Matthew J. Reed, 25, a former Carthage resident, was given a suspended sentence and five years probation for failing to register with the Jasper County Sheriff’s Department as a convicted sex offender. Documents state that Reed was convicted of a sexual assault on a 17-year-old girl in 2006.
If the girl was 17 in 2006, that would make Reed 21, did he know that the girl was 17? Were they dating, was it consensual? There are so many reasons that people can be charged with sex crimes now and have to register, that it is impossible to know who is actually dangerous and who is not. I know a woman who was charged with a sex crime and now has to register, do you know what she did? She gave a girl a feminine product. Yeah, that's right, handed it to her and now has to register as an offender for the rest of her life. They even took away her children for it. She lost custody, can not be alone with them, Her Children! So, when it comes to things like this, I ask, do we really know what happened? And, is what happened worthy of having to report for something that is considered so heinous for the rest of his life?
The reason that I feel so strongly about this type of thing is that, yes, there are a lot of people in this world that are charged with sex crimes that truly deserve to be charged. But, there are a lot of people who have been charged and convicted, lives ruined, over something that should never have been. I think that it is wrong. Look at the situation that my friend is in, she does not deserve to be made to register, and live without her children because of the situation that she was in. I would have never thought that handing someone a feminine product would be considered a sex crime. Would you?
Oh my goodness, that is crazy. A feminine product. Really? What is this world coming too? But I totally agree where you are coming from. I have a friend who is now in prison because he was 17 and was dating a 15 year old who told him she was older and consented to sex and her parents found out and charged him with statatory rape and now he will have to register. Another friend of mine said rape is rape but statatory rape is having consensual sex with a minor. Rape is forcing yourself on someone.I think there should be some sort of system set up to where if you did molest a child or actually rape someone then yes you should have to register but if something your friends case or my friends case it should be something different. Especially in your friends case. That is just ridiculous. My friend granted shouldv'e figured out the girls age but it is hard to tell these days with the way girls are dressing how old they really are.
ReplyDeleteThat's why, if the guy is smart, he demands to see ID.
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