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"Fighting sex crime stigma"A blow towards restoring the rule of
law?
Another story that I am not sure I should link
to.
On the one hand, I really think that the "sexual offender" thing has been blown way out of proportion. I do not think that many crimes deserve lifelong ostracization. That's why I am glad to see this. This unlikely political force, which dubs itself Texas Voices, vows to fight the state's — and the nation's — sweeping registration laws. The group believes community notification laws fail to protect the public, because they don't distinguish dangerous predators from otherwise harmless men and women who foolishly had sex with underage lovers, served their sentences and don't need a lifetime of public scrutiny. Texas Voices hasn't yet turned anyone away but targets its message at those who committed nonviolent offenses that did not involve young children. I'll be honest, part of my concern is purely selfish. I'm a naturist, and depending on the situation, something I do in my own home and fairly well hidden back yard could get me arrested and charged as a sex offender, even though I don't believe nudity equals sex and certainly doesn't equal "perversion" (whatever the definition of that is this week). But I also think that lumping everything together trivializes the very serious crimes. Two sixteen year olds fooling around just doesn't strike me as dangerous as a date rapist, and I don't think they should be treated the same. Every time I post one of these sex offender stories, I get the weirdest email. 
Posted: Wed - December
17, 2008 at 03:10 PM
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