The father of my child is an aggravated sexual offender, and because of new laws he is not able to see his children at all. He was 16 at the time and the victim was 27. What I dont understand is the fact that their was no sexual intercourse. He did this 16 years ago and he is still not able to find a job.

How far away can a compliant sexual offender live from an elementary school and a high school? We have one living 0.3 miles from the elementary school and 0.1 miles from the high school. Is this legal?

I to have been accused of touching a females breast that was 15 when i was 21 and was advised though the lack of evidence and the fact she admitted to lying (originally saying I touched her vagina) to take a plea cause there was almost 0 chance to win these kinds of cases in court. Im hoping for the day she comes forward and lets the truth be known Im a successful honest father and husband who has a crystal clean history other then this atrocity. Every day just gets harder though in 4 years ill be off of everything and can regain my life again but the years and time lost to this has been devastating beyond comprehension.

Illinois hasnt researched or investigated the truth behind residency restrictions, they just pass what they think will make the people of the state happy and "feel safe" the truth is residency restrictions dont protect, they interfer with stabilization and family reunification,im no means say go easy on sex offenders they should be punished, but residency restrictions punish the family of that offender as well, the wife and the kids unfair and not needed, kids are much safer in a school or at that daycare etc... where they have supervision, 95% of most abductions and child molesting is done by someone the child knows or is familiar with, I havent seen any facts from illinois legislation or politicians that residency restrictions worked or much been needed, after all its the people the kids know and trust that are moire likely to molest, not the so called stranger danger, also I must add that illinois's residency restriction law only provides that they cannot reside within 500ft from school, daycare etc... so in reality people they cannot sleep at their homes when school isnt in session, but they can visit that home when school is in session just cant sleep there, make sense people? well this is our legislation, governor and such passing feel good laws, Iowa has changed their residency restriction laws and they had one of the harsh laws in country, look it up, so people, politicians and legislators and governor of illinois when are we going to start stepping into reaity and pass laws that actually protect! afterall so called orders of protction have never helped anyone, this law is about the same,if they want to offend they will,they wont go to the school thats near their home they would be known, so they go else where where they are not known, so this law should be repealed and revamped illinois, do it for our protection of our children and the community!

My son is a victim that in turn almost commited the act on someone else he had confessed to this and was arrested he was 14 but he was molested as a child he was 9 years old when this happened to him he never told til he was 14 he was in counsleing from the time he was 5 til present and these trained counsoloers never said anything the man that molested my son is still free to do this to another child but my son was arrested and is being forced to stay on the list for life he has his whole life ahead of him and now it is being traken from him for this i agree that he should be punished and he has been for more than just going to jail he has been punished since he was 9 and yet they let the man that started all this go free while my 15 year old has to suffer this will cause severe damage to my son when he has children of his own and when he wants to go to collage he wants to be a marine but that looks like it is going to be impossible. yeas some should be on the list and some shouldnt my sons therapist that specializes is this says he should not be kept on this list 5 years is sufficiant give him a chance to lead a normal life i beg of you to help him live like any other man does and raise a family and go to college and have a carreer its bad enough that he is never going to forgive himself but should we make him suffer his whole life or let him live normally.

I would call the local law enforcement immediately. I would not let the relationship with your EX get in the way of your daughter getting scared for life. The worst part for you may be living with your daughter asking over and over again why you didn't do something before it was too late. Good call on finding out about this! I sincerely hope you can muster the strength to do something about this fast. If work is a problem, try explaining the situation to them.

Hello,
My child is currently visiting my EX at his home in Illinois. I reside in Nevada. I just found out that his friend is a registered sex offender and he keeps bringing my daughter around this person. I have full custody of my child and have told him I didnt want his friend around my daughter but he continues to bring her around him and to his families house. What can I do to prevent this? It is hard because I am in a different state. She will be with him for a month and I want to stop this now. Is there anyone I can call or anything I can do to stop this since I have full custody and he is disregarding my wishes on having a sex offender around my child? Thank you.

Forget about the therpy all the treaments in the world are not going to cure all those sick people who commit crimes against children. There sick there sick in there minds if a survey is done most of these sickos do it again. kids are innocent minds and these perverds get into their little minds and mess with there innocent minds.

I know an offender and he is very sorry for his actions he has been in treatment. The offender is my husband and I Love him we have a family and are sick of people treating us like we are poisonous. We have 2 kids we don't want them to be miss treated for their fathers actions. We just want to be a happy family.

