Teenager's Jailing Brings a Call to Fix Sex Offender Registries
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/05/us/teenagers-jailing-brings-a-call-to-fix-sex-offender-registries.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
He said he was not bothered by the terms of Mr. Anderson's
probation, which require him to stop using the Internet for five
years. "There are lots of jobs that don't involve computers," he
said. "There are all sorts of trades. Truck drivers, welding. There
are other opportunities." That kind of talk infuriates the
Andersons. They said the terms of their son's probation are
unnecessarily severe and outdated, and would make it impossible for
him to continue to attend college. "No computer for five years, no
smartphone? He can't have an email address," his father said. "To
me, that's wrong. That's like taking away electricity or heat or
gas to somebody, in today's world." With their son's release from
jail set for Thursday, they were scrambling to find him a new place
to live and satisfy the sex offender restrictions on housing. Their
own house is less than 1,000 feet from a public boat launch, which
is considered a public park under state law.
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The monsters are these judges and prosecutors with attitudes out of the
19th century and no sense of proportion, and the politicians who created
this entire mess while pandering for votes. Those are the monsters, not
kids like this. They're the ones we should fear. They're the ones we
should punish. Not him.
--Lauren--
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