May. 20, 2008 at 12:33 a.m. (Suggest removal)ZMan (anonymous)

http://sexoffenderissues.blogspot.com/

I want to first start off with saying I am NOT pro-pedophile or pro-sex offender but pro-Constitution. I am totally against any form of abuse to any animal or human being. Anybody who commits any crime should be punished. But, once that person has done the time they were convicted under, via contract, and is off parole and/or probation, they should be able to get on with their lives without all the rules and regulations. No other criminal has to live by such draconian laws, so why sex offenders? If we must do this for sex offenders, then I think, to be fair, all criminals must be under similar rules and regulations.

Now that that is out of the way, I am so glad you decided to stop by and check out my blog. I started this blog last year (around July 2006) to help spread the TRUTH about sex offender laws, issues and how they violate the United States Constitution, Bill of Rights and Human Rights. It was also created for sex offenders, so they have a one stop shop for everything related to them, so they can stay up to date on the laws, housing, etc.

When an ex-offender is forced to move from his/her home, thus having to sell it, cannot find another home within the law due to the residency "buffer" zones, get fired from their jobs due to being on the registry, cannot find a new job due to being on the registry, their husband/wife lose their jobs due to a significant other being on the registry, their children lose their friends and are harassed and bullied in school due to a family member being on the registry, thus destroying the children's lives, ex-offenders are forced into homelessness and to live under bridges, harassed by police, neighbors and probation/parole officers, have to wear "I'm a sex offender T-shirt" or have a neon green license plate on ALL their cars, have "sex offender" on their drivers license and forced to renew their licenses every year, forced from shelters during tornadoes or hurricanes, cannot give blood at some places due to being discriminated against for being on the sex offender registry, denied housing due to being on the registry, signs placed in their yards inviting harassment and ridicule from the neighbors, forced to move when the neighbors start picketing outside the ex-offenders home, the list is endless.

I THINK THIS IS CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT, BEYOND THE EXTREME!

May. 20, 2008 at 7:36 a.m. (Suggest removal)MSLGW (anonymous)

An excellent question. The short answer is NO. Residency restrictions do NOT work. There is an excellent article entitled, "SEX OFFENDERS AND RESIDENCY RESTRICTIONS: AN IN DEPTH ANALYSIS," at cfcoklahoma.com. I highly recommend reading it.

May. 20, 2008 at 10:56 a.m. (Suggest removal)fallenone (anonymous)

"They don't work." You could not get a simpler answer.

May. 20, 2008 at 6:25 p.m. (Suggest removal)MSLGW (anonymous)

I would very much like to see ktka do a special on the Adam Walsh Act (AWA), That is in my opinion another feel good law that destroys families, ruins children's lives and does more harm than good. SEE: Ricy's Story
here: cfcoklahona.com and here: cfcamerica.org

May. 28, 2008 at 5:43 p.m. (Suggest removal)MSLGW (anonymous)

Fallon Campaign: Sex offender law makes children less safe - Fallon was right!
5/28/2008

Contact: Stacy Brenton
(515) 822-3029
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

May 28, 2008, (1:30 PM CDT) - Yesterday, The Des Moines Register praised Ed Fallon for his 2002 vote against a bill that prohibited sex offenders from living within 2,000 feet of schools or day care centers. The Register said, "… he was frequently on the right side of issues…. He was the only House member to vote against the 2,000-foot residency restriction for certain sex offenders, a law that virtually banished them from many communities, making them harder to track, while driving up costs for law enforcement." http://www.iowapolitics.com/index.iml?Ar...
Coincidentally, voters in the Third District received a mailing yesterday asking them "Why does Ed Fallon think it's ok for sex offenders to live near schools?" As a backdrop, it included a photo of a prisoner in an orange jumpsuit looking though a fence at children in a playground. The mailer was sent by Boswell supporter Richard (Red) Brannan of Ankeny and had no return address.

Fallon said, "This is an example of cynical, negative politics. This mailer was sent out only a week before the election to make it look as if I support sex offenders. I call on Congressman Boswell to reject and renounce this misinformation and ask his supporters to cease their efforts to disparage my character and reputation."