Vermont Court Rules In Favor Of Sex Offender
The court recently ruled that the town Mr. Hagen lived in could not tell him where to live (if I understand correctly) again unconstitutional.

oldtimer - if you have read all my post's I did relate to how to help and prevent we cant predist who is going to offend but we can educate and protect our kids, residency restrictions and the registry isnt working look at the facts, illinois government does what they want no matter if it helps public or not they are just concerned on their positions and not protecting or educating, feel good laws dont protect they harm, well the news over dramatizes stranger danger, facts are over 90% of victims know their attacker, less then 7% are strangers distance doesnt protect anyone, example school is in session during the day,residency restrictions are for where the offender sleeps when school isnt in session,there for protecting no one, offenders can visit their home or relatives etc that are with the distance during the day when school is in session,so lets change our thinking and the way we protect our children.

Judge not that you be judged. There are a lot of innocent men on the registry for various reasons. A lot of them for just one offense. They are quite different from a predator. A predator is someone who stalks. These are the men who follow children on the street, who hang around places where children play and schools. THIS IS A PREDATOR! Read the dictionary. Some one who commits or is found guilty because their only options was to plead guilty because they do not feel they would get a fair trial is not a predator. Our system believes children and not facts, and right now sex offenders are in the same league as witches in the 17th century. The way children are questioned they will sometimes say whatever they perceive to be the answer the question giver wants. Maybe lie detector tests should be given to them before a life is completely ruined.

There are a lot of victims when a man is accused of a sex act. The man himself if he is innocent, the victim whether the victim is lying or not, and the family of both the man and the victim.
We should be more vigilant in teaching children what to watch out for even a very young ages. And quit dressing children like little hookers.

Believe me, I would not want an actual predator living close to me but then again I would not want a murderer, robber, or gang banger living close to me. I would be more afraid of them than a predator. Why do we just list the sex offenders, let's list them all !!! Pretty soon everyone would be on a list, speeders, drunk drivers, etc. The list could go on forever and then you wouldn't want to live by anyone.

to rwb67: and how do you suppose we handle all the offenders not caught or those female and male offenders who are not on a registry? ie: offenders "to be"? Note the news lately? Apparently, registration is not stopping sexual abuse. We need to look at prevention and sentencing, in my opinion.

Lode, of the Iowa Department of Public Safety, warns that the more people marginalize sexual predators, the more isolated they become from society -- and the more likely they are to recommit crimes.

Said Lode: "It takes political courage to step up and enact changes"

Although Public Act 91-911 has a purpose other than the simple punishment of child sex offenders, a serious question arises regarding whether the legislation rationally serves its alternative purpose of protecting children from child molesters. This part of my analysis relates to my reasons for thinking that due process has been violated, as well as one of my reasons for believing that Public Act 91-911 has a punitive effect that constitutionally prohibits retroactive application.

If what we seek is to better protect children from child sex offenders, how do we possibly accomplish that aim by imposing a 500-foot residency restriction around schools, playgrounds, daycare centers, and the like? When we consider what the legislature is trying to accomplish by banning certain past child sex offenders, and all future child sex offenders, from living in certain zones, close in proximity to facilities that deal exclusively with children, we must necessarily question what goal a 500-foot residency restriction hopes to attain.

State statutes that impose 2000-foot residency restrictions bear at least some reasonableness in their relationship to the interest that the legislation hopes to serve. Those restrictions place children out of sight and mind, beyond senses that could stir the perversions of known child sex offenders. At least arguably, a 2000-foot restriction reduces opportunity, diminishes temptation, and thereby decreases the risk that a proven child sex offender will reoffend.

Illinois child sex offenders can reside close enough to playgrounds, schools, and daycare centers to tempt their inner desires and promote their ability to reoffend. A 500-foot residency restriction inhibits nothing. Child sex offenders can live just outside the restricted area, gaze out their kitchen window, and covet the children that they see playing on a school playground some 500 feet away.

The restriction does not prevent child sex offenders from either seeing or communicating with children. It does not remove opportunity and temptation, the rationale that attempts to provide constitutional support for this kind of law. Any Illinois child sex offender can easily sit on his front porch with a cheap pair of binoculars and closely eye the features of any child that he chooses. Indeed, he can watch a target of his sexual fancy from just the right distance not to find notice, and his watchful eye can still rest beyond any area where his kind are prohibited from living. Any Illinois child sex offender can still call out to children, lure them to the house, engage in sexual exposure, or do all manner of things that child sex offenders do, with all the ease that befalls a child molester who moves into closer range with the aid of a car. As long as child sex offenders can live around 500 feet from where children gather, they can still look at and crave the objects of their sexual desire. When they can still see children, and can still be heard by children, child sex offenders can still lust after children and take all the steps needed to reoffend against them.

