Thank you for posting this! I wish more people realized who their neighbors were when you have small children this is helpful to know. Heard about this on TV. Thank You!

we realized our babysitter is a sex offender by looking on here. scary thought of what people hide from you.

is there anyway to find out about a livel 2 sex offender. I would like to know what exactly he did.

Don't completely trust the addresses on here. I live in Ash Flat and know one of the offenders is NOT at the address posted............Goodluck finding out what the offenders did. We lived 2 doors from one and the local police said they knew where he was and what he was doing and wouldn't tell me anything.

Where does the state of Arkansas get the right to with hold information on level 1 or 2 sex offenders? So since they are "low risk" they aren't considered sexual criminals now? I believe that they are criminals no matter what "risk" they may be. I believe very much that any risk is too much a risk to my two children. As a victim myself, by a family member, I have e-mailed my state representative asking for these offenders to also be listed on the registry. We should have the right, as parents, to know who lives right outside our windows! Please join me in letting our state governmrnt know that we want justice for victims, not privacy for offenders. After all, they are criminals, right?

You sound neurotic. Knowing where offenders live doesn't make you safe. Knowing who the offenders ARE, doesn't make you safe. These people are the ones who got caught! I suggest you be neurotic about family members and others close to you. They are the ones you are most likely to be sexually offended by.

Unf... there is no such word as justice for vic... It does not matter what you do, say, or try to pass new Laws on. I am a mother of a son who was molested 1 year ago, tried to kill himself at the age of 10, and was in the Mental Hospital to try to get the help he needed for the Sexual Abuse that occured. The person is in Prision now, and will be out in 2014, or sooner if he has good behavior with his stay in Prision that is. He gets free help, free schooling, even colledge education, alone with other things with his stay there. As a mother that's not Prision, it's more like a vaction, with no charge to the Preditor, just the Tax Payers. Mean while I am and will continue to pay for my son's Therpy, and Meds... and Coun... to help him become a survior, which he will be, but he will also be a vic... and thats the Truth, weither people understand that or not. As a parent I have tried everything humanly possiable to try to do a change, and alls I got was at least he is in prision doing time, be happy he got that, even when he violated contact from letters in the mail to my son, while being in prision, that was said too me as well. And we have a Life Long Re.. Order on this S.O.B. and nothing.. as far as the reg... it is good for protesction for your family in some cases, but the best things too remember is it's not always people on the reg... it's close friends, and esp.. Family you have to worry about with my son, it was family, his EX-UNCLE. So just be the best parent you can, and always be carefull whom you trust, that's the best Protection for yourself, and for your child. HEX

I understand why you dont put the offenders charges on the website, because the servarity could get them harrased . But, by not putting

the charges just leaves an open mind. But I believe the charges should be put in because , If a child molester or a spousel argument that turned into forceful sex are not defined then the lesser of the two are the same....



SEXUAL OFFENDERS PERIOD....

charges: I guess it depends on the law your state has passed. I know of other states that DO put the charges next to the photos. I'm not sure the federal law will require this to be uniform in all states soon.

If you have to register sex offenders and list them on a nation wide registry, I think they should be list separately. All sex offenders are not child molesters, or rappist. They should be listed according to their crimes. such as; child molesters, rappist, statutory rape, indencent acts, assault, etc.

i really appreciate offender registry. it possibly saved my child. my sons father is a sex offender, child molestation, and he managed to hide it from me until after i was pregnant. it was actually a friend who happened to be looking for someone else on the register who saw his name. thank god she told me. he is now in prison again for a failure to register, and indecent exposure, peeping tom. i am glad that at least there is a place to look. i now run all of my friends, associates, babysitters, family and anyone else i come into contact with through the system, just to make sure there is nothing i need to know. the only thing i wish is that there was a way to keep better tabs on parole hearings. he got approved, but i can't find out why, or what the terms are, or anything.

I just wanted to say this can happen to anybody you think you know that person then you find out you do not. My daughter was 6 the first time

she was violated by my 12 year old nephew at the time and his 15 year

old friend the outcome was they were minors so the 15 year old got out of it but, my nephew was sent to a facility to rehabiliate him which was a joke after about 8 months he comes back no follow ups on him from nobody so in 2006 it happened a second time my nephew was 23 years old and my

dayghter 14 and the prosecutor basically did not want to do anything he kept saying isn't he related to you so I started pushing contacting several

agencies, called the police department on a daily basis, it took me 1 year

to get him to file charges against him he is still yet to appear in court this month has not been arrested able to roam free, I did get a protection order

I hope and pray he gets some punishment out of this and I have been pushing told the prosecutor I want him listed as a sex offender and I never

want him near my daughter again or my other daughter that is 10. It makes one wonder is this the kind of judical system we have when it comes to offenders what about my daughter's rights.

i belive that all sex offenders should all be locked up so tight that they can only offend themselfs if a offender ever gets close to my little girl i would kill them!!

