip with her mother and grandfather.
Also joining them was Creston"s Barb Corp.
"I believe that what happened to Kristen and the price she paid should not happen again," Corp said. "I believe these plates will definitely make a difference and save hundreds of lives in the future. We need to protect our children."
As presented, the legislation would require sexual predators, habitual sexual offenders and those who sexually violate children to have identifying plates.
Also, judges would have the discretion of requiring sex offender plates for anyone convicted of a sexually oriented crime, Coughlin said.
The plates would be required for a minimum of five years, after which time the offender could, by demonstrating he is no longer a threat, petition the court to have them removed, Coughlin said.
The plates are designed to not only deter offenders, but raise awareness.
They would be immediately visible to adults in areas where children gather -- schools, parks and pools.
The bills also are endorsed by Summit County Sheriff Drew Alexander, who said they would be another tool to keep the public safe.
Arguments the plates would encourage vigilantism, have little merit, he said, citing little backlash associated with plates required for convicted drunken drivers.
Sheryl Rusher of Wooster has been friends with the Jacksons for 20 years. She has spent the last 2 1/2 years writing letters in support of sex offender license plate legislation.
"It"s worth the trip, and I"m willing to make as many (more) as I have to to see it through," said Rusher, who was joined by her husband, Doug, and their 9-year-old son in Columbus.
"It"s time to go back home and start writing (more) letters," she said.
Sarah Kitchen was in church youth group with Kristen. The Jacksons called her to join them on the trip.
"I think she would be pleased to see something good come out of her death, and that we can get some comfort even though we"re still grieving over the loss of her," Kitchen said.
Sharon Jackson said she was pleased by the show of support, not only in Columbus, but at home.
Of the proposed law, "I think if it could save one child, it"s worth it."
She encourages all parents to discuss with their children the dangers of strangers.
She suggests adults help children recognize those adults they can trust, including police officers, and teach them to be "aware and fearful" of others.
"I think you have to be very cautious. You want to believe people are good, but you have to key in on that motherly or gut instinct. Maybe it"s God talking to you ...," she said, encouraging any child who has been approached by a stranger to report the encounter to a trusted adult.
She hopes the proposed law will "help children to not have to put up with anything Kristen had to go through."
Reporter Christine L. Pratt can be reached at (330) 287-3 or e-mail cpratt@the-daily-record.com.
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Posted by jadedme November 29, 2007
He technically lived in her back yard...if she seen the plates she would NEVER have gotten in the car...He dismembered her...what child or family deserves that? You just don't want to deal with a green plate or the reality sex offenders are dangerous and more of them then drunk drivers...
17.
Posted by Get Real October 29, 2007
What about the thousands of kids BRANDED SEX OFFENDERS, will they put green licence plates on their bikes. What about the family member that is not a sex offender, and needs a ride to school, sports, the mall. It amazes me that people do not consider a past sex offender to be a PERSON with a mother,father,sister,brother,son daughter and their lives are being ruined,too. Wake Up, the list is growing and growing with our American children by the seconds,WATCH WHAT YOU WISH FOR, UNLESS YOU LIKE THE COLOR GREEN. Pray for the families being branded, "Ethical treatment for All Youth" ,http://www.ethicaltreatment.org/stories.htm
16.
Posted by cat121980 March 6, 2007
I am behind this 100%.I feel that this is a better way to protect our children.They will see the plate and know to take extra precution.We give the DUI s a yellow one,so I STRONGLY feel we need this to help us and to help protect ALL children
15.
Posted by badnews9 March 5, 2007
So Much for do the crime and do the time ......... this is nuts, whats next special plates for repeat speeders.
ENOUGH ........... we have enough laws, enforce them.
14.
Posted by ZManGA March 3, 2007
http://www.nacdl.org...licy.pdf
13.