The innocent children of this state, frolicking upon playgrounds, within eyeshot of some child sex offender, remain every bit the temptation that they present to child sex offenders at large, regardless of where those offenders live. Simply put, the statutory restriction is pointless. The restriction bears no rational relationship to a legitimate state interest. It is a mindless effort that does nothing to prevent any child sex offender intent on reoffending from doing so. The restriction does not remove temptation or opportunity, for the restriction does not remove child sex offenders from either earshot or eyeshot of children. Whatever prompted our legislature to arrive at a 500-foot barrier is unknown. Perhaps cases like Doe v. Miller, 298 F. Supp. 2d 844 (S.D. Iowa 2004), that have struck down 2000-foot residency restrictions played into the decision to reduce the scope of the ban. Whatever it was, the result is a statutory prohibition that bears no rational relationship to the interest that it seeks to serve. Children going to school are no safer with a safety net that bans child sex offenders from living 500 feet from their school than they were before that legislation was passed. The opportunity and temptation remain around the schools and playgrounds of this state.

The word "rational" connotes insight and logic. This legislation constitutes a totally blind imposition of disability and restraint. A man who was convicted 18 years ago of an offense that brands him a child sex offender, who had consensual sex with a 17-year-old underage teen and who has not reoffended since, must relocate, if not purchasing his home, even if that home rests 499 feet from an infant daycare center. But a recently released child molester, with a lengthy history of molesting very young children, and a diagnosed pedophile to boot, can live in any house he chooses, so long as it rests at least 501 feet from a place attended on a daily basis by infant children, the prime targets of his known sexual propensities. Moreover, that same individual can move back into a house next door to a child daycare center provided that he was purchasing the house prior to the Act's effective date.

I fail to understand how the restriction imposed by Public Act 91-911 bears any rational relationship to the protection of children from people capable of taking sexual advantage of them. I suspect that Patrick Leroy, after 18 years without committing another child sex offense, is no longer one of those people. Hopefully he is not, for his expulsion from the house in which he used to live, a home located just a short distance from Miles Davis Elementary School, will not protect the school's students from him, if he is intent upon reoffending. As previously noted, Patrick Leroy can return "on a daily basis" to the home from which he has been removed. I would assume that on any given visit, he could do the kind of things our legislators feared that he might otherwise do, if he lived there. As my colleagues observe, Leroy has the right to be precisely where legislators did not want him to be, every morning when the children of Miles Davis Elementary School arrive, and every afternoon when the same children leave. Since school is a daytime event, Leroy has essentially all the access that he had before the State of Illinois, for no rational reason, banned him from the place where he wanted to live.

Public Act 91-911, viewed in light of the Kennedy v. Mendoza-Martinez, 372 U.S. 144, 9 L. Ed. 2d 644, 83 S. Ct. 554 (1963), factors, exceeds its legislative intent to craft a civil regulatory scheme for the protection of children and is, in all truth, punitive in nature. It cannot be applied to Patrick Leroy, whose conviction predates the imposition of its disability and restraint by 13 years, without violating the constitutional guarantee against ex post facto punishment. And because the restriction bears no rational relationship to the legitimate state interest it was intended to serve, because it in no way furthers the safety of children from known child sex offenders, the restriction violates Leroy's right to due process of law.

For these reasons, I respectfully dissent.
JUSTICE KUEHN ILL. SUPREME COURT ILLINOIS RESIDENCY RESTRICTION LAW IS PROTECTING NO ONE !!!!

Benjamin Franklin once said " any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both."

First, what is the difference between normal law enforcement policy and a 'war' on crime? Second, assuming such a line can be discerned, has the enactment of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act ('AWA') in combination with other sex offender laws triggered a transition to a criminal war on sex offenders? Third, if such a criminal war is emerging, what will be the likely effects of such a transition? Fourth, if such a criminal war is emerging with substantial negative consequences, can it be stopped? By reviewing America’s history of criminal wars, primarily in the War on Drugs, the article identifies three essential characteristics of a criminal war: marshaling of resources, myth creation, and exception making. It concludes that the federalization of sex offender policy brought about by the AWA elevated law enforcement to a nascent criminal war on sex crimes. This change could have repercussions as substantial as the drug war has had on American criminal justice and society. COREY RAYBURN YUNG John Marshall School of Law

Simply denying fundamental rights to a class of citizens — even a class loosely defined by past criminal conduct — under the guise of protecting society probably renders us all a little less free and secure.

