Month: November 2012

originally posted 2/3/2010 I am SO UPSET with this law, it is tearing my family APART; HELP, PLEASE!!!   I fell in love with a man who had done time for an offense that happened at a party when he was high school age, he is now in his 40’s and NOT ANY risk to anyone but himself.   Or, am I just the stupid one to have fallen in love with him?? He and I have 4, beautiful, intelligent children together and it is hard for me to move on without him, I DO NOT want to take my children from THEIR FATHER!   He and I both lost our mothers when in our childhood and I do not want my children to grow up without BOTH parents!   We have been living in motels for SIX YEARS, because we CANNOT get into affordable housing; NO ONE will deal with us.   I was doing housekeeping at this last…

originally posted 2/3/2010 I am a FORMER convicted sex offender… Arrested for a misdemeanor charge, Class B indecent exposure OVER 12 years ago….Since my arrest I have SUCCESSFULLY completed sex offender treatment as well as all requirements for two years probation.  I was released from probation in 1999.  For TEN YEARS after that I was required to register as a sex offender… During that time I have been blatantly discriminated against by SEVERAL apartment complexes, as well as KICKED OUT of APARTMENTS and HOTELS on more then one occasion… I have been FIRED from jobs as well as DENIED the right to work because of my PAST criminal record.   I have MORE THAN paid my debt to society!   After being released OFF the sex offender list in October of this past year, I had anticipated being treated differently by both apartment complexes as well as prospective places of employment. I STILL TO THIS DAY AM BEING DENIED THE RIGHT…

originally posted 2/2/2010 My son went to court for three years on a charge of statutory rape.   He was 18 when this happened; he was at a friend’s and some girls pulled up he didn’t know.  The one driving was all over him and asked to go with him, they went to his grandparents and asked to stay the night.  The girl said she was 17, he had no reason to doubt it since she pulled up driving.  Needless to say they ended up sleeping together.  Later on some man went to the jail and made a statement that she told him they slept together. From hearsay they took a warrant.  He went to court for 3 years,during that time he was arrested for anything they could arrest him for.  Example:  He was at a club and sprayed himself with cologne. an officer in plainclothes that knew him walked over to him and asked what are you spraying son…

originally published 2/2/2010 I m a person who was accused as a sex offender based on Colo laws that even state persons caught using the bathroom in public (at the top of a mountian) are sex offenders and have been told even though I was only going to coach a person in soccer as i have done for 10 years that I am and will always be considered a SO, and can no longer coach!

originally posted 2/2/2010 I am a voice who wishes to speak out about the unfair side of the law, from the insider’s prospective. I am one that was burned by the law; I lost my whole life, my job, and I can live hardly anywhere because of schools, churches, parks, and day-cares,  and I am the last person that would ever hurt a child. Thank you for making the petition I have been trying to figure out how to make, and thank you for fighting this. It isn’t fair to the people that aren’t hard core predators to be forced to live like we are. Most people on the registry are on there for having a girlfriend that was ‘too young’ when they were still too young themselves. And they get punished for life for that one moment. If that isn’t unjust, I don’t know what is. Again thank you, and may we see a change.

originally posted 2/1/2010 I am a Sex Offender. In 1992 I had consensual sex with a 16 year old when I was 21 but was told that she was 18. I was convicted of Carnal Knowledge of a Juvenile in 1993 and was put on probation. In 1994 people found out about it, and a girl accused me of having sex with her. She was 16 at the time as well. Because of the previous conviction, it was hard to prove my innocence. Fortunately, the young lady called my house and spoke to my girlfriend, and my girlfriend allowed the answering machine to pick up before talking. She asked her a series of questions including full name, date of birth, and social security number. The girl gave all that to her in the conversation and then said that I got smart with her and she found out that I was a sex offender. The tape could not be used in court, but the…

originally posted 1/19/2010 My son is serving a 10 year sentence for having kiddy porn on his computer. �He never touched a child and never had any interest in sex with kids, but I have learned that my son had some sexual interactions with other boys his age when he was in middle school. So though I don’t understand it it makes it more understandable his curiousity about it on the internet. �When the FBI tore his apt apart where he lived with his pregnant girl friend they found nothing but what was on the computer. �I’m not shy about sharing my son’s story because I know many young men are being caught up in this hysteria and fear of the internet. The internet is a real danger because of the laws for curious young people trying to understand sexuality. �My son started on the internet when he was about 15, and though he was supervised he was not supervised…

originally posted 1/18/2010 I am married to a registered sex offender whos crime had nothing to do with a minor but still lives under statutes of every person with that label on their head. We have 2 children together and cannot live together because of the laws stating he cannot live with a �minor child. We Lost our daughter while he was incarcerated. What more do they want from us? – �they took away his good name, his freedom after he served time. He cannot go to his childrenB4s school or take them to the park. He was given 2 tests with the result �stating he was not a dangerous person and not likely to re-commit his crime, yet the laws still state he cannot live with us. ItB4s been 2 years since his release and we see each other about every other day. Being married, its hard, but worth it – I guess!

originally posted 1/18/2010 I was a first time offender, who ordered child pornography in a Federal sting. �No previous criminal history, no attempt to contact minors, no other issues, and was being treated for sex addiction. My psychiatrist, whom I paid to come to the trail, was not even called on to speak. �Rather than probation, I was given a year in Federal prison, plus three years of torture in the system with a passive-aggressive non-responsive probation officer, mandatory group therapy at my expense, and travel restrictions that prevented my from seeing my family. �This is overkill, as is the Megan’s Law registration requirement, since I pose no threat to the community.

originally posted 1/18/2010 My husband has a charge for being with me under age. He was charged like he molested me instead of statutory rape. �I was fourteen and he was nineteen. �We have been married for thirteen years and he still has to register every year and gets grouped with all the other molesters. �Megan’s law doesn’t give the date of the offense so the older he gets, the creepier he looks because no one can tell if it happened yesterday or eighteen years ago!