Posted by momof321277 March 2, 2007
i hope this law passes...sex affenders are mental because anyone that would touch a child needs to be locked up and the key thrown away...we have to protect our children...my daughter was malested 3 years ago and the person that did it is still on the streets,why i dont know u would figure the court would of already put her in jail,but nothing has happened yet...we won are appeal and shes still on the streets i dont know whats going on with the courts but my child is not being protected by the court because if she was then the girl that did this to my daughter would of been in jail along time ago...its been 3 years and im still waiting on the courts...my daughter is now 5 years old and she was 2 at the time it happened and the bad part is she still remebers what happened to her...the girl even confessed what she did to my little girl and is still on the streets and i will never understand why she is not in jail yet..but anyways my point is us as parents need to know when there is a sexual predater around so we can protect our children from these sickos...
12.
Posted by AC Baron March 2, 2007
**So when someone vandalizes one of their cars by keying, broken glass, spray painted, I bet the state can expect a bunch of bills for damage repair to be heading their way, and law suits.**
Here's a thought, they should have considered that before having sexual relations with a minor for ANY REASON WHATSOEVER. I think it's safe to say the facts show that the chances are far higher for sexual offenders to repeat their crime. The actual number of sex offenders being attacked is far lower than you are trying to present as well. The majority of the known population in this country can manages to obey the law. Those that cannot and affect it in a way that sexually oriented offenders do I take no pity for. An ordinary thief can steal your personal items and they can be replaced. What is stolen in a sexual assault on a child or adult cannot be regained.
I see no issue with them registering and people being notified in the area. The trouble with only notifying the immediate neighborhood is that people are mobile. That being the case no one is aware a sex offender is sitting outside a school waiting to repeat their crime again. The plate prevents that situation. The last time I checked in this state you have the ability to register your vehicle in different names ie your's or your husband. You have not committed a sexually oriented crime you don't need a plate. Register your vehicle in your name and get a regular plate.
You want to cry about having to register where you live? My wife is a foreign national. As a result we are required to notify the government within 10 days of when we move FOR LIFE. What crime has she committed? None, unless being born in another country is a crime. Neither she nor her family had anything to do with 9-11. Neither her or her family support terrorists. However, she has to register every time. That's the law and we abide by it. When she attended school here if she missed more than 3 days for any reason at all they school had to report her to DHS. The result would be a knock on the door and detention until we could prove what, where, and when she was. Thankfully it never happened. However it's the law and we abide by it.
The fact is the plate saves lives. The plate lets people know. You don't want the embarrassment of a green or yellow plate... obey the law.
11.
Posted by woody March 1, 2007
re: ZManGA ...
Forgive me if I have little compassion for a convicted sex offender.
It's good to hear he has rehabilitated himself, but OTHERS who allegedly have been rehabilitated have instead turned out to become repeat offenders ...
I don't know how you ever got the idea that a sex offender has EVER paid his debt to society. Yeah, he's going to be reminded of it every day (I don't think that's a bad thing) ... and so is his family.
I wonder if his victim still thinks about it every day, too ...
10.
Posted by ZManGA March 1, 2007
Proof you people cannot handle the information about sex offenders.
http://www.lancaster...=2090388
This is only 1 of MANY:
http://www.geocities...ter.html
9.
Posted by ZManGA March 1, 2007
Surviving at the Whim of Madmen - By Ilah
Other Links:
http://sexoffenderissues.blogspot.com/
http://sexoffenderinfo.pbwiki.com/
News of a horrific crime, reporters telling the details over and over, mugshots of the suspect on the screen, revelation that the suspect is a registered sex offender. Even though such a crime might occur hundreds of miles away, I panic.
That crime could cost my son any remaining chance of a normal, stable childhood. It could cost me the choice to live peacefully with my husband, the right to live free of the terror that someone will show up on my doorstep intent on murder.
Why? Because in response to horrific crimes, society now lashes out at law-abiding citizens who, in the past, broke the law. Punishes them again by broadcasting their daily whereabouts to the world, driving them into joblessness and homelessness, banning them from walking down a city street or taking shelter in cases of emergencies. And the law thoroughly punishes their families. Spouses must either live under the same dangers, restrictions and privacy invasions, or abandon their marriage. Children lose friends, homes, and the right to be free of mockery and assault and fear.
We don't speak out often. Being legally required to provide personal information to those who wish to kill us tends to stifle public discourse. If a death threat is made, we cannot protect ourselves by staying with relatives or in a hotel for a few days. The law requires we keep the potential killer updated as to where we can be found. And that potential killer would have more rights under the law, even if he murdered us, than we do as people trying to remain in compliance with ever-changing laws.