The goals of successful sex offender management are enhanced public safety and the prevention of future victimization. The best sex offender management programs will incorporate a wide variety of research-based strategies including surveillance, monitoring, and treatment. The more of these tools states integrate into supervision, the better they can manage this high-risk population. States that adopt supervision and management strategies to stop these offenders before they commit additional sex crimes and before they inflict additional harm can offer the greatest public safety benefits.

Why are people put on a list without a shed of evidence?

Shouldn't the victim at least be examined by a doctor to prove they were violated? And if the parents do not have thier child examined doesnt that send a red flag up that the child isnt being properly cared for? Use your heads people! People's lives are being ruined with the only proof is nothing more than hear say. Soon anyone trying to even a score is going to just be able to point a finger and ruin someones life. Isn't it Innocent until PROVEN gulity?? It may not seem like a big deal until someone accuses YOU.

I am absolutely amazed at the number of wrongly convicted men and woman that have done or are doing time in our criminal justice system. This is not limited to but certainly includes sex offenders. With the societies current mind set towards accused sexual offenders this problem can only get worse. I think we as a whole need to take a long hard look at the way the justice system is currently handling sexual accusations do to the political pressure placed on them by us. I ask you this, is justice served when the accused are guilty before the warrant is even signed. I myself am tired of seeing innocent men and women released from prison after doing years for crimes that were not properly investigated. I believe that predatory sex offenders should be severely punished and then permanently monitored but only after a proper investigation and a fair trial by a jury of their peers. This now brings me to the wrongly accused. When an investigation shows that a sex offense has been falsely reported we need laws to handle the swift and harsh prosecution of the accuser. Anyone filing false charges for a sexual offense should be punished to the same extent as the sex offense itself. I say this because just as sexually assaulting someone could have permanent adverse affects on their life so too can falsely accusing someone of the same. In fact, even if the accusations are false the chances of the accused ever completely recovering their reputation are essentially non existent. This is not to mention the time they may have lost from their lives awaiting trial. The job they lost because they were unable to go to work and now the boss doesn't want them back because "it's just not a good idea".The very precious moments they lost with their family if they did not in fact lose their family all together. I think we need a little more balance in our justice system. It is my belief that if we evened out the playing field a little bit the number of false reports would drastically decline as would the number of innocents imprisoned in our justice system. Though this may sound incomplete , my key points were made and that is what matters most. So lets work together to put away the guilty and punish those trying to put away the innocent.

My boyfriend is on the sex offender registry and will be for another 2 yrs. He made out (& heavy petting) with a student who came on to him (he taught at college level) when he was 29 and she was 15 on one occasion. Her age did not occur to him at the time since he taught at a college level. Needless, to say he was convicted by the state, served his time and has complied with the registry laws.
Now, 11 years later. My ex husband is flipping out telling me to not let him anywhere near our children. Legally, my boyfriend does not have to avoid children but his contact has been limited with my children anyway simply because while we care deeply for each other, we have not jumped into creating a blended family. I primarily see him alone. He sees my children when I bring them to church and he has stopped by my house to move a couple heavy items and help me do yard work. Because of my ex-husband's attitude, my boyfriend thinks we should break up for fear of anyone making up any random accusation out of fear or anger -- we all know that my boyfriend would immediately be arrested, no questions asked. My boyfriend also does not want me or my children to be ostracized due to people self-righteous, judging attitudes at "a registered sex offender."

He made out with a 15 y/o who came on to him when he was 29 - 1X and when questioned was truthful and compliant. I had sex with a 30 y/o when I was 17 & my first husband was 20 and I was 16 when we first had sex. This hardly seems fair! He did not rape an 11 y/o.
My question is, if I continue to see my boyfriend, can my ex take my children away from me? What about in two years when he no longer has to register? Can we all be together then? My boyfriend has never had the opportunity to start a family. He's been robbed because of a poor decision he mae 11 years ago that almost any other man would have done. My boyfriend is a functional, highly educated man who has earned his PhD. My ex has 3 DUI's and smokes pot on a regular basis but denies it. These laws need to be amended and be more clear. Let's not compare apples to oranges and stop judging all so harshly for the most extreme offense. They are not the same!