Kill? You mean murder is better than offending? hmm. How about having the courts mandate the punishment? Speaking of killing: Do you realize that if you kill a child, you don't have to register? Now THAT sure makes the public safe! The issue is "Does the registry work to make the public safer?" This is it's stated purpose. The answer? (IMO)I think not.

Holly Chevrolet in Marion AR has a Level 3 sex offender working for them.l

Would you like your young daughter or wife (maybe a man) who knows? going for a test drive with this person? Call Vaughn Ford in Marked Tree or Holly Chev. and complain!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Do you feel like God, now? This person is allowed employment to keep off the roles. THAT is supposed to be why we have a registry, so the employer can check such things. It's none of your business. (IMHO) Also, there is no way to know if you are trying to destroy someone's life because of a divorce, etc. You only spread hate and unkindness. ie: stop casting stones.

I am a sex offender. When I was 23, a girl came over to my house, knocked on the door to my room. I said come in and we started talking. Mostly it was about art and music. She was about a head taller than me. After a while it was like chemistry just happend. She didn't come off as a kid or anything. She acted like a person with mature mannerisms. Honestly, I'm not a womanizer much less what the majority says I am. About two weeks later, a warrent was issued for my arrest, and thus I turned myself in. I didn't know what it was for untill I got to the station and the Chief explained what it was about. Some people don't understand that some offenders made a mistake without knowing it, and are honestly, normal everyday people. I do believe there are much worse people in this world than what most arrested offenders are doing - but the ignorance of the majority on ethics, laws, and moral disposition is rather low. Even the most educated look to do nothing more than improve their resume, not improve the security of life for others by removing "modern created monsters". It is true much information on level one and two offenders is not released due to public ignorance and to keep "self-proclaimed good-guys/vagabonds" from acting upon primitive impulse. One last thing - I fear you more that you fear me for I know the violence of the masses. I have been beaten up, stabbed, and shot at because of all of this. The only thing this life-experience has taught me is that people are no better than animals regardless what side of the coin you propose to be on.

I live in indiana and i really appreciate that they give info on where the offenders live and work. I take a cab back and forth to work every day to two jobs and recently found out that one of the drivers is an offender convicted of rape. Had indiana not put where the person worked i never would have known or even known to watch out for this person. The driver picks up unsuspecting young women and their children every day and i just wonder how many of them don't know about this person. I have lots of family that live in arkanasas and was a little shocked when i visited their registry site, the lack of info compared to indiana's is amazing. I think they should give out more info than they do because of the things i just spoke about

hex says your neurotic but if you check his background you find hes registered. No wonder hes upset

How do I find the acutall list of arkansas sex offenders with there pictures and address. I have a small grandchildren and for the most part I live alone. For the safety of my grandchildren and mysself. it would be nice to know who I should make sure doesnt come around. in the 40 years I have lived in this area of Pulaski Co. I have gotten only 1 Alert. that is truly sad on the state of Arkansas, for I was told there are 3 who live on my street.

Donna: click on the blue link at the top of this page (Arkansas sex offender registry) However, knowing where they all are does nothing to protect you and your grandkids from those not on the registry. Get on with your life and stop worrying about all this garbage. (IMO)

i think all child molesters should be hung for the entire community to see i dont give a damn about their childhood or their mental problems we do not need people like that in this world screw them all they will get theirs in the end

how can our children be safe at school ? cave city school in cave city, ar. has in their employment a person who's son is a child sex offender, now i know (or should i say, i think i know) this father is not the offender. but his son is. now you know he has connections with his son. why & how did his son become a child sex offender. Father's fault or not, we should not allow an employee to work or be around our children if that employee has any connections with a convected child sex offender. This father Drives a school bus for Cave City School in Cave City, Arkansas. My little girl WILL-NOT ride the bus he drives, will your children ride it ?

Bus woman: Do I understand you, correctly? You are saying that because this man's son is an offender, you now don't trust his father? If so, I suggest you seek therapy, immediately....or don't you realize what you are saying?

