This is in fact not the case. There has not been a case of a haloween offender issue in the past. It’s political and a kneejerk reaction. The reason Parole and Probation is doing this is because if it was made into a law it would be struck down as unconstitutional. The issues are it targets the family and kids of an offender punishing everyone in the household and targets the offender for harrasment, eviction and shame. This targeted attack on the wellbeing can cause depression and hoplessness is even a greater factor in causing an offender to re-offend.

What do you think life is like when they take away home, family, security, jobs? it truly strips them of any shread of any chance to rehabilitate.

When dealing with the thought of an RSO living near you it is easy to allow emotions to overrule common sense. There are over 600,000 RSO’s living in the U.S. today, and making them all homeless, jobless, and hopeless is simply creating a time bomb.

U.S. Department of Justice statistics clearly demonstrate that reoffense rates of convicted sex offenders is LOW – not HIGH as most politicians will tell you when they’re preying on your emotions to tug at your political heartstrings to get your votes. But it is time for we as parents and American citizens who truly care about public safety to wake up and demand that sensible laws be put in place of those that are presently in existence.

Are you all familiar with Jacob Wetterling and the important work of his mother, Patty Wetterling? Are you aware of HER position on these Draconian Laws we have in place and the impact that they have on the instability of RSO’s living among us?

While most sit here and pass judgment and cast aspersions on this entire group of over 600,000 U.S. citizens who made mistakes and many of whom finished their “penalty” long ago, we are fast-forwarding the timer on this ticking time bomb with each new restriction and each new requirement that will make it even more impossible for these people to rebuild healthy, and more importantly stable lives. If we TRULY care about the safety of our children we will wake up and stop thinking solely from an emotional standpoint and demand that our politicians eliminate the PUBLIC registry making it only accessible to law enforcement agencies to use as an investigative tool and allow these people to build some sense of normalcy.

Yes, I am a RSO. I am also a parent and a voting, law-abiding citizen. I never molested a child or anyone else. I never raped anyone. I was never even accused of consensual or unconsensual sex with someone. Now I am forced into a life of loneliness (I would never attempt to force this life on another person – so I don’t even try to have a relationship), joblessness (no employer will hire a former offender now that their company name will be put on a public registry and brand them with this modern-day scarlet letter as well), and hopelessness. Every day I pray that God will take me from this Earth. Every day I pray that those who are situated in similar circumstances as me will have the strength to keep their sanity and not lash out like a caged animal who has been backed into a corner.

I reach out to this group from a caring heart – even though I know the reaction I will face. I face this reaction every day of my miserable existence.

To understand the restriction we can’t look to logic, but instead need to comprehend the human capacity for revenge, feeling superior, and scapegoating, and the benefits of fear-mongering to politicians.

this restriction just doesn’t seem well thought out. might have been better to just convince parents to have their kids go out with an adult accompanying.