I need info. When my brother was 20 he dated a girl who was 15. She lived with her sister and everyone was ok with it until they broke up. The sister pressed charges and he got a little jail time and probation. Now he is 35 and just got out of jail 4 months ago for drunk driving and he's doing great. He goes to AA classes 2x a week, started going to church weekly. He even goes early to help the older ladies set up chairs and stuff. He met a really nice lady in his AA class and she is now going to church with him along with my sister and mom. He got a job as soon as he got out and even does construction on his days off. Anyway after all these years his probation officer told him that she thinks he is still a big threat and he is not allowed to be near any children without someone she chooses with him to watch. This is a big problem because his girlfriend has a child and he has a niece and nephew who love him very much. Other than that one time when he was 20 he has never dated anyone under the age of 18 and never would have if he had realized that it was so wrong. This was 15 years ago and all of a sudden they are treating him like he did it yesterday. They never once told him he could not be around any other children at all ever. I think this is really unfair. Does anyone have any suggestions?

lets lock up the real sex offenders but not are kids who are between the ages of 17- 21 that had sex with someone 14-16 who knew what they where doing at the and agreed to have sex the registery should be for rapeist and not are teens and young adults but if we are going to make like it the 16 who has with 16 yr old should go to jail buts thats not right is it then why is right for the senior 18-19 to not have agreed sex with the 14-16 who knows what it cuases and the risk so wrong that we ruin there lives forever can anyone explain that to me?

to all the people who read these stories and are closed-minded... you people need to stop and think. If you knew the supposed offender or victim is there a chance that they are lying??? Not saying that they all are, but you have no idea how many people call out "rape" just because they now know that it can get ANYONE into trouble. These people that are claimed to be sex offenders never get a fair trial and if you opened your mind about that you would see that not all people that were accused are like that. ever heard the saying "you can't judge a book by its cover"? How can you say that someones guilty by what you read? I'm not saying everyone is innocent, but not all people are guilty. I was sexually abused by my father, so yes i know what it feels like, but at the same time i have known other people for years and they have to register for a crime they did not commit. Again think about the people you read about on the internet, if you don't know them, how can you say that they really committed the crime.

For the person who posted that we have a "Jessica"s Law' in Illinois.... We are one of 6 states in the US who DOES NOT have "Jessica's Law". I have been trying to get our lawmakers to pass it but they need more pressure. Illinois does not protect their children like other states. If you check you will find that Illinois has the HIGHEST number of missing children in the nation. More than states like NY or CA. So please.. instead of gripeing about it contact your lawmakers and get "Jesica's Law" passed here in Illinois.

My soon to be husband is on the sex offender registry, I feel that he shouldn't be because the crime happend back in 1992, people don't understand what this site does, to people who are trying to get over the past, my husband and I have been together for almost 4 years and have a wonderful 2 year old boy. Since he has been on the registry, he has been singled out by people and is having problems with his employment, which is unfair. To tell you the story my husband got screwed in Kentucky. Kentucky doesn't give you a chance you are guity before innocent, in the eyes of the court. Anyways my husband got involved with a very promiscus married woman, who like to cheat on her husband and everybody in the trailer park even with teenagers herself, boys that were 13 and 14, and would have sexual intercourse in front of her 5 or 6 year old daughter. My husband happend to be young, and messing with drugs and this married woman. Well to make a long story short (too late) her husband found out and wanted to get back at him for messing with this mans wife. So he was gone the day that he was accused, and when he returned he was bombarted by the police department, and also high on drugs, he didn't even have a lawyer present and had no idea what they where acusing him of, the little girl was taken to the hospital and checked and there were no signs of entry her clitorus was still intacked but my husband got 13 years and 6 months for something he didn't do..which is crazy..It's so hard for him to find another job because of his felony, he is currently a truck driver and got the job because of his sisters boyfriend was the safty director..I don't understand do they want sex offenders to work or does the economy need to support them, I want to thank you for hearing me out..god bless you and your families,