I live on a street in Lowell, AR that has a sex offender on it. They do not post the exact address of the person, but they state the BLOCK OF #. People who go to these websites are not reading that statement properly and think it is our address & people who don't know us think it is my husband. He gets sick to his stomach that people think it is him !! They had a story on the news here also about this happening to other poor families. WHY the heck are they not giving the addresses out. Because it is destroying other families who have NOTHING to do with the offense. Some other states I believe have to list the exact address. I also know that the offense of this person did not involve a child but they can't list that either.

hi i was a victom of sexual abuse by my grandfather for several yr until i the child grew up enough to know rite from wrong. he never got caught he never went to jail and he never had his face posted on a web site warning people... on the other hand my brother was set up by a woman who worked in a bar that he turned down she was mad so she brougt her 16 yr old daughter into the bar on a sat night and had her flirt with him and it worked, he took her to her home and the mom came in and caught them together as planned this was 10 yrs ago he did his time. he is now doing 6 more months because he thought he was done registering (only suppose to for 10 yrs) but they changed the law and didnt tell him that he has to register every yr for the rest of his life. they do not put on there what he did so everyone assumes he molest little kids and that is not the case he has raised his daughter up til she was 5 then her mom took her to another state and got the child taken away she is now in foster care and my brother cant get her because he is listed as a registered sexual offender. I am not saying what he did was rite but how many of you men who are 21 would be in a bar and a pretty woman comes up to you and says she is 19 wouldnt do the same? why was she in the bar at 16? her mom didnt get into trouble for that... anyway my point is dont just assume when you see someone on here that they molest children and dont assume that because someone isnt on here means they are safe you child is never safe from this no matter how much you know about the sexual offenders in your area...

hi i was a victom of sexual abuse by my grandfather for several yr until i the child grew up enough to know rite from wrong. he never got caught he never went to jail and he never had his face posted on a web site warning people... on the other hand my brother was set up by a woman who worked in a bar that he turned down she was mad so she brougt her 16 yr old daughter into the bar on a sat night and had her flirt with him and it worked, he took her to her home and the mom came in and caught them together as planned this was 10 yrs ago he did his time. he is now doing 6 more months because he thought he was done registering (only suppose to for 10 yrs) but they changed the law and didnt tell him that he has to register every yr for the rest of his life. they do not put on there what he did so everyone assumes he molest little kids and that is not the case he has raised his daughter up til she was 5 then her mom took her to another state and got the child taken away she is now in foster care and my brother cant get her because he is listed as a registered sexual offender. I am not saying what he did was rite but how many of you men who are 21 would be in a bar and a pretty woman comes up to you and says she is 19 wouldnt do the same? why was she in the bar at 16? her mom didnt get into trouble for that... anyway my point is dont just assume when you see someone on here that they molest children and dont assume that because someone isnt on here means they are safe you child is never safe from this no matter how much you know about the sexual offenders in your area...

The reason that most states do not list the street number of the house is because of the family of the offender as a emt I have been to many calls where a child or wife of the offender was hurt by someone who did not like that the offender was living on that street. Also the fed law for the way the list is set up says that level 1 and 2 are not to be put on list. Any state the goes by that gets help from the Gov for it. Any state thats does not go by it has to pay for everything by itself. If you go to the list and just hit the go button it will pull up the level 2s. Thats in the state of AR.

I've read all the comments and really can't believe my eyes. The one that said, It wasn't my fault, she acted so much older !!!! Maybe if sex wasn't so casual. I've heard people blame the victim before. If you didn't know, you should have known !! It doesn't matter, as long as the person is not 18, the adult is the one responsible. And the one guy telling everyone to get therapy or get over it etc, he needs to get a life and quit telling everone how to feel. If you have never been a victim, or parent of a victim, SHUT UP!! and quit telling everyone how to feel. Everone has a right to feel however they want to. There is no right or wrong way to feel. I feel a lot safer knowing if there are criminals living close. If I found out there was one in my neighborhood , I would make them miserable enough to move. !!! I have been both a victim and a parent of a victim.

I read the one persons concern about the father of the criminal. In my case the mother of the criminal helped him do the deed!!!

