Current Events > Having a sexual predator related charge basically ruins your life right?

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Whats the restrictions after ?
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Lmao nah Im watching dateline nbc
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Do people still have to go door to door and tell their neighbors they're a registered sex offender? Or was that never true? I remember hearing that but not from an official source.
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You realize if you're a sex offender before you're released from Prison your photos, nicknames, everything is posted out to the public to see. Imagine getting out of Prison trying to start a new life and you see your mugshot on every electronic billboard in the state telling others to keep their kids away from you and what location you are living at.
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Depends on the charge, I suppose.

Most commonly you're put on the state's sex offenders registry, restrictions are placed on where you are allowed to live (can't be too close to schools, daycares, etc), sometimes aren't even allowed on those properties at all (so you can't go to your daughter's HS volleyball game, for example), and most of the time you aren't allowed to take a job for a company that deals with or hires minors (so many times even flipping burgers for a fast food chain is out of the question for sex offenders, since they'll hire 16 year olds).
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nicklebro posted...

Do people still have to go door to door and tell their neighbors they're a registered sex offender? Or was that never true? I remember hearing that but not from an official source.

IIRC that was never true. I believe they had to inform them but could do so through mail. In most places, they also had to put up signs outside the door during Halloween saying "don't come here"
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If you're male, typically yes.
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ChromaticAngel posted...

nicklebro posted...

Do people still have to go door to door and tell their neighbors they're a registered sex offender? Or was that never true? I remember hearing that but not from an official source.

IIRC that was never true. I believe they had to inform them but could do so through mail. In most places, they also had to put up signs outside the door during Halloween saying "don't come here"

Yeah I remember a skit I think on Key and Peele, but maybe something else, of a dude doing that. Didn't seem like it would make sense irl at all.

I remember I had an app that would show you all of the crimes committed in your area recently and where they happened, as well as the locations of all the people on the sex offender registry. Idk if that's still around tho.
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I know a guy who had to go to jail for 5 years because he turned 18 and wad dating a girl who was 16. And they found pictures that she sent him on his laptop. He has some lifetime parole, sex offender thing. Has to wear an ankle bracelet too.

Really restricts his employment prospects.
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nicklebro posted...

Yeah I remember a skit I think on Key and Peele, but maybe something else, of a dude doing that. Didn't seem like it would make sense irl at all.

It's from The Big Lebowski
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nicklebro posted...

Do people still have to go door to door and tell their neighbors they're a registered sex offender? Or was that never true? I remember hearing that but not from an official source.

Not every sex offense requires neighborhood notification. Some charges you don't have to tell anybody, some you have to notify every residence within a certain distance from your home. That generally falls in line with what tier you are (here in Ohio, there's 3 tiers of varying degrees of severity). But the judge is also able to add or remove specific restrictions from the standard for your tier.

In case anybody's wondering where I got all this info, I had a family member go through this. It's taken a very long time and a whole lot of work, but he's genuinely turned his life around. He's a good guy now. He wasn't back when he was offending, but he learned his lesson the first time and put in the effort to change (and the change is very noticeable). It's a shame it took getting caught for him to realize what he was doing, but it's an even bigger shame that most people who get caught still don't realize it and end up re-offending. I give him a lot of credit for the progress he's made and continues to make.
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ChromaticAngel posted...

nicklebro posted...

Yeah I remember a skit I think on Key and Peele, but maybe something else, of a dude doing that. Didn't seem like it would make sense irl at all.

It's from The Big Lebowski

Pretty sure I'm thinking of SNL actually.

Aristoph posted...

nicklebro posted...

Do people still have to go door to door and tell their neighbors they're a registered sex offender? Or was that never true? I remember hearing that but not from an official source.

Not every sex offense requires neighborhood notification. Some charges you don't have to tell anybody, some you have to notify every residence within a certain distance from your home. That generally falls in line with what tier you are (here in Ohio, there's 3 tiers of varying degrees of severity). But the judge is also able to add or remove specific restrictions from the standard for your tier.

In case anybody's wondering where I got all this info, I had a family member go through this. It's taken a very long time and a whole lot of work, but he's genuinely turned his life around. He's a good guy now. He wasn't back when he was offending, but he learned his lesson the first time and put in the effort to change (and the change is very noticeable). It's a shame it took getting caught for him to realize what he was doing, but it's an even bigger shame that most people who get caught still don't realize it and end up re-offending. I give him a lot of credit for the progress he's made and continues to make.

