CT: Panel mulls changes to sex offender registry
News About Sex Offender Registries
Parents who check the state sex offender registry prior to allowing their children to knock on strangers’ doors and ask for candy this Halloween may be under the misconception that every person listed on the registry poses a grave danger to public safety.
That’s not true, according to members of the Connecticut Sentencing Commission, who say a one-size-fits-all approach to registration of sex offenders is not in the best interest of public safety. The registry, which contains the names and addresses of more than 5,000 people convicted of everything from consensual sex among teenagers to serial child rapists, would shrink significantly under a proposal that could be presented to lawmakers in 2018.
I hope that they can take the emotion out of their decision and can see that Low level SA’s pose no danger to there children. Someone called the police when I lived in Pennsylvania saying I was giving candy to children . When they arrived they found that it was My wife and I was recovering from knee surgery and could only get to the door with a walker. The police at least apologized and left.
It’s about time Floridas’ “justice” system got a tune up. One size does not fit all !
I would like to share my story on this website because I feel it will not be heard anywhere else. When I was 20, I met a girl at a party. With alcohol being illegally consumed by everyone there. Had no idea who she was. Tattoos, piercings, drinking at a post high school party, had to be atleast 18. I was wrong. She was 15. I talked to her mom about everything and they agreed to let us actually be together. Six months later she got pregnant. I was floored. I decided to go to the military to better my new coming family. Turns out her step dad didn’t agree with my decision of bettering my family. I was arrested, charged with lewd and lascivious battery on 12-15. Did 3 years in prison and lost all access to my son. I was forced to sign my parental rights away or face trial and 15 years. Since then, my life has been in shambles. Tough time finding housing, finding my self asking the courts for something new too often, and even attempted suicide. My poor family who supports me 100 percent suffers knowing I’m suffering inside without my son or any livelihood left inside of me. I am in therapy for what I’ve seen, gone through, and am going through. Now medicated, I am trying to fix my life. What happened to me isn’t fair. And there are so many like me it kills me to consider how bad we have been treated. Please, this is my cry for help. Someone, anyone. Just listen to us.