There are places on the web that will list all criminal, per zip code or city, and there are sites that will only list sex crimes. They are free ! Please do not pay for this service. I don't have the exact web sites written down, but will get them and post again.

meme: get therapy and get over it. And that is being said by one who has experienced sexual and physical abuse as a child. In my case, I'm not suggesting WHAT you Feel,...but rather, to learn to channel those feelings in a less threatening manner. What I do notice on this site, is that there are a lot of woman who have been raped by a family member and never told/reported the fact and are now very frustrated and filled with anger. Sometimes, understanding the crime and working with a therapist does help one to proceed in life without being a victim again. (In my opinion.)

Ok I would just like to say, I have a little girl that belongs to another woman, her real mother doesn't have her because she let her husband rape her 8 year old! Her husband wasn't the first one she let do it either. My little girl was only 5 the first time it happened! She is supposed to be registered, but we can not find her on any list! That is some BS cause as the victim she has the right to look and see that something was done to her mother for letting this man rape her! Also she let all three of her children go to foster care instead of calling their dad or me. She was so wrapped up un her husband that she would let her kids get taken by the state before she would give them to a loving home. After one heck of a fight and a week in foster care we finally got the kids, and they haven't seen her in almost a year. They could careless about her, and I don't blame them. So I think that everyone that has to register should be on every list! It's not right to hide people like this woman. SHE LET TWO GROWN MEN RAPE HER DAUGHTER AND SHE GETS TO HIDE BEHIND SOME BS LAW! I say fight fight fight and maybe one day we can get all the no good for nothings on these lists!

Some of these level 1 and 2 sex offenders have been convicted several times and are considered habitual offenders

I am a registered sex offender and I have custody of my 2 kids. I am recently remarried and have a newborn. I am a good father and good husband, I just got caught up in my first marriage and did not see what my brother in law was doing on my pc. I do not agree with any of the sex offender rules or regulations. It is a bunch of crap. every offense should be taken into consideration and all of the facts stated. I won custody of my kids....

I live with a sex offender. I was with him when he was accused of something by a vindictive exwife. I went thru trial and all with, and stood behind him bc I knew the truth. Unfortunately, after working law enforcement for many years, and seeing what actually happens in courts and such, and what people can get away with bc they don't get what they want, is extremely sad. It's funny how people can like or love someone til they find out that person has a certain title on them. It's to bad people don't go with their OWN feelings instead of what they read. And, as far as the person who put where a sex offender worked, you do need to get help. Unless you know 100% that that person did what they were accused or convicted of, then you need to keep your mouth shut!!!!After working law enforcement, I have seen many people convicted then released bc they were wrongly convicted. OK, people, let me have it...I can't wait...

What is you know that a teenage boy in your area has molested a child? It has been reported but DHS has swept in under the rug and the boy is still walking around. He said it happened twice and the local police detective is friends with the mother so she kissed a little tail and he is a free boy. what do we do?

Why do we only segregate sex offenders to register? Should we know about ALL criminals that have robbed? Beaten? Killed? Ot caused other harm? This is a witch hunt. The offenders have served prison time. God says we are not to judge. But we are righteous? We need to give offenders a second chance. They, like all other criminals, can always repeat their crime. If we make living difficult on them, or we any better than them? I think we are worse if we do not forgive and give them a second chance. We spend too much time worrying about others and not looking into the mirror at ourselves. Let us mature and grow up. I do not judge people on their past. I accept them for what they are today. I spend my days saving lives, not destroying them. Have a nice day.

Here is something to think about. When I was 15 I was molested by a father figure in my life. After it happened he went to jail for a short time, meanwhile I was drilled and questioned by DHS and the local police. As a Christan, I simply wanted to forget it, but could not stand to think about it happening to anyone else. I handled the hours of questioning, but eventually the case was dropped! I was only a teen, and wanted to live my life and not dwell on the past. Looking back on this experience it seems as though I was the one in question. He completly got away with it! He never had to register! Now that I am grown with two children myself, I realize how not only he hurt me, but also the system. I am thankful for this site. True, it may not list all, but it does give me a little sense of relief!

