686,000 registered sex offenders in US

[gstacker]

my state shows the charges like child porn, rape, unlawful acts on a minor, shit like that.

California also gives details..... I think it's great for parents to be able to go online and see what's in the neiborhood an who to look out for.. I thought all states were the same? It's a shame if there not

 

[gstacker]

K for saying what I was going to, and it's not always the parents that pursue the charges.

On We t.v. there is a series called Secret Lives of Women. One of the episodes was about child brides. One couple featured was just such a situation, they started dating when he was 18+, she was 14. The sex was consensual. Big surprise, she got pregnant and (with her parents permission) they married. The twist? Even though her parents didn't pursue a case against him, the state did. The kid served his jail time and got out and went back to his wife and child and is now unable to get a decent job because he's a registered sex offender.

I dunno, maybe there should be categories of offenders and only the potentially dangerous/predatory ones publicly listed? Or maybe certain "crimes" need to be treated as a different category altogether. Lumping an 18 year old who is in love with his 15 year old girlfriend in with a 50+ year old child rapist is lacking in both common sense and compassion.

a 18 year old sleeping with a 14 Yo child is molestation.... And there's no compasion for that... Talk about lack of common sense? Let's see the 18yo and the girls parents an anyone that would defend such a thing duha!

 

[musclemom]

a 18 year old sleeping with a 14 Yo child is molestation.... And there's no compasion for that... Talk about lack of common sense? Let's see the 18yo and the girls parents an anyone that would defend such a thing duha!

Four years difference, not exactly decades (considering my husband is 11 years older than me). As far as I'm concerned, anyone under 21 is a kid (actually, I don't think people are mature until nearly 30 but I'm going by the scientific definition of maturity, by brain development). And her parents had to sign papers to allow them to get married, so at least they accept the relationship. I had a cousin who did the same thing about 40 years ago and the marriage, last I heard, was still going strong after more than 30 years Plenty of marriages of 13 and 14 year olds still happen all the time and were the norm up until quite recently (from a historical perspective).

Me, personally, I'm considered a prude because I don't condone dating of any sort,, for boys or girls, before age 16, period. Once you let your kids date, this is the risk you run. Place children in adult situations and there is a very good chance they are going to attempt to engage in adult behavior. But short of a chastity belt or house arrest, there ain't a lot you can do to control some young women. There is no reason to saddle a kid who was in love with a lifetime sentence like that.

 

[gstacker]

Well good to hear you don't condone that becouse it's child molestation and that dude got off lucky IMO and who says it's a age diff thing? Cuz it's not,14yo is a freakin child! If that pervert has no business even lookin in that direction.... And my current girlfriend is 27yo I'm 38yo so nobody gives a rats ass bout age diff it's not even a isue the isue is about adults having sex with children... It's not excepted by me, society or the legal system and anyone that wants to contest that and live by there own rules we got a place for you...

 

[kx250rider]

some of those people are "registered" sex offenders for stupid reasons... like a 17 year old kid screwing his 16 year old girlfriend and it is consensual and the parents pursue statutory rape charges

That's absolutely right. The sex offender registry is a total joke, and a fraud on the taxpayers. It not only includes men who rape & kill little girls, but as you point out it includes 18-year-old guys with 17 1/2 year-old GFs, and it includes 95 year-old men in nursing homes who got laid while on shore leave by a 17 year-old hooker during World War II. It also includes plea-bargained people who didn't even do anything sexual, such as adults who attended parties where minors got drunk, or even I got threatened with it for taking a leak in a California State park. There was nobody around except a ranger a mile away with a telescope.

Charles

 

[gstacker]

That's absolutely right. The sex offender registry is a total joke, and a fraud on the taxpayers. It not only includes men who rape & kill little girls, but as you point out it includes 18-year-old guys with 17 1/2 year-old GFs, and it includes 95 year-old men in nursing homes who got laid while on shore leave by a 17 year-old hooker during World War II. It also includes plea-bargained people who didn't even do anything sexual, such as adults who attended parties where minors got drunk, or even I got threatened with it for taking a leak in a California State park. There was nobody around except a ranger a mile away with a telescope.

Charles

No it's not a joke, California like I said before will give details of the Offense so when u look on there you will know what's up with someone pissing in a park and since you brought it up let's see a example of a reg sex ofender that's on the list jus for pissing in a park... Also a 16yo an a 15yo is not going to be on that list either there both minors... Deff not a tax dollar waist! It's one of the few good things bout the system

 

[gstacker]

California Megan's Law - California Department of Justice - Office of the Attorney General

there you go, thats the list for california...go ahead an browse threw it if you dont believe this is a good tool for woman an parents to use to protect there families an say its a tax dollar waist then oh well, i know its preventing more victims even prolly some of your families of those who think its a waist. please click on the ofense an take a look at what there charged for...and for those of you who claim pissin in the park or a 17 an a 18yo i dont believe you will find them on this list..you have to have some kind of belief in the system and cases like that are often looked at a case by case basis..and if you do by some chance end up on the list for a pissin in the park or some real gray area id sugest trying to get it exponged at a later date after being a good citizen for a min and untill that time comes keep papper work on your case handy and dont try an hide it from your neibors be honest about it....and if you do end up in the system behind the walls you better fukin have your court pappers in your hand saying you pissed in the park cuz there not playing.