Five Years of Hell

Hello, my name is Michael and in July of 2015 I was sentenced in Pennsylvania on one charge of invasion of privacy.
In August of 2013 I was accused of using an old cell phone to “sneak a peek” at a girls behind in my bathroom at my home. I was sentenced in 2015. My cousins were there that night and not even involved, but pressed charges on me. My one cousin had just become a deputy sheriff in the County Court house and her Boyfriend had just become a part time police officer. They used scare tactics to get me to confess to this crime and even frisked me days later illegally. They told me if I didn’t tell them what they wanted to hear and if I didn’t give them my cell phone, they would go to the police. I was later brought to the court in which my cousin (whom of which pressed the charges) works and was sentenced even though this should have been a conflict of interest. There were no minors involved and anyone who could have been considered a victim had recused themselves from the proceedings and did not want anything to do with it. There also was no evidence of any illegal activity on any of my devices that had been taken from me and my home. The only reason I got in any trouble was because I confessed to the police and to my cousins out of fear of getting in more severe trouble if I denied. I was too scared not to give in to my cousins and the county detectives based on their power and connections. We should have applied habeas corpus, but my lawyer didn’t seem to want to fight for me. We even had all of the official testing done by an expert in this field and he appeared in court stating that I do not meet the criteria for an SVP. The woman from SOAB never met with me and stated that I did in fact meet the criteria so they made me an SVP. This is unheard of for this type of crime. As they read the impact statements full of lies, bias, and opinions, I knew that this all seemed very wrong and unjust. I have never broken the law before and worked for the township for 12 years. I was promoted at the time to the code enforcement official as well. I went to college and had a respectable life at the time. A PA state investigator is currently investigating the woman from SOAB on my behalf due to her unethical behavior in making me an SVP without meeting with me, it isn’t looking hopeful.
After I was charged in 2013, I lost my home, job, car, pension, and promotion, insurance, and eventually became homeless sleeping in a field and can never be eligible to have a decent job again. I was given a life sentence for an M3 with no priors. I only confessed because it felt like the right thing to do for my family and the fact that I was too scared not to. I regret it and I was punished much worse than I would have ever imagined. I was also given 7 years of probation as well. On New Years day 2017 I woke up puking up an entire bottle of sleeping pills and the night before I felt freedom for the first time in years just before swallowing that bottle. It is a seductive notion to entertain when thinking about how in one swift action; all of the pain, punishment and torture that I endure on a daily basis can all end at once. I have never been suicidal before being thrust into hell unlike anything I could have ever fathomed. Are we the mistakes that we make or are we the actions that we take part in after the fact? I don’t believe our actions or our sins make us who we are, but what we do after. It is hard to have blind faith in the institutions that run our world when it seems as though the only exist to break our spirit and take pleasure in watching us bleed. To never have a second chance over a low level crime and to be punished to this extent forever is simply nonsensical. What is the point of a punishment when there is no chance to learn a lesson from it? What is the point of a registry that has done nothing to protect anyone? How can this be the rest of my life and the life of so many others for low level crimes which weren’t even physical in nature?
Megan’s Law has gone too far and is creating an entirely new decay of society. It is counter-productive and does not accomplish anything it has set out to. It is only permanently ruining lives in every aspect, but who will fight for those of whom no one wants to fight for? When does the madness end and when can there be a second chance to be better versions of ourselves and to learn from our mistakes?