Can you ever get off the sex offender registry?
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nicklebro posted...

ChromaticAngel posted...

nicklebro posted...

Yeah I remember a skit I think on Key and Peele, but maybe something else, of a dude doing that. Didn't seem like it would make sense irl at all.

It's from The Big Lebowski

Pretty sure I'm thinking of SNL actually.

Nah, it's definitely The Big Lebowski

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZR58d77a4A
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ChromaticAngel posted...

nicklebro posted...

ChromaticAngel posted...

nicklebro posted...

Yeah I remember a skit I think on Key and Peele, but maybe something else, of a dude doing that. Didn't seem like it would make sense irl at all.

It's from The Big Lebowski

Pretty sure I'm thinking of SNL actually.

Nah, it's definitely The Big Lebowski

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZR58d77a4A

Niet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gV0CVX60Weg
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nicklebro posted...

Can you ever get off the sex offender registry?

Depends.

In Ohio, the registration period depends on your tier. Highest tier (can't remember if it's 3 > 2 > 1, or 1 > 2 > 3) has to check in with their local sherrif's office twice a year for life. Middle tier is twice a year for 25 years. Lowest is once a year for 10 years. After that period your name is removed from the registry and the restrictions are lifted (although your offense is obviously still on your record, so you'll get an even heavier punishment if you offend again).

There are also ways to get it reduced after your sentencing. My family member has spent the past 7 years in a state sponsored sex-abuse therapy program that involves both individual and group therapy aspects. He actually completed and graduated from the program about 6 months ago, but he's chosen to stay with the program voluntarily to continue with the group aspect as (in his words) "a way of reminding myself where I've been, and giving back to the community by helping others like me to change and not create more victims." Because he completed the program he'll be able to petition the judge to reduce his registry tier by one (from the middle, where he currently is, to the lowest) and would get him off the registry 15 years earlier than otherwise.
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Aristoph posted...

(although your offense is obviously still on your record, so you'll get an even heavier punishment if you offend again).

You can appeal this periodically (as you can with just about any felony or federal offense) and have it expunged from criminal records if you're successful although you can't get it expunged from court records. So if you get a background check it'll show up clean but if you're arrested again, lawyers will find out that you were convicted of XYZ.
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Aristoph posted...

nicklebro posted...

Can you ever get off the sex offender registry?

Depends.

In Ohio, the registration period depends on your tier. Highest tier (can't remember if it's 3 > 2 > 1, or 1 > 2 > 3) has to check in with their local sherrif's office twice a year for life. Middle tier is twice a year for 25 years. Lowest is once a year for 10 years. After that period your name is removed from the registry and the restrictions are lifted (although your offense is obviously still on your record, so you'll get an even heavier punishment if you offend again).

There are also ways to get it reduced after your sentencing. My family member has spent the past 7 years in a state sponsored sex-abuse therapy program that involves both individual and group therapy aspects. He actually completed and graduated from the program about 6 months ago, but he's chosen to stay with the program voluntarily to continue with the group aspect as (in his words) "a way of reminding myself where I've been, and giving back to the community by helping others like me to change and not create more victims." Because he completed the program he'll be able to petition the judge to reduce his registry tier by one (from the middle, where he currently is, to the lowest) and would get him off the registry 15 years earlier than otherwise.

Well that's good, I've had friends who have been convicted sex offenders for what we'd all call completely harmless actions (Like turning 18 before your girlfriend, that kind of thing) and its good to know at least its not for life. There should be a way to make it even less than 10 years tho, cuz damn that's a long time for some innocent nonsense that is technically against the law.
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nicklebro posted...

Well that's good, I've had friends who have been convicted sex offenders for what we'd all call completely harmless actions (Like turning 18 before your girlfriend, that kind of thing) and its good to know at least its not for life. There should be a way to make it even less than 10 years tho, cuz damn that's a long time for some innocent nonsense that is technically against the law.

It doesn't work that way everywhere, though.

I think he said once that he can't visit Florida until he's off the registry here, because if he visits as a sex offender for even one day he has to register there. And Florida's registration is for life regardless of the offense. So if he went to Florida for a day, then came home, and eventually got off Ohio's registry he'd still be listed on Florida's forever. I never even thought about how tough it would be to do something as simple as go to a bowling tournament out of town until he mentioned that. :-/
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