SEX OFFENDER LAWS A DISASTER
THE ROAD TO HELL IS PAVED WITH GOOD INTENTIONS. WHY KNEE-JERK LAWS ARE NOT THE ANSWER AND MAY DO MORE HARM TO SOCIETY THAN GOOD.
1. SEX OFFENDER LAWS UNDER FIRE: Patty Wetterling and the NACDL publicly "blast" career politician’s legislative abuses. Click here for more!
2. The Associated Press (AP) brings us this report on the ultimate chaos that has ensued and points out that vengeful laws don’t necessarily make us safer, They may satisfy a lust for revenge and quench our thirst for hatred from these offenders who have been so effectively demonized by the media and politicians, whether warranted or not. Remember everyone convicted of any type of sex offense is lumped into the same category and the laws apply across the board to violent rapists and teens caught having consensual sex. Click here for more!
3. HOW ACCURATE IS THE COMMUNITY NOTIFICATION OF REGISTERED SEX OFFENDERS? According to the following stories, not very accurate at all and the consequences can be dire and in some cases deadly. Click here for more!
4. US: Sex Offender Laws May Do More Harm - NEW report from Human Rights Watch. Click here for more!
5. SEX OFFENDER LAWS PUMMELED AS GAP BETWEEN BEING TOUGH ON CRIME AND BEING SMART ON CRIME WIDENS. Click here for full story!
6. BLOOD ON THE HANDS OF GEORGIA LAWMAKERS: When Bad Laws Come Full Circle: On March 8, 2007, 6 year old Christopher Michael Barrios Jr. left his grandmother’s trailer and went outside to a neighbor’s house alone to play on a swing. That would be the last time he would be seen alive. Click here for full story...
7. Maine's sex offender law could be unconstitutional because it retroactively increases punishments for people who have already completed their sentences for sex crimes, the state Supreme Court said Tuesday. Click here for full story...
8. A young family struggles against all odds after the father is charged with statutory rape of his wife and mother of his child. Click here for full story with some very important links!
9. WHY RESIDENCY RESTRICTIONS ARE BAD PUBLIC POLICY- FROM THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS: Twenty findings of research on residential restrictions on (former) sex offenders and the Iowa experience with similar policies. Includes Source Citations. Click here for full report!