First of all i do believe in prosecuting some1 who intenetionally does harm to a child but in this case thats not what happened my bro was 17 she was 14 and she lied and admitted it in court and already was on house arrest and had a child my bro didnt no her nothing bout her my cousine did he introduced the 2 to each other the 1st day he meet her they went together and got pulled over by the law then he found out she was 14 he got probation and he got back with his ex and all was good intill she got pregnant by another man and called his P.O. and said she hadnt seen him in 2 weeks got him sent to prison do u think an investagation was done to prove he wasnt living there ? NO he went off for 4 years and ever since ben a TARGET the new girl he got when he got out of prison was crazy mentally couldnt tell at 1st but till this very day she calls in reporting a lie trying to either get him for faliure to registure or report employment place it is a everyday battle for him

hi i just wanted to comment my brother is a registered sex offender he was 17 and the girl was 14 she told him she was 17 and our cousine is the 1 who came and picked him up to intriduce the 2 the same day he meet her they all got pulled over by the police and he found out she was 14 she told them in court she had lied to him bout her age the mother refused to press charges on my bro cuz her daughter was unruely and already on house arrest my bro got probation he got with a ex-girl of his everything was good intill she got pregnant by nother man and told his P.O. she hadnt seen him i 2 weeks he went to prison for 4 years and ever since been tagged he got out and got with another woman she is whack OMG!! she is reporting he lives everywhere but where he should and which is all lies they do not conduct investagations they just lock him up on hear say ?

I'm a sex affender' I't been 91/2 yrs the law changed.I lost my job and place to live because of the law. I have signed by both parents and the young lady it wasn't rape but consented.the fayher and i do work together,went to tx together.like other posting the girl brought it on to look bad for the guy.I have two little girls ones 3,other 9.because of my drug and drinking 91/2 yrs ago they and myself have a hard life.resentley my 9 yr. was grabed and rubbed on .The person who seen it happen beat the guy up petty good.I was held down so wouldn;t go after him.cop came i got arrested for arg.bat,resting arrest.I'v done my 10yrs why can't i have my life back?with out that on me.i could get a good job,a nice place to live with my kids.GO see my kids at school plays,games,ect.All cases are different,lets treat each one different.The family should be the main one to deside if the person should register for 10yr or life

All sex offenders are different with different cases. But, we need to speak up and make this right. Sex offenders need help. They need resources to help them with finding a home and a job. I hear so many comments about they get what they deserve. But in reality they go to prison and then they get out of prison and we can not change that but we can change how they are dealt with after they get out. I want to know where they are. If they are homeless then they could be sleeping in your garage. Do we want that? No. People need to stop complaining and stop trying to get the laws changed. Give these people a chance. If they do not get the help that they need then they might do something that will hurt someone.

anon: feb 11th: Sued? I would leave the "notification" to the cops. Cases have come up, I believe, against even the police , when the "notification" is used to incite people. Cases where people have been burnt out due to inaccurate information on the posters and so forth. You don't need to involved with this. If the law in your state or county allows notification of neighbors, then let the proper authorities get to do it.

I recently found out that there is a person in our neighborhood who is a sex offender. I approached the board of the subdivision and asked them to place this information on their newsletter so that we could all be informed. They said they couldn't because they would be sued. Is that the case? Can they be sued for posting information on their newsletter?

check out the website reformsexoffenderlaws.org see what is realy going on in this country. educate yourself about most of these so called "sexoffenders" before the witch hunt is on.find out for yourself,don't be ignorant.if you think it can't happen to you, think again

My son who is 19 met a girl on myspace who listed her age as 18 she came to our home 4 or 5 times which at some point there was sexual contact. I son heard that she was 15yrs old so he told her it was over becasue she was too young and she lied and he didn't want to get in trouble well she reported this to the police i believe it was a way to get back at him for breaking up but he as arrested and is now sitting in jail waiting to see a judge. My son is no sex offender the girl lied to him and to me about her age. what rights does a guy have to protect himself from girls that lie. He admitted they had sex but he is going to plead not guility he did no crime this girl is getting away with a lie and ruining his life.

Ashley: I found this with a search>"Illinois Courts Record Background Check: This criminal courts record check includes felony and misdemeanor records. Illinois Criminal records are public information and as such are accessible to everyone. "

My daughter was raped and killed 2 years ago. The man was her teacher.

She was only in 2nd grade. i dont know if he was arrested.they wont give me info.