First of all, I would like to say that I live in Kentucky...that being said, let me say this. I am happily married to my high school sweetheart and we have 2 beautiful children. When my husband (boyfriend at the time) had been together for a few months, he moved in with my mother and I. A few days later, a policeman knocked at our door and took him to jail. His charges were first degree rape, 16 counts, and the girls were 12, 12, and 13 at the time. I was with him when the girls say all these things happened. The court would not take my word as his alibi. The girls said that all this happened at my mother in law's house, yet, to this day which is 13 years later, they still have yet to step foot inside her house, yet the court wouldn't let her testify to that. His only wrong doing was taking an alford plea with the prosecuting attorney to get a lesser amount of time. Now, my 2 children, my husband, and I have to face this everyday. He is a pentecostal preacher; he hasn't been in any trouble since that time; yet, he is still paying for it. We were told that he cannot come and pick our children up from school and just yesterday the YMCA dropped our membership after 4 months. When you see someone's name on these Sex Offender Registries, you just automatically assume that the people on their are monsters. But, what about people like us? My husband never stood trial; there was never any evidence or testimony presented on behalf of these girls; but we still must pay for the fact that he was young, scared about spending the rest of his life in jail, and had a lawyer that didn't have the first clue about what he was doing. I was raped, repeatedly, ongoing when I was 15 years old and if for one minute I thought my husband would have been capable of doing this to anyone, I would never have married him or had children with him. I know first hand how some of these men and women feel when the only options they are given in court is plead guilty and take less time or plead not guilty and take 20-30 years if you take it to a jury trial. I am not saying that all the persons on these registries are innocent and some do deserve to be on them, but what about the ones like my husband? We:me, him, and our 2 children, will always have to face this knowing that he didn't commit a crime but there is nothing that he can do about it.?

I am a father of two children ages 10 and 11. After fighting the system for over 6 years for custdoy of these two, based on their mothers poor decisions, I was finally awarded sole custody of them. This was only after the mother was arrested and imprisoned for federal charges similar to money laundering, and state charges of having sex with a 15 year old minor while her boyfriend at the time videotaped it. She only had to serve a period of about 16 months of an 18 month sentence. The boyfriend received a sentence of 8 years or so, although I am sure he will be released early as well. Now the kids mother is out of prison and living in the next town as a registered sex offender. She has lied to the children about why she was in prison and I of course have not told them why. Funny thing is, now that I have raised these children for well over 2 years with my current wife and no support from the children's mother, she has filed papers to try to obtain custody and child supoport from me. Her time in the federal penn was a joke and more like a vacation. I even was ordered to allow the children to go see her across the country in prison. Good childhood memories being formed there. Why is it that as the normal, and now sole custodial parent (we previously had joint), who has never been in trouble with the law, and is a white collar business owner who can provide all for these children as I have now for over 2 years, has to deal with the system yet again for a registered sex offender and 3 times convicted felon to even have a chance to present a case for custody?

HI ,My exwife married a Registered Sex offender (Level 2) ,and a Judge in the county where i took my ex wife to court for custody let her keep her kids with this man.Its so sad to say a Judge will put my kids in harms way,what happened to the Justice system?

okay heres a question for u ur accused by a child that ur molested her the reason why because u wouldnt let her do what she wanted (falsly accused)smart lil shit got info about it in school...charges were dropped thank god but in the mean time u were in jail your name in the paper put on the registry for what well ohhh well that ur life is totally screwed because of one child ddnt get what she wanted...oh by the way she lied and what happens to her nothing

well im waiting for a response for the 18th decmber commit ...what u all need to know is children lie all the time they no the system better the joe blow does

You are luck that the charges were dropped. Did she admit she lied? Some don't and they press charges on that childs word alone, with no physical evidence at all. There is so much that lawmakers are not taking into consideration. The only way this will change is to write your legislaters. I have been told that this is what society demands. Is it really? I don't believe that anyone wants to fill a list with people that did not commit a violent act to get there. That list was suppose to be for the violent predators. You see what they where convicted of. You don't get the whole picture. There are people on the list that did nothing to be there for. That is what I have a problem with. So many people still assume that they had to do something terrible to be on it. I'd be willing to bet that no one even appologized to you. By the way, you have a lawsuit if you choose to pursue it. "Wrongfully accused."

If you say you are Falsely accused and the child lied then someone has not done a very good job parenting. I have a child that was a victim of a close family member. The man had no priors and was an awsome person and was one of the very few that was trusted in our home. When my child came to us and cried out we never once doubted her. She had no reason to lie and she was tought very early in life the diffenece and the consiquences of a lie. All we had to go on was her word. No physical evidence ( Thank God)! Physical evidence would mean penitration and scaring of flesh... Molesting..Fondling..does not usually have physical evidence but it is a CRIME!! Grown men are not allowed to TOUCH any childs private area!!!!!! Thank God justice was served and he got 20 years and finaly told the truth last year and admitted to all of his little victims and was paroled out aftler serving 6 short years. Do not ever say that the child is a liar unless you are 100% because not believing them can hurt them almost as much as the crime. With alot of prayer support and counseling the child can turn out to be a strong adult. Always listen, and support that child no matter what .

