[MPJackal]

I have a problem with that. An accusation is not enough to force someone to register as a sex offender. People are wrongly accused, that is why we have a legal system. Innocent until proven guilty????? Anyone can initiate it?? No, no one will abuse that will they? Pissed off at someone? Accuse them of being a pedophile, that should do the trick. What country is this?

[Still Thinking]

There's a simple defense to personally motivated accusations: register everyone you know. Pretty soon everyone in the state is on the list and it becomes meaningless.

[JamesP81]

Innocent until proven guilty?????

Innocent until proven guilty hasn't existed in a long time, especially when it's he-said she-said.

[TXBubba]

People are wrongly accused

Not only that but some state's sex offenders aren't really what I would call sex offenders. In some states an 18 year old male can be convicted of a sex offense for having sex with his 16 year old girlfriend. Not that I condone the behavior but I hardly find that to be a case of a rabid sex offender unless forceable sex was involved.

[Theophilus]

"The rules spell out how the untried process would work..."

Ironic use of words.

[CDHart]

"What country is this?"

I wonder about that more every day. If you could see the calendar that was sent out this year by our rural county sheriff's office, you'd be shocked. It's a picture of their SWAT team, all dressed in black with weapons and SKI MASKS HIDING THEIR FACES. I sent him a letter telling him they look like a bunch of Palestinian terrorists.

Carolyn