I was accused and charged with a sex crime that i know i had nothing to do with. i was arrested sent to jail i had a court appointed lawyer named stan s. and he told me that once the people that do the dna testing take my blood for that dna test to prove that i did not commit the sexual act they was going to let me go in 30 days.Well my dna came back as negative witch i knew it was i was happy but some how 30 days had past me up and i was still in jail my first time ever in any kind of trouble so what happen i still dont know right now to this day what happened what can i do to clear my name cuase i look at myself and i know i have no buiesness with somethin like this on my record i had plans for my life big planes and this is not what i had in mind.

my son was convicted of a sexaul assualted case and done his time ,however DCFS has charge me with this as well he was thirdteen years of age at the time, I was not charge in a court of law with this and they know this as well and will not clear my good name. don't lnow what to do 1

Lynn: your story does not hold together (in my opinion)and I think you are too young to know all about sexual predators. (IMO) If the story is true, seek some counselling with your school counsellor and get yourself involved with friends rather than searching the registry! I also think you should get off this site, because some of the stuff here is more geared towards adults. Good luck.

Hello Everyone

Please listen.....please

I was melested at 8 years of age from my father for years.

although i am now 12 and now my father approved i was telling the truth

i am living a wonderful life and i overcome my fear of telling

i am a strong person

I 3 sexual offenders that live on my street which is down right discusting and un called for

and when i was really yound i do recall walking to my bus stop with my brother who is 3 years younger than I walk to the bus stop and accidentaly miss the bus

my cellular phone died on me

and me and my brother did not have a key to the house so we could walk back home

and my parents had gone to work

and a man walked out in his under wear and told us to get in his car and he would take us to school

without an reply from me or my brother he went inside to grab pants and a ballcap and my mom thankfully realized that we had missed the bus and she got us home safely but that night i looked up n the internet that he was a sexual preditor and hey who knows what would have heppened that day if my mom wasnt there

and please reply to this if you understand how hard it is to be abused for years

child and sexual to me and thankyou god

for helping me and my family

and also please reply to what i have said

i know im only 12 but

i know some things

and i can answer your questions about sexual offenders

thank you

Can a convicted sex offender in the state of Illinois ever have their name removed from the sex offender regestery?

If you worked for a judge, what better person than yourself, to lobby your legislators.

I posted my comment five minutes ago and supposedly it "was accepted." However, it was nowhere to be found. Why?



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I'm retired from a law firm and also worked for a criminal court jjudge. When is the law going to take into account whether or not the girl was a minor, whether or not she initiated the sex act, and whether or not she was the one who called "rape." when in fact she just wanted to "get even." Of course, this could be just the reverse - boy initiates sex act. I'm tired of seeing individuals labeled as "sex offenders" when, in fact, they should not be. Get these kids off the sex offenders list and keep those on it who really should be. Stop jeopardizing a young person's path to a good career.

My question is....can an adult sexual predator, age 19 and 19 when the crime was commited, attend a public high school in Illinois as a student. I have read every statute and the only thing that I see is that they can attend a facility of higher education. What I don't understand is if the law says that an adult sexual predator in Illinois cannot live within 500 feet of a school, cannot live within 500 feet of a park, cannot be in the vacinity of anyone under the age of 18, then how can they, as an adult be able to attend school as a student. I understand that there a juvenille offenders that can by law attend school but I don't understand how an adult over the age of 18 can. Please advise and tell me where I can find this in writing saying that they can attend school as a student.

I think it is a disgrace that a sexual predator has any rights. A sexual predator lives in my neighborhood very close to a school and satnds outside and watchs the kids walk home and he has grandfather rights because it happened while he lived in the house. They should all be living in a neighborhood in a corn field away from everyone

In 1997 i was convicted of Agg. Criminal Sexual Abuse. I was sentenced to 14 years in prison which i served 9 years. I did not know that the girl was 15. I was later told by my lawyer that i was the 3rd person sent to prison in a 6 month span because of this girl. But the judge would not let that be heard in court. When i arrived to prison, the counselors told me that i should have never been sent to prison for that crime. When i paroled, my parole officer was very easy on me because he to felt that i was wrongfully convicted. When my parents were married, my dad was 26 and my mom was 15. He never was arrested nor served any jail or prison time. I had my first child when i was 15. The mother of my daughter was 18 at the time. When my mom tried to have her arrested (only because she didn't like her) the police would not do anything about it. But yet i have 6 and a half more years to do on the registery. I hold no ill will against anyone. But where is the justice? I am not able to find a good job. Which forces me me to work at a fast food resturant. Which pays little to nothing. I pay all that i can on my child support, but yet they to threaten to put me in prison because i am so far behind. My girlfriend who has known me for 16 years has a state job. And yet no one will give me a fair shake. My point is, the laws are so screwed up. Maybe beyond fixing. I just hope that the next generation can get it right. Because no one is really taking the time to look at what is really going on in this world. It seems to me its all about blame, but is there really any justice for anyone? I agree with the registry, i disagree with how its put together!