My husband was convicted decades ago of a sex crime against an adult. He served time, he participated in years of treatment during and after release, he spent additional years under supervision. Then a court, and a panel of mental health experts, deemed he was no longer a danger to anyone. Not medium risk, not low risk. No risk. He set out to do what hundreds of thousands of ex-cons do--build a new life--and he succeeded. We married and had a child. We worked hard, contributed to our community, raised our son, made plans for the future.
Then society demanded a do-over, and contrived to do so through "regulation." So another court decided there was no punishment attached to retroactive registration of sex offenders, nor in the highly publicized dissemination of their whereabouts. Even though we are no longer subject to criminal supervision, "civil" laws have taken our privacy, our right to live and travel where we choose, and our right to be free of harassment.
Politicians, the media, and the public make it clear to us: We are human garbage. Toxic waste. Unfit to breathe the air. Unworthy of life. Deserving of death at the hands of vigilantes.
Yes, I say "we," even though my husband is the only sex offender in the family. For years, the public, politicians, and certain advocacy groups have gotten away with failing to acknowledge the swath of collateral damage their law-making has inflicted. If a mere third of offenders are married, almost a quarter million spouses are recklessly placed in jeopardy by the laws. If a third live with a parent, almost a quarter million family members are at risk. If a third have a single child, almost a quarter million children are--daily-- endangered by public notification and the prevailing, rabidly encouraged public sentiment that any registered offender should be tormented at every opportunity. Our lives are ones of fear.
To those who say I knew what I was getting into by marrying a man with a sex crime in his past, consider this: We married five years before the first law that affected us was passed, and nearly ten years before the current crop became law. Ten years ago, no reasonable person would have predicted that, absent any wrongdoing in that time, we'd suddenly be violating the law to live in a home we own, to drive down certain city streets, to take a vacation without notifying law enforcement, to buy or rent a new home or hold a job without updating the public--all because of a decades-old conviction. All these penalties came to pass after our marriage, and after the birth of our child.
There is no way to appeal it. There is no escaping it. No matter what we do--no matter how well or how long we abide by the laws--we lose more and more rights and freedoms every day. And that loss is based upon pure hysteria and statistical manipulation. The testimony of mental health experts is ignored by politicians and the mainstream media. True recidivism rates are under-reported, or are not reported at all. Even victim advocacy groups and prosecuting attorneys are disregarded when they speak against these punishments. And discussing the consequences of the laws is, apparently, taboo in the public forum.
Some will say it would be shameful to repeal laws intended to protect children. I tell you the recklessness with which hundreds of thousands of innocent American citizens have been triumphantly stripped of their privacy, family, and safety is shameful indeed. Politicians and advocates tell us that such "civil" abuse heaped upon sex offenders is worthy if it saves a single child. By default, they name the pain and loss and endangerment inflicted on other children worthy as well. Shameful indeed.
I don't ask that you welcome us with open arms. We ask for something far more simple: to be left alone, just as we were all those years in which we did nothing wrong under the law. However, if you demand that every offender be eternally punished for his or her past, then show the moral courage to hold yourself accountable for the present.
When you demand offenders be pushed out of your community, say out loud, "and their children should be hounded out of their home, too."
When you demand longer and broader notifications, state bravely, "and I want their children to be shamed whenever they leave their home, to live in terror of vigilante violence forever."
When you demand offenders be banned from schools, proclaim as well, "and I want their children to be mocked and beaten by their classmates, to never have a friend."
When you demand the government step in to 'protect the children,' say to the offender's child, "But you I will purposefully endanger. Your family I will destroy, and claim its destruction as my victory."
When you demand an offender be again punished for a decades-old crime, at least have the decency to say you're willing to inflict certain damage on thousands of children in exchange for the many-times disproved promise of better security for yours.
Don't like the way that sounds? Neither do we. But you have the option of turning away, of ignoring it, of justifying it with sound bites. We don't. We live according to the whims of civil madmen every day.
Ilah June 06
www.sohopeful.org
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