Nicely worded, well done.

No offender who served their debt to society, who has self shame regret remorse and is actively changing their mind n heart should continually be flogged publicly or privately… The justice system doesn’t keep tabs on convicted and released thieves, robbers, murderers nor on the predatory lawyers who take their clients money and does not provide a proper defense. Nor is there any punishment to prosecutors who deliberately withhold facts that could free or minimum the charges and sentencing of a defendant. How many people in our legal system from the judges to clerks commit the same offenses as the persons they are so determined to punish? Either they have been caught and a fellow law enforcer let’s off the hook or they have not been caught yet. Does punishment apply to them? Who is policing the police and policing the justice system? When someone is sent to prison its not just that person, many people connected to them are also effected, many lives are destroyed, permanently altered. And by God’s grace if someone makes it out of prison must they have society further scrutinize their private lives? It’s crazy how it is a intentional effort to keep an offender down thwarting every opportunity creating recidivism just to keep the money racketeering flowing. Since we are a society of one effects all than every citizen should be flagged since each and every HUMAN is capable of the same actions depending on the circumstances. It’s crazy how natural human being behavior is so severely punished by another human that could possibly do the same thing or has already done it but just hasn’t gotten caught.

I don’t disagree with this, such as the State Fair for example. However, I am a mother of three and a registered sex offender, and it’s kind of terrible that I can’t even take my kids to the fair. I can’t pick them up from school or attend PTA meetings. This is why I am advocating for different laws as far as having to be put on the registry. For example, my situation involved a person that lied about their age, I was young as well, however I was over 18 and they were younger than 16 and their parents found out and I got charged. I was convicted of having indecent liberties with a minor and was put on the sex offender registry for a period of 30 years however I could petition the courts to get off of the registry after 10 years. I don’t think that in my situation I should not be able to go to the fair or take my kids to school. However I absolutely agree that violent sexual criminals should not be able to do these things. That’s why there should be levels of the registry or something like that.

Hi. Afton. Unfortunately you subscribe to the “Boogey-Monster Herd Mentality.” Children are more apt to be approached about drugs and getting hooked on them; having their lives and their families and friends lives destroyed because of it, than to be approached, or even abducted at a public event. The majority of “sex offenders” have simple possession charges and don’t have a hands-on victims. Its the really rare creep who stalks and abducts a child. Please open your mind to keeping things in perspective. The constitution, like it or not, gives EVERYONE certain rights. These are inalienable. When we suppress the rights of others because of a witch-hunt mentality we begin to erode rights for everyone.
BTW, sex offenders have almost the LOWEST RECIDIVISM rates of ALL convicts. Yet how many times do drug dealers go to back to prison? For shooting people (yes, even innocent children playing in their yards), selling drugs to kids, and DESTROYING core family units due to addiction and suicide? Society is FAR more harmed by drug offenders, even murderers, than ALL sex offenders combined. Yet, there is no registry that allows me to know if THOSE boogey-men are in my neighborhood, lurking and ready to give my kids free drugs to get him/her hooked.

This is a very good question but it requires a legal response. Recommend that you contact our attorney, Paul Dubbeling, paul.dubbeling@gmail.com.

I moved out 7 years ago and returned to my home state. It has been 20 years since my initial offense which was low level. In my home state I am not on the public registry nor am I on the national registry however, I was just denied a new job because I did appear on the National Registry as reported by NC and I am still in their sex offender database. I contacted them and asked why this is happening as I do not live, work or visit there and have not in 7 years. They told me that I will remain in their registry regardless for a minimum of 10years when I can then petition the court to be removed though that is not a guarantee. If I am denied I will then I to wait another year and try again.

I stated that I thought the point of the registry was to inform the community in which the offender lives which makes no sense for me as I am 800 miles away and have been for 7 years. They said that’s the way it is and there is nothing I can do about it. They also said even if I lived in NC for 1 day and registered I’d still be in the system for 10 years.

With companies now expanding background checks to do national sex offender searches this is literally denying me gainful employment and a normal life. I am being punished more now with 20 years of living as a law abiding citizen than when I was fresh out of jail and NC is squarely at fault for this. Do I have any legal recourse for this? It really is deeply affecting my well being, my financial situation, and my quality of life in general.

Thank you. We appreciate the support. Right now there are no plans for any additional lawsuit but that shouldn’t stop you from challenge any aspects of registration you find particularly unfair.
Robin