Fallon says he voted against the bill because, "I knew that it would only make matters worse." He has been proven right.

Today, prosecutors, sheriffs, police and those who work with victims of sexual abuse agree that the bill was a mistake. The Iowa County Attorneys Association opposes the bill and acknowledges, "The research shows that there is no correlation between residency restrictions and reducing sex offenses against children or improving the safety of children." Scott County prosecutor Bill Davis put it clearly when he said of the law, "It's the wrong path. It doesn't make anyone safe…." Common sense tells you why. The law doesn't keep sex offenders from visiting schools, as the mailer depicts; it doesn't restrict their movements at all.

In fact, most agree it has actually made children less safe. According to the Iowa Coalition Against Sexual Assault, since the law went into effect, the number of sex offenders that the system has lost track of has more than doubled.

State representative and retired state trooper, Clel Baulder said, "The residency restriction was passed on emotion and emotion has no intelligence."

"I opposed a bill that is now generally agreed to be a mistake - by prosecutors, sheriffs, police, lawmakers who supported it at the time, and those who work with the victims of sexual assault," concluded Fallon.

Jun. 10, 2008 at 4:04 p.m. (Suggest removal)MSLGW (anonymous)

''Most people who know anything about this are frustrated. It is just not helpful -- the laws as they are now,'' said Randy Lopp, treatment subcommittee chairman of the Oklahoma Sex Offender Management Team.

I think if the general public understood the research, they would be willing to back the legislators to change the laws to make more sense and to protect children, because the laws as they are written are not protecting children," he said. "They are doing more harm than good.''

Visit cfcoklahoma.com for more in depth information

Jun. 13, 2008 at 10:38 a.m. (Suggest removal)MSLGW (anonymous)

If this news media at large REALLY wanted good ratings they need to do honest journalism and politicians to tell the truth.

Most people are very unaware that more than 90% of all sex crimes against children are committed in the home and incest related. 80% of incest crimes go unreported. Bill OReilly will not tell you that.
The entertainment news media promotes bogus pictures concerning "stranger danger," "pedophilia" and "predator". They sensationalize for "RATINGS"! as well as self aggrandizement.
5% or less of all sex crimes are of the "predator/stranger danger". And Law enforcement does a great job of catching those individuals.
Politicians in this environment are quick to jump on this bandwagon for votes. They totally ignore all the facts and pass laws that actually endanger children.
Incest is NOT pedophilia. These is a vast difference. You won't hear that on the news or from politicians either.
Recidivist rates for incest related offenses are between 1 & 2 percent and that is without treatment. Once caught the abusers wake up. Treatment reduces the recidivist rate for that 1 to 2 percent by 50%. Treatment works.
The stranger/pedophile recidivist rate (70%), is what the news media and politicians apply to everyone. Including teens and children as young as 10 years old are put on the public registries and labeled with the same broad brush.
There are 60 MILLION individuals in this country who have been molested in an incest related abuse. 30 MILLION, 50% will go on to abuse a family member. With this type being 80% NOT reported. That leaves 1-1/2 MILLION victims, which really leaves 75 MILLION to go on to abuse a family member. STAGGERING!!!
We all need to understand the facts if we are going to have an impact on Child sexual abuse.
This is a community problem. The fear factor with the treatment centers is bogus. Residency restrictions and public registration protects no one and in fact endangers children.
If you go to my site, please look at the top article "Incest - A Family Tragedy" click on "Read More" and the link to Shazzam films and PLEASE listen to the blogtalkradio.
www.cfcoklahoma.com

Jun. 14, 2008 at 8:58 p.m. (Suggest removal)angierose1977 (anonymous)

Please explain to me how allowing a sex offender live across the street from a school is going to help them? How about a whole house full? Right across the street from Highland Park HS is a halfway house full of registered sex offenders. That is no different than putting a recovering alcoholic in a bar and telling them not to drink. Where is the common sense in that? I can't imagine how keeping sex offenders away from kids infringes on their rights. To me it is keeping our kids safe, and making sure the offender doesn't relapse. How about this, along with therapy, we keep the offenders away from kids. That way they aren't tempted at all.