Eastonian did you ever find out any more information about him?

What bothers me on all of this and mind you I am against TRUE sex offenders but as in my husbands case. He was 20 and a 13 yr old came and said he molested her. No hospital visit done, no rape kit done and even more my husband wasn't even at the home she said he was at when this happened. They didn't question his alleby nothing. Now after 4 1/2 yrs the girls steps forward and tells me she lied about it all. Now we have to through a huge process of clearing his name for a crime he never did to get him off the registry. I think they should first do alot more investigating on these situations before they slam the book and then if they are guilty lock them up and throw away the key.

rehabilitation for a sex offender, what do you know that will work? there is not 1 thing that has worked yet, 1st. if ya wanna try removeing the tool, the desire is still there it isnt about sex its the thrill and challange its in mind not personials, they can talked to trained people and say what ever it takes to go out, there is no wonder drug for this, and most sex offenders are reoffenders, proven fact there is no cure or treatment for this....

police are not the only ones who question the accused, my children were interviewed by dhs, adov. center not once but twice, in illinois he recived 4 years on plea bargain and served 1yr and 9 mo. prolled and rearrested in another state and charged with same charge and 2 counts of foundleing and guess what he is looking at 50 to 75 years as this state has better version of jessicas law my girls were under 13 and he was over 21, sex offence charge no parolle, no earlie release no good time,

and this happen when i was at working we were married 17 years i had no clue, and i work my butt of at being a good mother,

the laws need to be changed and the boy who were 17 and turn 18 and there 16 year old girlfriends mom gets mad at him shouldnt go to jail or be charged and the 15 year old who lies about her age and sneeks out to date a 19 year old needs punished also and the bull might stop and states can crack down and keep the real bums where they belong..........

I was molested as a child in the state of Illinois by a head counselor of Maine East High School in Des Plaines. I t thorougly screwed my life up and he was never charged and never did time. I think that he should have had his personal piece cut off as well as his arms so that he could never touch another child again. I know that there are messed up people out there who get their kids to lie but their are more victims than liars out there and the justice system is too light in how they deal with pedophiles--oh and therapy that is a crock of shit for a pedophile to get counseling! I hate to be crass but get real--these predators are so protected it sickens me that they are allowed any rights at all! No one thinks about the long term damage that is done to these children. No one thinks about their rights or the life long hell they live in. Justice is a joke in this country! If you don't want people to question your intentions when you "touch a child" or "rub their back" then keep your hands to yourself!

My son is a vic.. he was moleseted by his uncle. He was innocent until proven guilty, in the laws eyes, but was arrested for my son passing three interviews he had to go through too make sure he was telling the truth when he first came out. They are all three with diffrent people, and they are sepecialists who have went to school, and etc... to know when and if a child is not telling the truth. This went on for a year almost, my sons Preditor took a plea with the State, he is not in there long enough for the mental damage he did to my son,but while in prision he will get therpy, help, etc... (In all honesty I wish he would stay there) but the State is honestly more for the offender, then the vic.. They never asked mr for help with therpy, or nothing, we were lyed too, etc.. not to pleased, but he is in prision. What gets me is the uncle told the State he would take the plea if he could have a month to get his affairs together, and in order, and they said yes he could, knowing he admitted to the leval 3 offence, and the State let him. But that was my exp. and my son, and family's. Tammy (Hexgirl)

I am, without doubt, very much opposed to any sexual contact with any minor by an adult. But I have some questions regarding the families of those who commit these acts and also the individuals who are the so called victims? First of all who protects the families against those who might just be innocent until proven guilty? I also question the tactics of police officers who are asked to arrest these individuals? Considering the seriousness of this sort of act are these officers trained in showing some humane treatment of these individuals. The truly guilty should of course be arrested and tried but only fairly as our laws provide. A fair trial should be given to them, the accused, this is the God given right of all the alleged guilty. Being forced to admit guilt is a crime on the part of these officers who are all to human as well. Again I say any individual who commits any of these acts against a minor child should be punished and if found guilty imprisoned and receive treatment for rehabilitation. This is a difficult subject and I believe our laws should provide for all of the victims of this including the alleged perpetraiters. Thank you for allowing this comment.