My husband and I have been together for 10 years. When he was a teenager he had a girlfriend that was younger than him, her parents and the whole town knew about it and when he turned 18 they were still together. The following year they had split up by then but the superintendent of the school got mad at his mom and turn it in to DHS. The girl and my husband both admitted to having sex and it was consensual but because of the age he got charged with sexual abuse 1st degree. He got 5 years probation. Never had been in any kind of trouble before then or has not been in any kind of trouble since then. This all happened in 98 in 06 my dad was diagnosed with brain cancear and I just kinda lost it and do not remember much during that time. They said that my husband was suppose to come in for a assessment and we never got the letter that they sent so he did not show up. So my dad passed away in August and the state changed my husbands level to a 3. We just recently where told after 2 and half years he has to move out of the house and we have to get a lawyer so a judge can decide wether or not he can be around our son and his daughters. I completely understand the laws but dont really understand some of their ways of thinking. Before my husband and I got together my son from a previous marriage at the age of 2 was molested by the babysitters son who was 14, I went through 2 years of them questioning my child without me around him getting tested for sexually transmitted diseases for them to tell me they found evidence of child molestation but did not have anywhere to hold a 14 year old boy this was in 93. So going through everything that we have been through in our life sometimes the ones who need the punishment more do not get it and the others the whole family pays for it. Try telling an 11,10, and 9 year old they can not see their dad anymore until the judge says it is ok. I just pray that God helps us all in the decisions we make in everyday life and gives us the knowledge in who we need to be aware of with our children. My 2 older boys 17 and 15 I will not let them even have a girlfriend or go anywhere without me so I do not have to worry about them going through life like my husband and our family have had to

I was 9 years old when i looked on this website because i found out that my mothers boy friend was a sex offender but i also found out that he did all three of his children.. Anyway i told my mother this but she did not believe my that hurt my alot but when the crazy **** started to try to play around with me i told my mom that to but she still didnt believe me i lived in that house hold for 16 more months....In order to get out i had to tell my school counceler that i was having susidel problems and i actually was but i got out! my mom she still lives with that guy but that doesnt bother me the thing that bothers me is that they now have a 2 year old little girl ! Nyway i went to court about it and it messed up my whole life so the only reson i went to court about it is that the people said that if i did go it would put LB(bad guy) behind bars but it didnt and every once in a while i still have nightmares about it and i am now 15 years old but i cant get over it because i now have a little sister that lives there.. I have tried everything that i can do to try to get her out but just because i am so young no one will listen,I just want to get over it but he took something i can never get back!

Papers came in the mail about a guy on my street that is a sex offender, but he's not even on this site or others that I've tried.

thanks for protecting thost stupid b*******!you make my job as a parent more difficult and horrifying!!! i guess that the priority of innocent children will forever be put last.

I am a newly wed. My husband was recently accused by my child of GSI. I feel I know my husband well enough to know he would knoow better than to do such a thing because he knows I was a victim of sexual abuse. I love my child and I want to believe her, but I think her reluctance to accept her stepfather and also the fact that she has been grossly neglected by her own father may have caused her to use his efforts to treat her as one of his own against him. He has been removed from the home pending investigation. He served two days in jail and had to post a 300,000 bond. He still sends us money to take care of bills and food. Now, since he has been removed she has said the "circumstances" may have been a little overstated. My husband is facing having to register and up to 10 years in prison. I know I am supposed to unconditionally love my child, she is only 10, but I feel hurt and betrayed. What should I do, what can I do?

I am very upset to find that a sex offender living just two blocks from me has been taken off of this list and another living two miles from my best friend. It shows up as if they have moved and I know for a fact they are still there seeeing as I drive by there everday and see them outside. I also know that one of them picks up three children from the elementary school here. Isn't that against the law for a child molester to be allowed on school property.

