I just read this and posted it on our Indiana website. This should also be sent to your state legislators!!

its kind of funny when you try and tell people the truth when it comes to sex offenders most of the people that write in the comment section they always say that the numbers are always made up that they are a lie and that EVERYONE on the RSO list molest children and when you tell them to look it up themselves they will still say its a lie or if you try and enlighten them they say oh you must be a child molester yourself or how can you defend them you must be one oh and god help you if you are a lawyer defending one they will call them scum of the earth even though our laws say that EVERYONE has a right to a lawyer

One strike for us! Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't comment because I don't have a facebook account.
@Firecracker: Yes, the constitution says we have a right to a lawyer but most of us are not rich and get a PD who is not getting paid and who "really" doesn't give a chit about your rights. I know you already know this but rich people seldom do time because they can afford a good lawyer. If an attorney is getting paid well, he doesn't care what other people think. His pockets are full and he gets plenty more cases to keep filling them!

blackjewel what Constitution???? they dont go by that anymore when they usurp the

Constitution by imposing ex post facto laws No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges ... of citizens ... nor ... deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny ... the equal protection of the laws kind of makes the consitution not a factor anymore oh i forgot its for the sake of the children
. The Fourth Amendment guards against searches, arrests, and seizures of property without a specific warrant or a "probable cause" to believe a crime has been committed. Some rights to privacy have been found in this amendment and others by the Supreme Court. The Fifth Amendment forbids trial for a major crime except after indictment by a grand jury; prohibits double jeopardy (repeated trials), except in certain very limited circumstances; forbids punishment without due process of law; and provides that an accused person may not be compelled to testify against himself (this is also known as "Taking the Fifth" or "Pleading the Fifth"). This is regarded as the "rights of the accused" amendment, otherwise known as the Miranda rights after the Supreme Court case. It also prohibits government from taking private property for public use without "just compensation", the basis of eminent domain oh and i forgot this one this one should get a laugh from everyone on this site The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the land in the United states of America.

I thought it was especially interesting that the author is talking directly about a state-funded study and somebody writes in questioning where he got his statistics! Duh! The parade of morons never seems to end!

Omg that lady named Valerie who leaves a negative comment every other comment infuriates me! She is so full of hate and evil. I find that when I come across bitches like that I feel myself wanting to find a way, any way, to inflict upon them the same pain the registry has enflicted on everyone here. Eeewww I would forget about my age and kick the shit out of her if I were to ever come face to face with her.

And she knows it..that's probably the only "power" she has...take it away from her and ignore her. Just post positive comments to everyone else, you agree with.

Oh, and maybe we should ALL refer to her as "Sunshine" lol !

Oh, and you should click on her facebook page..she seems to have a vendetta

Darn - wanted to post the comment below on that thread but you have to have a Facebook account - I can't. :(

I think the REAL question is this - out of the 2.7% who did commit a new sex offense how could a sex offender registry have every stopped them? It couldn't - IT DIDN'T! The registry only serves to make the lives of those who will NEVER commit another offense impossible to live in a healthy, law-abiding, and stable manner.

These laws are so absurd it would be laughable but for the fact that they are in fact COUNTERPRODUCTIVE to the very goal for which they stand - public safety. When will Americans pull their heads out of the sand and start listening to the experts on child and public safety? Even Patty Wetterling, the Minnesota mother of a 12 year old who was abducted and never seen again who was instrumental in getting our first registry enacted over 30 years ago, has publicly spoken out against these laws.

There IS a better solution - one that allows any person to obtain an application from someone who will become part of their family's inner-circle where the application authorizes that person to do a background search - the person doing the search could then obtain an authorization code from the registry for a look up on that individual. This takes the negatives away while leaving the positives. This solution would make our communities and our families safer. The public registry puts otherwise low-risk offenders at a higher risk for recidivism because it makes it impossible for them to rebuild any sense of normalcy in their lives.

And to the "Valerie Parkhursts" of the world, why do you insist on ignoring what child and public safety experts continue to say? Do you not care that these laws put our children at greater risk?

You're right - don't listen to a bunch of former offenders. Listen to the EXPERTS! Read the 146-page report from the Human Rights Watch.

Darn...sunshine...what makes a person act like that?!?

@Firecracker: Yes, I agree. They continue to deny the constitution and what our government is supposed to stand for and they are pushing their people to the edge of a revolution which I honestly believe will happen. Hopefully my husband will be home before it happens? We have been preparing for it for quite a while.

Oh, now she's over there ranting and raving about RSOL and NAMBLA....don't think she's got i that people have for the most part, moved on to other articles...wonder if she realizes just how silly she looks. I reckon not

Oh, now she's over there ranting and raving about RSOL and NAMBLA....don't think she's got i that people have for the most part, moved on to other articles...wonder if she realizes just how silly she looks. I reckon not

read the article and the comments. valerie's comments really troubled me. i don't see how one can be so narrow minded and full of hate. anyway the article waas great.