Jessica: Really want to know??? Check out your state law for offenders:

http://law.justia.com/alabama/codes/14214/142980.html

im a sex offender and im only 20 and have been registered for the past two years when i got out of highschool i graduated at age 17, i had a girlfriend that was 14when i graduated. this girls mom knew we had been together she had us living together for the next 6 months while i was going to college during the weekdays and comming home( to my girlfriends house) thrusday night and all weekend since i was stayin in dorms

well i started workign and everything got complicated with work and going to college and a girlfriend it was just to much so i talked with the mom and told her that i was going to take time some time off and was going to stop seeing her daughter and stop coming down as much..well upon tellin her and movign my stuff out it wasnt a week later that i was being arrested at my dorms cuz the mother said i had raped her daughter ...well i went through court for the next six months had to move in with my parents and quit studying all cuz the mother got upset the charges went from rape to sexual indecency with a minor cuz we slept together in the same bed and cuz the girl still was pure, untouched but since we slept in the same room and she did say that we showered together that was enough for me to get that charge and nothing happened to the mother for falsely accusing me of rape...im 20 and i get seen like a molester when none of that happened

now does that make me bad guy do i deserve to be hung like ppl say in here...there are so many cases like this where parents let there 14 year old daughter be with a 18 year old or older and then pull stunts like this cuz thier daughter is no longer with them and hurting cuz of the break up...how come parents like this dont get punished as well???

First I will say I am totally in agreement that sexual predetors should register. I appreciate the nationwide safety network in place. My pain is this. There are people registered that are not rapist or predetors. My son who at 17 was convicted of sexual assault. His crime was a prank to have oral sex performed on him in exchange to help the victim bust out of jail. The investigator without the present of parent or lawyer., cohearsed my son to admit to this stating to him if he did not he would make sure he got 40 years and a rape charge. My son was no angle he repeatily went before the judge for arrest made a school involving cursing out his teachers. (He has been labeled for years) He never been a violent person, fighting, robbing, etc He got a 3 year sentence and he will have to register as a sex offender in adult prison. My son was on there watch right in the juvenile system no one will admit to not being on post when this alledge incident happened. I believe in my heart the charges was exaggerated because the system was tired of seeing my son face. His life seem like it would be ruined. Will he be able to attend college, go in the military.....,During his parole hearing the lawyer was in dis belief why my son was in prison. Our lawyer told us that we could have his record exponged but it does not seem right what was done to him. There is no rehabilitatiion in prison and non was offered to my son.

Hurting Mom

i feel that ouachita county has not listed all their sex offenders.

My uncle molested me on my tenth birthday, another did worse at the age of 15, I didn't tell on the second one because the first one denied it and the whole family got ticked off. They didn't do anything to the first uncle so I figured the second one had it easy! And that GET OVER IT comment was the stupidest thing I've heard yet, I tried to and it has come back to haunt me since then, the first uncle started up a smear campaign by making some powerful connections and now I cant even get a job to support my kids. Because my parents failed to have him arrested back then, I am paying a second time for doing nothing more than being a child and being innocent, so getting over it is not always the best option.

Rather than giving in to the hysteria that so many people are advocating these days about sex offenders, may I suggest that you do some research on the Internet. There are several great webistes available that have thoroughly researched the subject of the sex offender registry. It doesn't take a really intelligent person to realize that the registries do more harm than good and are not doing anything to lessen the number of sex offences. These websites are www.reformsexoffenderlaws.org and www.SOLresearch.org. Read them with an open mind and you will begin to see that it doesn't take much to cause a person to be classified as a sex offender.

I am shocked to know what all a level 2 offender can do and still they do not have to regester any where! A man just was released to Prairie Grove and lives no joke a stones toss distance from the high school. He was put in for child porn and his vics were ages 4-14. I am in total sock that they would let this man live so close to the school and then not warn people about it.

But virginia has this 21 day rule that will not allow new evidence to be entered into the system after the trials end. So i will spend 15 years on the sex offender registry. Oh and guess what else. When i took the plea deal it was only 10 years on the registry. They can change it at will and there is nothing i can do about it. I will fight it when my ten years comes around. Thank you for listening. I know it sounds like im venting. Well i am. Its hard. So very hard. I have about a year left in my bachelors degree and i know it will be so difficult to find a job. And yes. it comes up in the background check for jobs. I refuse to get a steady girlfriend because i dont wanna put anyone through the hardship that comes with it. And what makes it worse. The registry has done ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to prevent people from sex crimes. Yes it lets you know where the sex offenders live. but only 3% re offended over a 5year period. Thats the lowest number of any crime besides murder. Look it up. The registry gives people a false sense of hope. Kinda how i am with school. I feel as though its pointless to finish college now, but i need something to be hopeful about. But i really gotta stop now. Im beginning to get depressed by it all. I hope my story(venting) has shed a little light. I dont want your sympathy. Just be understanding to some people. Because things arent always what they seem. ---And before you ask. I was an aviation supply specialist with the marines. 6672. The best time of my life. Taken from me by the lies of a young girl. And the saddest part is....even though she lied about her age. Nothing. Nothing happened to her. Not a slap on the wrist. Nothing at all. Fast young girls all over can lie til they are blue in the face. Get guys lifes takin from them, and walk away without a scratch. wtf!!! good night

my dad is a sex offender..he raped my sister and molested me...well he has been harrassing me and threating me and my brother has been taking his 7 month daughter to his house.

is there anything i can do about it?

Well here is my story. I have two children one was at the age of 1 and the other about 2 months old. Their dad had molested a child at that time was 6 whom was my sister. Anyways, The judge placed the children in his care. And I am not allowed to see them now. They had told the judge that I am the one that is depressing my children. Where is the Justices in that allow a child molester have custody of the children but not let the mother see them. I didn't think that Sex offenders was allowed to be around any child let alone have custody of them.

I have to agree with the person that stated "not all sex offenders are child molesters" you see, i went to a bar in sioux city iowa where you have to be 21 to get into. she started hitting on me and seducing me. I of course ended up having sex with her. then 2 1/2 to 3 hours later i found out that she was only 14 or 15. she had a fake id to get into the bar which the employees let her in with. and now i live in missouri and i have to register for the rest of my life, and the kicker here is, is that if you go into a coma or have an accident where you can not do any thing for your self or have a stroke and you do not register on time like y ou are suppose to do then they will arrest you for a felony and put you back into prison. I am not a violent person, but people are treating me like one. and it is hard to find a good paying job because more and more companies are discriminating against me just because of a mistake i made when i was 23. and i am now 41. i got arrested in 1991 but convicted of in 1992. they would not bring up the fact that she was in a bar, or that some of the evidence that the state had against me, was not the correct evidence at all. and the public defender nor the appeal lawyer would let me bring any of that up at all.

This is a modern day Witch Hunt, if we are going to have a site for Child Molsters lets do it. Don't have all sex offender pay the price because most people see sex offender and think child molster.

I know of someone who is a convicted sex offender and he's not registered any where. Even if the crime was committed years ago, shouldn't they still have to register? I just happen to know that this man is currently working at a high school.

Want to know: registering differs state to state. Check your registration law in your state. (IMHO) In any case: no, a former sex offender should not be working in a high school... in any state.

We pray for our children, to keep them safe and healthy and to free the minds of troubled souls.

I was wondering what kind of laws have been passed to protect sexual offenders' privacy in the last few years. There was once info on the nature of the crimes including if there was a minor involved.
There was also a specific search for a zip code, not just a radius.

We need info to protect ourselves and our children, please.
These offenders gave up their rights to privacy when they committed the offense.

There is no privacy in prison.

How can we give them privacy on the outside at the expense of our right to information to protect ourselves?

How does an offender get a job or get an education? He's really a good guy and was lied to about the girls age, then what? its not fair to some guys. So how they gonna get that crap off them, the girl gets off cause she lies and evan wanted to help pay his fine. you see the laws are not always fair. there should be something the girl has to do too.

I believe that there are some sex offenders (including child molestors) who can be rehabilitated. They are not all just hunting their next victim. Some are trying to rebuild their lives. I know because I am one. I have admitted to my victims that it wasn't their fault and have gone through conseling myself. If you are going to look at us as hunters on the prow, then you need to look at all offenders like that.

Oldtimer: are you a sex offender? from the looks of your comments its obvious. if not, why are you so defensive about everything?

Personally I don't care. I'm not a pedo nor will I be on one of those lists. Therefore I could care less.

However once someone does their time, they have paid their debt to society. It is unconstitutional to have them on a list for all to see. They paid their debt to society. Personally I want a DUI, murderer, drug manufacturer & drug dealer list. But it is unconstitutional. So why 1 & not the other?

BUT the short sentences these sexual offenders spend incarcerated is ridiculous. I say forget the list it is unconstitutional and lock them up for life.

What's to stop a couple of like-minded justice seekers from "disappearing" an offender?

This was very helpful to confirm when I heard there was a registered sex offender over seeing the youth dept in my sons church and low and behold he was on there.

I got cought up in some mess and let my lawyer talk me into pleading out, even though I wanted to go to trial. BIG mistake. I was told that I would do serious time if found guilty, which was pretty much imminent cause they always believe the child, or I could plead guilty and walk out of the courthouse and go back to work. Paying for my familys home and vehicles and my childrens upbringing. I sure would like to slap me a lawyer in the mouth right about now.